Yes, it would probably require a procurement process. But funding first. We will be as ready as we can be when eget the green we get the green light to go in terms of initiating a procurement process. So readiness is what we get from this. I think maybe to add to that, john, in terms of readiness, we also have a partnership established with m. T. C. , who is very invested in helping us get this funded and implemented. We realize this is a time where no one has any extra money and it also says we need to have done, because when the economy comes back and the people come back, they can navigate easily. So we will have it ready and continue to work with m. T. C. And anyone else we might be able to coordinate or partner with to get funds for that. I actually had an idea ill run by john after as we were going to a presentation on who we might seek for additional sponsorship on in implementing more wayfinding. And again, my last question. I mentioned this was designed 10 years ago, but is there anybody we can hold accountable . Want to get back to us on that . I can tell you what i know from being here. Well, i can tell you what i can tell you is, i am familiar with the staff or i should say the Program Management staff that worked. From what i understand, worked with m. T. C. , but obviously not to m. T. C. Satisfaction, not the staff that is working with us now, to implement the signage that was there which obviously needs improvement. Ill be frank and share that i, myself, who have been here since before and saw the plans, and sometimes wonder where im at and im a native san franciscan that knows the city all the way around. Its a huge facility that needs additional signage. We will definitely take a look if there is anyone to hold accountable and if we can draw on some other monies to help support the effort. Perhaps if that is possible, thank you. A couple of questions. I dont know if i can follow jeff and mike on this, but just in terms of mtcs involvement. Have we shared the product that adrian has put together with them at this point . And did they have any reaction to and desire to continue their partnership with us in moving it forward . Yes, director. M. T. C. Has been a valuable partner with me on this project. Worked closely on the product that you have now reviewed. We find it in alignment with the overall bay Areawide Program at m. T. C. Is promoting. And ive been engaged with those discussions with a larger group. I think we have 88 on the last zoom call that was hosted. So lots of involvement from sacramento and bay area. So, yes, its in sync with their plans. And were continuing that conversation. I guess my second question was, almost the question for jeff and maybe i just missed it between the presentation and your comments, but i like what you were saying about helping passengers navigate to their destinations. And i know that some of the signs for the mockups that adrian presented, still was very agency focused. To me, that feels like there is still work to reconcile in terms of like, we cant because i agree, jeff, with what youre saying. If were going to move in that direction the details if you will. So i guess leave it to put you on the spot, but if you have a couple extra hours in your day to help with figuring some of that out or having a staff member figure out, your team perhaps that youve been working on this kind of stuff, but maybe thats another avenue to making sure we get it right. Because i want to go down the implementation route with things that we see as probably not quite up to what were actually looking for and getting too far ahead of ourselves with it. Im certainly happy to help on the next steps. Im sure that director hursh would be as well. Between the two of us if we can corral the other general managers and use our staffs to think about how do we focus on our customers and not just protect our turf . I would like to say, can we abolish the use of agency logos in the wayfinding system and instead pretend like we have one regional seamless Mobility System that happens to be operated by 20odd different operators. That the customer doesnt need to know about. They need to know where theyre going. How to get a ticket. They dont necessarily care which one of us is the operator and what our 1974 logo is. One point on that, if i may. I think just to explain why we retained operator logo, because we have in other instances lobbied for exactly the same thing as consultant. You go to user focused approach. What we had been aware of and wanted to emphasize was the value of regional consistency and the m. T. C. Standard which obviously this is a strategic [inaudible] still use operator logos and while there isnt yet a sort of Regional Transit identity agreed, that is something that we were aware that to fit in with the regional standard, that is something that perhaps is a concession that may need to be made to m. T. C. Standards, but certainly from a wayfinding consultant perspective, i agree that operator logos are somewhat acis inistic at best, well constrained. I would suggest going straight to a dutch or japanese standard and bypassing the standard which i think is a good effort rather than a global standard effort. This comment about us helping. Transit trivia for 400. Ac transit manages the regional sign program for mtc. Before my time, i wouldnt have done it, but we hired a contractor. We have staff that are very knowledgeable of the m. T. C. Process and were happy to collaborate and move this as fast as possible. Sorry to interrupt. Chair sesay i see director chang. Thank you. I really appreciate the whole item and all of the fantastic comments from the other directors. I wanted to suggest that we do continue to engage, if weve been doing so, the Disability Community and the c. A. C. , and just continue to keep public involvement and engagement in line as far as the user perspective. And to be able to budget for that as well, so we can go together to seek funding. So in our capacity as a transportation authority, i also wanted to offer our help to seek grants or other opportunities to help fund this very, very important, really critical work, ultimately. So im glad were discussing this today. Thank you. Chair sesay thank you. So it looks like any of my fellow Board Members have questions, but it looks like director gonzalez, you have offers on the table and at some point would it looks like there is enough interest it may make sense to come back and keep us all informed about this, because it is a customer experience. I know we get all wonky on that side of the house, but we definitely want passengers to be able to navigate to their destinations. So thank you for that. Do we have if there are no additional comments from my fellow Board Members, do we have members of the public wishing to comment on this item . There are no members of the public that wish to provide any comment on this item at this point. Chair sesay and an update, its not an action item. So can we call the next item . Item 13 is the San Francisco peninsula rail program e. S. C. Update. Executive Steering Committee chair will present the item. Thank you, mr. Secretary. Good morning, directors. Pleased to help present on the update for the e. S. C. This month. Since our last presentation before you in august, weve made steady progress on a number of items. As director gonzalez mentioned, procurement are making their way forward. The outreach and branding consultants as well as the general engineering contractor which is a really critical Consulting Service that we are going to need on a timely basis. So just wanted to underscore that as you consider. We have also been making recruitment of the permanent project director position. Appreciate being included in on that. In terms of our critical path, as youll recall from the last month update, it does remain, the rail operations as it will feed into the major focus of our work in this first period. And the good news there is that we have found a way as a team to provide the funding in the early stages of this work to caltrain, which is procuring the consulting for us. Theyre doing the work in conjunction with the highspeed Rail Authority and that the whole team is going to rely on. It is to help this work will help evaluate the different impacts of phasing options on caltrain and highspeed rails through input, capacity, reliability, safety, et cetera, among all the other factors that well be considering. Well be able to move that along using existing sfmta funds. And we may come back to you at the end of the year, depending on how the other pieces of work shake out, and that relates to the next item ill provide the update on, which is the joint board plan, the interagency schedule, and deliverables that the team has been producing. Supported by aecon and our director. The team hass developed this initial work plan. Well be reviewing it in a couple of weeks. That lays out all the interrelated tasks to get to a milestone next summer, which we hope to bring to you, the phasing results, phrasing Study Results operational analysis, funding and planning to support decisionmaking about whether and how to identify our initial operating segment that could be lower cost than the whole project that we see before us. So thats our goal. And we dont have that update for you yet today, but well bring that to you at your next meeting in october. Other tools that the team has developed include the phasing analysis sort of cost estimation tools to identify the impact of project features that may be deferred. And to escalate those appropriately. Its also been great to see them updating the projects risk register, which we talked about last time we met. Director gee commented on that as well, expressed a lot of interest. So we are using the f. T. A. Methodology to assure applicability of this work as we head into future grant requests for f. T. A. So that is really Good Progress on that front. Finally in terms of planning and funding, it did come up in public comment, following the good outcome of the placement of d. T. X. And the first period of the planned bay area, as was noted before, the team has participated in coordination meetings with related projects including the transbay the new transbay rail crossing with bart and capital corridor. And tjpa sent comments to the high speed Rail Authority, the draft environmental document. That just happened in the past week. So i appreciate that level of engagement and participation and really a form of championship since that did come up. I think its really great to see all of the related projects being a focus here at tjpa. With that, im happy to take sorry, one thing i did fail to mention. Our next meeting will be coming up september 18 at 11 00. As usual, the agenda is posted on the tjpa website and any callers who require additional assistance, we can provide that for the callin process through tjpa and director gonzalez. We did have folks experiencing difficulty at our prior meeting. I wanted to acknowledge that and offer that assistance. Chair sesay thank you for that update. Do i have any comments, questions from my fellow Board Members . I see vice chair gee. Vice chair gee thank you, chair sesay. Director chang, i wanted to say thank you for the update. This is exactly what not just this board needs, but the public needs to see where this is headed and where they can engage in the process. So i appreciate it. Look forward to the more detailed work plan as well as all the other items that you shared in your report. So thank you very much for that. Youre welcome. Chair sesay thank you. Anyone else . I dont see anyone else, at least my fellow Board Members. Mr. Secretary, do we have members of the public wishing to comment . Secretary yes. You have one member of the public that would like to comment on the item. Jason, can you put that caller in the queue . They are unmuted. Fellow caller, please state your name. Your three minutes begins now. Thank you, directors. This is roland from san jose. So, to start with i think that director chang is asking for the modelling on behalf of caltrain is critical. And in my mind, this is a very best 200,000 you will have spent on this project so far. Moving forward, i expect that the analysis will finally expose the Second Street alignment. That will ultimately make it impossible for caltrain to vacate the 4th and king rail yard until the new transbay tube opens. I would like to close with a couple of recommendations. First of all, when youre doing the modelling, limit the model to the section between breeze bane and the sfdtc. Any issues caused by to eliminate any issues caused by the rider way in san matteo county. I would like to share with you track work in the vicinity of the tank form that makes it possible to turn around 12 trains an hour per direction between the Transit Center and brisbane. The other thing i would like to address is to consider, is to expand the scope of the contract to study the 7th street alignment in parallel with the Second Street alignment, because this ultimately will inform the board the 7th street alignment is indeed the only alignment that will enable six fulllength true platforms in translink. And im pleased to inform you that one of the seven Design Builders who responded to the r. F. I. Gave me a verbal quote to construct both the d. T. X. And p. A. X. As a combined project for less than 1 billion. Which means that you currently have a funding envelope of 1. 3 billion, all this project needs is environmental to proceed. And we have two bills, one that passed, senate bill, i think it was from senator wiener. And the one that make in the session, which is 7965 which is extension of 8900. That bill is critical and i need you all legislators to basically join with the mayor in san jose and to convene an emergency session to pass that bill. Thank you very much. Secretary thank you. It seems there are no other members of the public that would like to provide a comment. I will proceed along with the agenda. Chair sesay thank you, mr. Secretary. Secretary at this time the board is scheduled to go into closed session. If there are any members of the public that would like to provide comment on the items listed for discussion in closed session, this is your time to do so now. Seeing none, i will now put us in closed session. Moderator, can you please put us into closed session . Yes. I can hear you. Thank you, jason. You may report out. As to item 16, conference with legal counsel, existing litigation in the matter as specified on the published agenda, there is no action to report. As to item 17, for the spaces in the Transit Center as noticed, there is no action to report. Chair sesay thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much for that. So i take it were adjourned. Secretary it looks as if you have a member of the public who wants to provide a comment at this time. Chair sesay okay. Jason, can you please pass the person the caller through the queue, please . Hello, caller, please state your name. I dont need to state my name. Im pretty well known. You know, you need to know something about the brown act. So i was listening to the meeting and we are at home because of the covid19 situation. Those of us who Pay Attention to the various deliberations are getting piecemeal information on what is happening with the Transbay Joint Powers Authority. You know, some of us are very interested in the highspeed rail system with all the millions of dollars that have been spent at the transbay. And the last meeting i saw the one of the directors, i think the main director retired. And i know theyre going to get some new people in. I know your chair person pretty well. And all i say is, that san franciscans are very astute and stellar. Dont hood wink us in broad daylight. Keep us informed with goals that have time lines. And i know you have your c. A. C. And some others, but lets not have people that rubberstamp issues. We need sound deliberation. We need people who understand what this process is, including the brown act. And, hopefully, if you do things the right way, well go to a better place. If not, i think that Transbay Joint Powers Authority will also be involved in some sort of subpoenatype of situation, which we do not want to be. Or happen. Thank you very much. Chair sesay thank you. Mr. Secretary, do you have any more . Secretary no. There are no more members of the public that wish to provide comment at this time. Chair sesay, that concludes your items for todays agenda, you may adjourn the meeting. Chair sesay thank you, everyone. Goodbye. Congrats to you, director gonzalez. Everyone be well, take care. Thank you, take care, everyone. It. Shop dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their shop dine in the 49 within the 49 square miles of San Francisco by supporting local services in the neighborhood we help San Francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so were will you shop dine in the 49 chinatown has to be one the best unique shopping areas in San Francisco that is color fulfill and safe each vegetation and seafood and find everything in chinatown the walk shop in chinatown welcome to jason dessert im the fifth generation of candy in San Francisco still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals thats why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they cant walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. Beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is i really appreciate they love this art. From the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you dont have to go far. Small business is important to our neighborhood because if we really make a lot of people lives better more people get a job here not just a big firm. You dont have to go anywhere else we have pocketed of great neighborhoods haul have all have their own uniqueness. San francisco has to all the San Francisco playgrounds hitsvery dates back to 1927 when the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased by the city for 27,000. In the 1950s, the sen consider was expanded by then mayor robinson and the old gym was built. Thanks to the passage of the 2008 clean and safe Neighborhood Parks bond, the Sunset Playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. Here we are. 60 years and 14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brandnew rec center completely accessible to the entire neighborhood. The new rec center houses multipurpose rooms for all kinds of activities including basketball, line dancing, playing pingpong and arts can crafts. You can use it for whatever you want to do, you can do it here. On friday, november 16, the dedication and Ribbon Cutting took place at the Sunset Playground and recreation center, celebrating its renovation. It was raining, but the rain clearly did not dampen the spirits of the dignitaries, Community Members and children in attendance. [cheering and applauding] were here to raise awareness and money and fork for a good accuse. We have this incredible gift probably the widest range of restaurant and count ii destines in any district in the city right here in the mission intricate why dont we capture that to support the mission youths going to college thats for the food for thought. We didnt have a signature font for our orientation thats a 40yearold organization. Mission graduates have helped me to develop special as an individual theyve helped me figure out and provide the tools for me that i need i feel successful in life their core above emission and goal is in line with our values. The ferraris yes, we made 48 thousand they were on top of that its a nobrainer for us. Were in and fifth year and be able to expand out and tonight is your ungrammatical truck food for thought. Food truck for thought is an opportunity to eat from a variety of different vendor that are supporting the mission graduates by coming and representing at the parks were giving a prude of our to give people the opportunity to get an education. People come back and can you tell me and enjoy our food. All the vendor are xooment a portion of their precedes the money is going back in whats the best thing to do in terms of moving the needle for the folks we thought Higher Education is the tool to move young people. Im also a College Student i go to berkley and 90 percent of our folks are staying in college thats 40 percent hire than the afternoon. Im politically to clemdz and ucla. Just knowing were giving back to the community. Especially the Spanish Speaking population it hits home. People get hungry why not eat and give [ ] i just dont know that you can find a neighborhood in the city where you can hear music stands and take a ride on the low rider down the street. It is an experience that you cant have anywhere else in San Francisco. [ ] [ ] district nine is a in the southeast portion of the city. We have four neighborhoods that i represent. St. Marys park has a completely unique architecture. Very distinct feel, and it is a very close to holly park which is another beautiful park in San Francisco. The Bernal Heights district is unique in that we have the hell which has one of the best views in all of San Francisco. There is a swinging hanging from a tree at the top. It is as if you are swinging over the entire city. There are two unique aspects. It is considered the fourth chinatown in San Francisco. Sixty of the residents are of chinese ancestry. The second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. There is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the flowers. Not only for San Francisco but for the region. And of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the citys second biggest park after golden gate. Many people dont know the neighborhood in the first place if they havent been there. We call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. Every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. Where we are right now is the Mission District. The Mission District is a very special part of our city. You smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. They have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. And then you walk further down and you have sunrise cafe. It is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood and how you can help and support your community. Twentyfourth street is the birthplace of the movement. We have over 620 murals. It is the largest outdoor Public Gallery in the country and possibly the world. You can find so much Political Engagement park next to so much incredible art. Its another reason why we think this is a cultural district that we must preserve. [ ] it was formed in 2014. We had been an organization that had been around for over 20 years. We worked a lot in the neighborhood around life issues. Most recently, in 2012, there were issues around gentrification in the neighborhood. So the idea of forming the cultural district was to help preserve the history and the culture that is in this neighborhood for the future of families and generations. In the past decade, 8,000 latino residents in the Mission District have been displaced from their community. We all know that the rising cost of living in San Francisco has led to many people being displaced. Lower and middle income all over the city. Because it there is richness in this neighborhood that i also mentioned the fact it is flat and so accessible by trip Public Transportation, has, has made it very popular. Its a struggle for us right now, you know, when you get a lot of development coming to an area, a lot of new people coming to the area with different sets of values and different culture. There is a lot of struggle between the existing community and the newness coming in. There are some things that we do to try to slow it down so it doesnt completely erase the communities. We try to have developments that is more in tune with the community and more Equitable Development in the area. You need to meet with and gain the support and find out the needs of the neighborhoods. The people on the businesses that came before you. You need to dialogue and show respect. And then figure out how to bring in the new, without displacing the old. [ ] i hope we can reset a lot of the mission that we have lost in the last 20 years. So we will be bringing in a lot of folks into the neighborhoods pick when we do that, there is a demand or, you know, certain types of services that pertain more to the local community and workingclass. Back in the day, we looked at mission street, and now it does not look and feel anything like mission street. This is the last stand of the latino concentrated arts, culture and cuisine and people. We created a cultural district to do our best to conserve that feeling. That is what makes our city so cosmopolitan and diverse and makes us the envy of the world. We have these unique neighborhoods with so much cultural presence and learnings, that we want to preserve. [ ] we continue our celebration, our Community Celebration here for bubble upper yard. I would like to introduce our executive director from Mission Housing, and hes joining us via video. Thank you so much. Hello, everyone, i want to say thank you for letting us to share this fantastic day with the community. My name is sam moss, from Mission Housing development corporation. One of the developers for the balboa park upper yard. Were standing on the future site of 130 lowincome family units for the community and throughout San Francisco. I really want to thank supervisor safai, the Board Directors of Mission Housing, the bart board of directors as well. Were also standing on land that will eventually be a Brandnew Community center and new bart station and plaza. And its things like these, collaborations like these, that are the most important work that we do in the Affordable Housing community. Its important to take advantage of sites like this. They dont come up very often. With the construction that is as expensive as it is and the Uncertain Times right now, im honored to personally to be able to say thank you for allowing to us help to deliver this Vital Community center. Most importantly, cuhj and the community for sticking together and working together throughout the last five years to make this a reality. Without the tireless work that cuhj has put forth since 2008, i dont believe that wed be here. Its important for everyone that is watching to realize that the standard for affordable Housing Development and Community Organization has been set at the balboa park upper yard. This will be the new norm, engaging everyone that will benefit from the property, and not just those that live at the property, its at the heart of Mission Housings mission and im honored to stand here today and to say how awesome its going to be. And, finally, i want to thank the Mission Housing deputy executive director. I know it looks like i run the company but without marcia, Mission Housing would not be where we are today. Thank you, marcia. And im honored to welcome mayor london breed. Thank you so much, sam. Im mayor london breed. Im so excited to be here with all of you today for the balboa park upper yard groundbreaking. Now this is really a groundbreaking project for the lake view o. M. I. Community. Its one of the second 100 Affordable Housing projects in the lake view community. And that has no small part to do with the people of this community who have fought for years and years for their fair share of not just housing, but 100 Affordable Housing. 131 units. Right here at balboa park. And let me just talk a little bit about how amazing this project is. Not only will there be an onsite child care, there will also be wrap around services for families. And whats so amazing about this project is that we will be using neighborhood preference. So the people of this Community Get the right for the units built in their community. Its time to change how we provide Affordable Housing in communities. It cant just be that we build this housing and then no one who grew up and was born and raise in regard this community has access. We have so many incredible leaders who are going to be working with us to make sure that the people of this community apply for the Affordable Housing and that they get in. Its going to be up to you. But let me also tell you about some of the great amenities of this project because this is how housing should be built. Very close to transit corridors. And were lucky to have a bart a partner in the sfmta, so i want to thank sfmta and i want to thank bart and thank all of our transit agencies for the work they have not only done to work so we could use this property for 100 Affordable Housing, but the work thats going to be provided around reimagining what this plaza looks like. There will be additional bart trains. There will be traditional resources. 30 million from the state invested in this project. Which is just one of the many things that we know that we need to do as a city to make sure that we are building more housing along transit corridors. Its not only efficient for the people who rely on Public Transportation every single day but its good for the environment also. And let me just take an opportunity to really thank Mission Housing and sam moss for the work theyve done on this project. I want to thank bill white and related for what they have done and our sfmta department for working with us to transition this property for Affordable Housing. And i want to thank bart for their partnership. I want to thank our Mayors Office of housing and the work that they have done. It really does take a village. These projects are so expensive. Because its not just about building housing, its about building the infrastructure to maintain this housing for generations to come. Its about redoing the plazas and making it work. Its about the fact that there will be families moving into this particular development and we want to make sure that children have a safe place to play. So so many incredible things. Such an amazing project. And let me also just give credit to where credit is due where credit is due. The leader of this community, supervisor safai, when he first stepped on the board of supervisors, he said that it is really unfortunate that no Affordable Housing has even been built in this community. And he wanted to change that. We are breaking ground on the second affordable Housing Development in district 11 since hes been in office and thats an absolute amazing accomplishment. We are so grateful for his leadership, his partnership, and the work that he has done, not only to provide Affordable Housing but the job center, the library, and the parks, everything that matters to people and families who actually live here. Because of this supervisor, the Lakeview Community is no longer the forgotten community of San Francisco. So, ladies and gentlemen, i would like to introduce supervisor safai. [applause] thank you, madam mayor. This is an historic day and were really excited to be here. I want to start off by saying that rather than keeping this site and just as an empty parking lot or used as parking, we went she doesnt like when i say this but we marched into the Mayors Office but we marched slowly and we said what can we do creatively on this site while were waiting for Affordable Housing to be built. And we came up with a plan for safe parking. There are individuals in this city that are unhoused and that are living in their vehicles and she did not even hesitate. She supported us, myself and the supervisor brown at the time and we were able to create something that has never been done in San Francisco. And thats safe parking for those that are unhoused, living in their vehicles. Were coming up on about a oneyear anniversary of that work and it has been extremely successful. So i want to thank the mayor for supporting us and believing us and allowing us to do something positive with this site while we waited for the housing to get built. Another thing that the mayor did when she was on the board of supervisors that i dont want to i want to underscore, is neighborhood preference. Neighborhood preference says that if you live within proximity, if you live within the radius of this site, you will have first crack at getting into these apartments. That is something that had never been done in San Francisco before, and that is extremely important to the Lakeview Community. About 20, 30 years ago this community was over 50 african american. Today its down to less than 20 . But the children and the families of those families that have grown here and been raised here and prospered here are still connected to this community. They will have the ability if they live in these homes and their families and other neighbors will have the ability to apply for these. And i want to give a special recognition to miss gwen brown who runs our job opportunity center, shes also going to be working on our Employment Opportunities for this site. Shell be someone that we work with at Mission Housing and the Mayors Office works with to ensure that we do the outreach in this community so people apply. Thats a very important thing. Another thing again to thank the mayor, this project would have not been at the top of the pile. We came in and we made the argument that this district has never seen any family Affordable Housing built on any scale. Mayor breed put us at the top. She listened to us and she heard the community and she heard our voices and filled that gap, an additional 20 million to 30 million, first out of the eraf funds and now out of the propa Affordable Housing bond fund. That is what closed the gap for this project and were here celebrating today, a major grant, a transportation grant, that was awarded to this site. Another 20 million. This site is special. This site is important for this community. And we would not have been able to be celebrating this without mayor breed and her leadership and support. So thank you, mayor breed. [applause] Mission Housing related have been wonderful partners. I dont know how many times i had to pick up the phone and call bill witty and work through problems to make sure that this project is going to stay on track, that its going to be built, that it will be family. And then let me make one last point before i end. Another thing that the mayor and i worked on together when she was board president and along with supervisor jane kim, along with supervisor aaron peskin, we updated the conversation about what is affordable. And affordable for whom. So many times in this city people are talking about housing and Affordable Housing just for extremely lowincome families. And you know what, we do a pretty good job of that in San Francisco. And we need to do more. But what we havent done, and what this community has always been has been a community of working people, a community of working families. Im talking about nonprofit workers and im talking about teachers and im talking about muni drivers and educators and im talking about people that get up and to make this city run every day. And because of the work that we did, we have been able to expand the definition of affordable. We have been able to ensure that working families will also be included in this conversation. So that when a janitor applies or when a nonprofit worker applies, they will also be able to qualify for this housing. Now thats not at the exclusion of lowincome families, because what we did we expanded the pie. Instead of having 80 to 100 units we went up to 130, and we did that with a community process. So im very proud of the results here today. Im very happy to be here. I want to thank again related Mission Housing, mayor breed, the Mayors Office of housing and Marion Harris from the district 11 council, thank you for being here. Phylicia thibedeau from one of the institutions in lakeview o. M. I. And i see the folks from community, united for health and justice. I want to recognize all of the Community Work that went into making this possible. This is years in the making. This is something that will be special and lasting and thank you very much, everyone. [applause] oh, sorry, and, yes, our other partner that is very important because were sitting on their land is bart. Bartd has been a partner bart has been a partner in helping us to solve the pusonl the puzzle n reimagining this plaza here. And sfmta was also a part of that, but i would like to bring up miss alicia trouse from bart. Thank you. Hello, welcome. Im alicia trouse, im the bart communications officer, and welcome to our bart station. I love this station. I love how easy you can jump off a train and get on a muni bus. Its a great partnership. And our business is moving people, right, but its also gaining lifetime riders. You do that by building housing right across the street from your station. I want to briefly talk about something that were very concerned about at bart. Its the mobility divide. Youve heard of the digital divide, right . Well, theres a mobility divide. And its perpetuating inequality and the way that you tackle is to build 100 Affordable Housing right next to transit, right next to bart and right next to muni and you make it easy to go to your job and Health Care Appointment and school by doing that. And this partnership is going to tackle that divide. And next i toss it to our bart board of director bevin duffy, who represents district 9, so lets roll the tape. Im proud to join you this morning virtually on behalf of the bart board of directors and my colleagues simon and director jantzidirectjanice lee. We are proud to be here to recognize the Community Leaders that i have known for so many years here in San Francisco who had a vision for what could be done and that we could take this site and develop homes for families that need them and to create a vibrant Meeting Place that brings the Community Together and also to recognize the importance of transit oriented development. What were trying to do at bart around the bay area, which is to build complete communities that have housing and retail and sometimes commercial and great bike and Pedestrian Access and Public Meeting and gathering places. And so i really want to congratulate the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development and also Mission Housing development corporation. And related companies. And sfmta and our transit partner. And so many great things will come as a result of this that well have better seamless transit access and that individuals, including bart at balboa park, you will find a Great Community space where we may have farmers markets and other things that really bring our Community Together. I really want to say that we are extremely grateful to the community and i also want to add to mayor london breed, supervisor safai, supervisor avalos, and the previous supervisor for this district, and really just to say that that the city has really come together to create an amazing t. O. D. Project. Thithis is an important milestoe and were gratified to be part of it and to show the bay area that we can develop muchneeded housing and help to have a more complete community. Thanks. Now id like to introduce bill witty, the chairman and c. E. O. Of related california, one of the Largest Developers of Affordable Housing based here in this great city of San Francisco. Everyone, please welcome bill witty. [applause] thank you, alicia. You know, as the mayor and supervisor safai said, i have been working both in government and in the private sector in San Francisco since the early 1980s. This is the first time the first year that i can remember a big push for Affordable Housing in this neighborhood, which has long been needed. And i think that whats really made this happen you have already heard is that weve gotten to work along with Mission Housing with two of the most Effective Advocates for Affordable Housing, not only in this city but in california. With mayor breed, if you mention Affordable Housing and are about to ask for something, she will typically say yes. Now the answer is yes. Now whats the question . You cant do any better than that. And supervisor safai who has become a friend and colleague over these years, working on this project, and every month i know that im going to get a call from him saying, whats going on. What can we do . Oh, we have this technical problem. Lets figure out a way to solve it. Oh, we have to lobby the state to get funding, what can i do to help. Hes really helped, along with our partners at Mission Housing, in bringing the community into this so that this is not just about bricks and mortar. This is about holistic housing, you know, and youve heard all of the components of that in working with the community. I would also like to thank our staff and silver berg and nick wilder here today for all of the Technical Work needed to work with our partners at bart to make this technically feasible. This is a very challenging site. We have to deal with barts legitimate questions. We have to deal with issues of inaggress and egress to have the services and the site work and the child care, all on a very complicated site. We have a great architect in methune partners and a great partner in cayhill contractors and its all come together to make it happen. And i would like also to acknowledge the Mayors Office of housing who on behalf of the city has worked with us throughout to make sure that all of the funding works together and that as supervisor safai said to close the gap to make the financing feasible. So i look forward to the day when we open this development. In a few years from now we will welcome the residents of lakeview and others for whom this housing was intended. So thank you very much. And now i will bring back marcia contrares of Mission Housing. Thank you, mr. Witty, thank you for joining us and thank you for your kind words. I would like now to introduce jesse fernandez, the Program Manager with Communities United for health and justice. Jesse . Buenos dias, good morning. Im jesse fernandez, im with Communities United for health and justice, were a multireliant program across the district. We are celebrating Affordable Housing, Community Serving here at balboa park upper yard station. This project represents the very best in collaboration between the community and the decisionmakers. And i want to invoke all of the Community Planners who for 10 years have rolled up their sleeves and time and again made the case to make this project possible and have done so guided by a heartfelt communityled process. Our success at the balboa park upper yard should set an example for peoplefocused planning for our ever changing city, to always keep people at the forefront of decisionmaking. I would like to acknowledge the hard work of our former Supervisor John Avalos for working with the community and advocating for necessary resources that are long overdue across our district. Thank you very much. Thank you, jesse. Well, we are at the end of our Community Celebrations. Thank you to all of the partners that joined us today and to everybody that joined us virtually. Thank you to cuhj, for [speaking spanish] the ymca of San Francisco, mayor london breed and supervisor safai, and all of the representatives from bart and their team for their support while coordinating this event. And, of course, our development partner, mr. Bill witty from related company for their understanding and being able to work with us and identify the needs of this community and the families of district 11. We also want to thank our team at Mission Housing for reaching this milestone and a special thanks to our board of directors for always supporting us. Last but not least i would like to send a special thank you to our Senior Communications manager for working on all of the logistics and to make sure that this event was a successful and safe one for everyone who participated. Thank you again for joining us and until the next one. I love teaching. It is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. This really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. This is very enriching as an artist. A lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. There are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. That is a really big draw. This is a signature piece. This is the bill largest darkroom in the u. S. There are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. I think it is the heart of this place. You feel it when you come in. The people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography. We get to build the community here. This is different. First of all, this is a great location. It is in a lesspopulated area. Of lot of people come here just so that they can participate in this program. It is a great opportunity for people who have a little bit of photographic experience. The people have a lot, they can really come together and share a love and a passion. We offer everything from traditional black and white darkrooms to learning how to process your first roll of film. We offer classes and workshops in digital camera, digital printing. We offer classes basically in the shooting, ton the town at night, treasure island. There is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program. Hello, my name is jennifer. My name is simone. We are going on a field trip to take pictures up the hill. Cmon, cmon, cmon. Actually, i have been here a lot. I have never looked closely enough to see everything. Now, i get to take pictures. We want to try to get them to be more creative with it. We let them to be free with them but at the same time, we give them a little bit of direction. You can focus in here. That was cool. If you see that . Behind the city, behind the houses, behind those hills. The see any more hills . These kids are wonderful. They get to explore, they get to see different things. We let them explore a little bit. They get their best. If their parents ever ask, we can learn they can say that they learned about the depth of field or the rule of thirds or that the shadows can give a good contrast. Some of the things they come up with are fantastic. That is what were trying to encourage. These kids can bring up the creativity and also the love for photography. A lot of people come into my classes and they dont feel like they really are creative and through the process of working and showing them and giving them some tips and ideas. This is kind of the best kept secret. You should come on and take a class. We have orientations on most saturdays. This is a really wonderful location and is the real jewel to the community. Ready to develop your photography skills . The Harvey Milk Photo Center focuses on adult classes. And saturday workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes. My name is doctor ellen moffett, i am an assistant medical examiner for the city and county of San Francisco. I perform autopsy, review medical records and write reports. Also integrate other sorts of testing data to determine cause and manner of death. I have been here at this facility since i moved here in november, and previous to that at the old facility. I was worried when we moved here that because this building is so much larger that i wouldnt see people every day. I would miss my personal interactions with the other employees, but that hasnt been the case. This building is very nice. We have lovely autopsy tables and i do get to go upstairs and down stairs several times a day to see everyone else i work with. We have a bond like any other group of employees that work for a specific agency in San Francisco. We work closely on each case to determine the best cause of death, and we also interact with family members of the diseased. That brings us closer together also. I am an investigator two at the office of the chief until examiner in San Francisco. As an investigator here i investigate all manners of death that come through our jurisdiction. I go to the field Interview Police officers, detectives, family members, physicians, anyone who might be involved with the death. Additionally i take any property with the deceased individual and take care and custody of that. I maintain the chain and custody for court purposes if that becomes an issue later and notify next of kin and make any additional follow up phone callsness with that particular death. I am dealing with people at the worst possible time in their lives delivering the worst news they could get. I work with the family to help them through the grieving process. I am ricky moore, a clerk at the San Francisco medical examiners office. I assist the pathology and toxicology and Investigative Team around work close with the families, loved ones and funeral establishment. I started at the old facility. The building was old, vintage. We had issues with plumbing and things like that. I had a tiny desk. I feet very happy to be here in the new digs where i actually have room to do my work. I am sue pairing, the toxicologist supervisor. We test for alcohol, drugs and poisons and biological substances. I oversee all of the lab operations. The forensic operation here we perform the toxicology testing for the Human Performance and the case in the city of San Francisco. We collect evidence at the scene. A woman was killed after a robbery homicide, and the dna collected from the zip ties she was bound with ended up being a cold hit to the suspect. That was the only investigative link collecting the scene to the suspect. It is nice to get the feedback. We do a lot of work and you dont hear the result. Once in a while you heard it had an impact on somebody. You can bring justice to what happened. We are able to take what we due to the next level. Many of our counterparts in other states, cities or countries dont have the resources and dont have the beautiful building and the equipmentness to really advance what we are doing. Sometimes we go to court. Whoever is on call may be called out of the office to go to various portions of the city to investigate suspicious deaths. We do whatever we can to get our job done. When we think that a case has a natural cause of death and it turns out to be another natural cause of death. Unexpected findings are fun. I have a prior background in law enforcement. I was a Police Officer for 8 years. I handled homicides and suicides. I had been around Death Investigation type scenes. As a Police Officer we only handled minimal components then it was turned over to the coroner or the detective division. I am intrigued with those types of calls. I wondered why someone died. I have an extremely supportive family. Older children say, mom, how was your day. I can give minor details and i have an amazing spouse always willing to listen to any and all details of my day. Without that it would be really hard to deal with the negative components of this job. Being i am a native of San Francisco and grew up in the community. I come across that a lot where i may know a loved one coming from the back way or a loved one seeking answers for their deceased. There are a lot of cases where i may feel affected by it. If from is a child involved or things like that. I try to not bring it home and not let it affect me. When i tell people i work at the medical examiners office. Whawhat do you do . The autopsy . I deal with the a with the enou with the administrative and the families. Most of the time work here is very enjoyable. After i started working with dead people, i had just gotten married and one night i woke up in a cold sweat. I thought there was somebody dead . My bed. I rolled over and poked the body. Sure enough, it was my husband who grumbled and went back to sleep. This job does have lingering effects. In terms of why did you want to go into this . I loved science growing up but i didnt want to be a doctor and didnt want to be a pharmacist. The more i learned about forensics how interested i was of the perfect combination between Applied Science and criminal justice. If you are interested in finding out the facts and truth seeking to find out what happened, anybody interested in that has a place in this field. Being a woman we just need to go for it and dont let anyone fail you, you cant be. With regard to this position in comparison to crime dramas out there, i would say there might be some minor correlations. Lets face it, we arent hollywood, we are real world. Yes we collect evidence. We want to preserve that. We are not scanning fingerprints in the field like a Hollywood Television show. Families say thank you for what you do, for me that is extremely fulfilling. Somebody has to do my job. If i can make a situation that is really negative for someone more positive, then i feel like i am doing the right thing for the city of San Francisco. This meeting is being held by web ex during covid19 emergency the Fire Commissions regular meeting room is closed and meetings with the Fire Commission will convene