President , i was the vice. And i do thank you, mr. Dwayne, because it really has been a very taxing journey. And i truly hope that the y gina keeps that open door policy. I thank you for that. And to everyone thats here, thank you, thank you, thank you. applause all right. And again, thank you to the residents. We look forward to working with them on the subsequent phases and look forward to working with all the residents in all the developments as we move forward on this endeavor. At this point id like to introduce the president of the lead developer of this partnership, and that is jack gardner. Without our developers, without our partnerships, we wouldnt be here because we need developers to design and create this and to secure all the financing. And id like to introduce jack gardner. applause thank you. Thank you, olson. Mr. Mayor, im going to bring my kids to the next event because i want the mayor of San Francisco to tell them to keep their rooms clean, too. [laughter] so, and t
Potential candidates that they will refer to tjpa and other employers. I mentioned that our interns in the past have had a great deal of success working on our project and have been very positive experience for them, preparing for college and moving into other activities. And we were featured by the National Academy foundation in two of their recent publications, and the brochure you see three of our interns from the summer of 2011 with their mentors from the tjpa and project control staff. So we had very positive feedback from National Academy foundation looking to tjpa as a model for the internship programs that we have been participating with in San Francisco unified. I will ask ted to come up and talk about his efforts on the veterans program. Im sorry, one more slide on the efforts of the unions reported at our last board meetings with their efforts with San Francisco unified. The Carpenters Union is certifying the tech 21 program as a preapprenticeship program. And the Building T
Project, as well as the Construction Industry in general. I think its important to note that its not just about hiring veterans. Its about retention. And making sure that they succeed. And so on that note we have actually been looking at ways to ensure that they are going to succeed. Just as a best practices note from all the research i have done, we found that veterans need each other once they are back from their tours of duties. They actually should retain a cohort, which they can find of hang out with and be together. That is what were attempting to create with this whole construction hiring process as a way for them to still, like there are so many jobs in the city that are coming down the pike, we want to make sure that they have a network to stay connected with each other. So on that note were working with San Francisco unified school district, as well as integrating veterans preorientation programs there. As well as the Sf State University Veterans Club to generate internship p
There a motion to adopt the minutes as amended . So moved. Second. All in favor. Aye. Aye. That is a question, i was not present, should i abstain . Pardon me . Not an option, you have to vote. X i will vote in favor the next item on the agenda is the executive directors report. Just one highlight this month. Again, bringing up the report that was done by the board of supervisors budget analyst comparing the San Francisco and Los Angeles Commission procedures. In order to bring that to a commission as a discussable item, we decided not to just show you the report. But to gather some Public Comment on what the report actually means. So that we have some feedback to give you in advance of this. So we have scheduled two interested public meetings. Interested persons meetings in december on the 4th and the 10th to do this. You are welcome to come as you are to all interested persons meeting. If you could let me know in advance and well bring this to the commission in the new year as an age
As i mentioned before, i have been in conversation with president chiu about this. Ive been in conversation with mayor lee about this. Our sense was as i said before, the city family can come together and marshal the resources to try to make this happen. And if we have a willing party in terms of the property owner, i think it is possible. We have evaluated the level of Environmental Review that we believe would be required. We believe that its doable in that timeline. The other approvals we believe are doable in that timeline. Its certainly by no means easy. Its by no means a slam dunk. But, again, would not have recommended it if i didnt think it was viable. As i said before, i think it is a win win scenario. Its one that i would like to see happen. And with regard to the timing, as i tried to explain, if we dont make a decision by a certain point, we start to impact the project and put the agency and the san franciscans who fund it at risk. So, thats where we got this, the deadline