But if we look north of market consistently we have very problematic intersections that are still yet to be resoderv. We have oak and octavia and market and ok thaiv why which are consistently the most dangerous intersections in the city. In addition to that, every morning in my neighborhood we have traffic backing up on page, haight street, laguna street, and other streets in the neighborhood with road rage drivers. I was assaulted two years ago at the corner of laguna and page and sent to the hospital with a concussion. By a road rage driver there. The point is there are many transportation issues that have still not been addressed in this area. And yet were talking about funneling money from the sale of these parcels back for Affordable Housing. Now, im a big supporter of Affordable Housing, but this notion of true up is something new to me. I was on the central freeway cac when [speaker not understood] was handling these sales and there was never any mention about a true up. And if you look at the sale of those parcels, the cost of those parcels that the Redevelopment Agency paid versus the market rate parcels, youll see they paid much, much less than the market rate parcels. So, i just want to point this out. Until we have completed the octavia boulevard project and dealt with these transportation issues, we shouldnt be talking about using money for Affordable Housing. It wasnt intended to be used for that purpose. Thank you very much. Good afternoon and thank you for your time. Ive been a volunteer with hayes valley farm since its inception in january 2010, and im there pretty much every week. [speaker not understood] through some changes. Almost universally the people in the neighborhood have come and thanked us for making it a safe [inaudible]. Grandparents or children. But we also have visitors from other countries. Weve had, what would you say, field trips from ecuador, indonesia, farmers from scandinavia, germany, asia, pakistan, india, and if they have time they take classes with us. And we have become one of the prototypes in the world of normal farming. These teenagers, children and adults, they take this back to their own homes. So, they feel a sense of personal empowerment. It is good for the neighborhood, but its a small world. Every part of the world is part of our neighborhood also. Not just young school kids, preschoolers. They come in and they have a [speaker not understood] and they take off with it. And the parents think they cant do it. Oh, youre too little, youre too sweet. But theyre strong and theyre learning. Its an asset not only to the neighborhood, but the rest of the city. The kids from bayview, the mission, pacific heights, the local french school, the wealthy kid. Lets keep it. Ive been in construction and i know how much [speaker not understood]. The parking lot would do. Thank you. [speaker not understood] the farm for us. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is william pickle. Im the executive director of west bay housing and Octavia Court, inc. , west bay was the cosponsor and is the coowner of deputy of the court, hud section 81 1 property which provides supportive affordable and accessible housing for 14 households, person with Developmental Disability and also an onsite artsbased day program and open gallery which had its first open Community Event just last week. The project would not have been possible without tremendous collaboration amongst multiple city agencies, tremendous support from sfra, now mo. Also tremendous support and advocacy from hayes valley neighborhood association. Id like to second peter cohans comments around imperative to really keep the conversation open around the funding available for Affordable Housing. It is a terrible time statewide. Octavia court had three major sources of funding, hud 11, sfra tax increment set aside, and state bond financing through the multiFamily Housing program. All of those sources are unavailable now. So, the nuances of the true up and the legalities around it are beyond my knowledge, but i would say that Octavia Court doesnt happen without great conversations around sometimes competing Community Development objectessv that are managed by different agentv size. Id like to see that kind of dialogue continue. Agencies i will say one note about the farm. Theyve been a great neighbor to Octavia Court and its residents. And i assume that when its developed when parcel o is developed for affordable Family Housing thats also going to enrich the neighborhood for Octavia Court residents. Again, i would like to see dialogue continue for a win win outcome there. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you. [speaker not understood], jo anna bonheim. Are there any additional Public Comment . Good afternoon, robert joyce. I am a resident of d5, homeowner, i live five blocks away from parcel o and im here speaking on behalf of myself. Thank you, supervisors. Thank you to the presenters. Couple quick things. A lot has been said already. I would like to submit to the record something i posted in the spur website. Their report that then i quote, we understand that the hayes valley farm currently located on parcel o is soon to be moved and we urge the project sponsors to work with the city to prolong the farms tenancy until such time as parcel o can be developed. I am very pleased to hear from mr. Rich today, if i reder correctly, that hayes valley farm was going to continue to be there until june 1st. Thats great news. My question is what happens after that. And i would like to see an open Community Process where we can do whats best for all the communities involved. Its been said before that the idea of having an urban agriculture going on is unsafe. I think thats an opinion. I think intelligent people can disagree about that. And that compromises can be found. Its a very large site. I think we can find safe places to have urban agriculture existing on part of the parcel while construction is going on while hickory street is being extended. Certainly the people whose home border right on it on the eastern side would hope that it would be safe for their homes to remain there. I would also like on the question of what is going to go on during construction also submit something from the Planning Department the exemption from the Environmental Review that was submitted in june. And i quote, the project would not involve removal of projects from adjacent o to the [speaker not understood]. Protect trees on parcel o during construction for the direction of the certified arborist. I think that gives a road nab to what parts of parcel o may be appropriate for urban agriculture to [speaker not understood]. Thank you for your time. Thank you. My name is [speaker not understood] bonheim. Im a volunteer at hayes valley farm. I dont live in hayes valley. I live in the tenderloin where theres no accessible green space for residents to enjoy. I dont think it can be underestimated the importance of the feel of community, but [speaker not understood] by the productive green space. Hayes valley farm gives back to the neighborhood on so many levels through the beautification, citizen involvement, education, and through the donation of food and more. So, im asking that this parcel continue to be used as a farm for as long as possible and certainly not the eyesore of a parking lot. Thanks. Hi, [speaker not understood]. I live pretty close to hayes valley farm and i just wanted to say tt appreciate that the city ask county is making the effort to find another location. And however, i dont believe that its i mean, its definitely enhanced the neighborhood dramatically. I think that all of the neighbors appreciate it being there. And youve heard so many speakers already, and i know that there are probably hundredsof other people throughout the city who would speak in favor of keeping it there as long as possible. I dont think tt having Construction Equipment parked there and taking the farm out is the answer in the short term. I just reiterate, idont think its a safety issue. I really think that other places for parking Construction Equipment can be found. So, i really would urge the board to take an active role in keeping it there for as long as possible and making all the efforts that you can to find another location eventually when Affordable Housing is built there. Thank you. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is [speaker not understood] from the council of Community Housing organizations. First of all i want to thank all of you as cosponsors of proposition c and the supporters of Affordable Housing. [speaker not understood] ken rich to talk about octavia boulevard, that a full build out will have 50 ofthe units as affordable ousing, senior housing, formerly homeless housing, special needs housing, Family Housing, transitional age youth housing. Want to reiterate the narrative of how octavia boulevard came to be. That at a time of low filled or when the city was not quite prepared to Sell Properties at a low market, the prepurchases of sites for Affordable Housing 17 million of the 23 million to develop, construct, and maintain the boulevardcame from the Affordable HousingRedevelopment Agency low m funds. Of those and in that original agreement, the agency and now Mayors Office of housing were to be reimbursed from those sales in the event that excess funds were available after the completion of octavia boulevard. In 2009, the Mayors Office of Economic Development by rich projected 13. 25 million that were going to go back to the Mayors Office of Affordable Housing which made possible the construction of octavia boulevard to be able to build Affordable Housing sites. Id like to enter this memo for the record, a 2009 memo from the office of economic work force development. At this point as you heard today, we are talking about 9. 8 million rather than the original amount. Things change. That is fine. Thats what i guess we need to live with. I think what we need to understand, though, is just as Affordable Housing does its part to support [speaker not understood] improvement in the future as new Affordable Housing developments, were hoping we can see a little bit of the same support coming from the transportation sector toward Affordable Housing. Thank you very much. Calvin welch, San Francisco information clearinghouse. Im of the old school of Affordable Housing advocacy. Im not nice. Going from 17 million to 9. 8 million is simply silly policy. If you cant trust the city, when is a deal a deal . This came before this board because of parcel f. Parcel f is being sold at less than market rate with no objection to a market rate developer with no objection from advocates when it involves market rate housing development. But when it involves repaying Affordable Housing development, were told theres major problems with proposition i. Proposition i wasnt cited when the city didnt have enough money to make the improvements, came to the Redevelopment Agency, took 17 million of Affordable Housing money to principally benefit the existing residents of that part of the world. All power to them. When is a deal a deal . You are currently contemplating a new Transportation Sustainability fee which contemplates charging a fee for Affordable Housing development. Folks, this is not good policy, to pit Affordable Housing against transit does not make sense. Finally, it also does not make sense to remove from parcel o a function garden, urban agricultural garden. To do phasing for market rate development. Keep parcel o in its current use. Work hard to repay as much of the 17 million for Affordable Housing. And thank you for your support for proposition c. Well see you on the transit sustainability fee. Byebye. I knew you were a city in white how did you make the item turn outright were going riding on the octavia freeway of love with the wind against our backs were going riding on the freeway of love and nothings holding us back and i know youre gonna make it work outright oh, youre gonna see the light and were going riding on the freeway of love with the wind against our backs were going riding on the freeway of love and were Holding Nothing back were going riding are there any additional Public Comments . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you. So, colleagues, are there any questions . Id like to ask one for olson lee and ms. Yunga. Some of the affordable advocates raised questions about the true up amount from 17 million dropped to 13. 2 and the amount in our the ordinance before us is 9. 8 million. Could you talk about how were going to ensure that were going to have the maximum amount for Affordable Housing in the city . Thank you. Thank you very much. Olson lee, director of the Mayors Office of housing. The memo that was cited by fernando really was the understanding early on in the process. I think that the notion of the amount of the van ness improvements were probably accurate a while ago, but things have changed on the transportation side. I think this mou will be structured in such a way that the Affordable Housing number will be fixed, at least the 9. 8. The structure that will be, as ken explained, that after the additional ancillary improvements and some staffing costs, the Affordable Housing will be paid out of the next set of proceeds. And then the remaining funds for the van ness improvement. And if there are any funds remaining after that will go for Affordable Housing. So, i think that the mou will guarantee that, that is at least the amount stated here in the presentation overall. And we will work closely with our fellow departments both oewd and dp w that this mou we all agree to will be adhered to and the monies will be directed towards Affordable Housing. I did want to state that, you know, the role of Affordable Housing in this neighborhood is not just purchasing the land, but that each individual unit requires the level of subsidy. Subsidy probably in the neighborhood of 200,000 a unit and we produced over 300 over 3 25 units, which means that the contribution of either Redevelopment Funds or other funds into the neighborhood to meet the Affordable Housing goal has been in excess of 32 million in addition to the land purchase. So, the amount of the true up that helps meet those other future funding obligationses that we had to be able to ensure that the Affordable Housing gets built. Thank you. Supervisor olague. Yes, i just want to thank members of the public for coming out today. I agree that hayes valley farm is a wonderful use and weve managed to get an extension, i think a sixmonth extension, at least. And i believe that what we need to engage in is some conversations with mo, with the developers, with the community, and the neighbors to try to come up with a strategy around the timeline for the development and see if there are ways that we can work around the construction and that sort of thing. So, i look forward to having those discussions with members of the public who are here today to see if we can find a way that we can have a simultaneous use. In the past weve looked at legislation around temporary uses, at sites that have been permitted for development. And i think that its time that we revisit that legislation and given the enthusiasm that was seen in the city around urban agriculture and some of these community farms, i think that we really do need to find a way of legislating these temporary uses because right now it it seems a little bit too arbitrary in many ways and we need to have some kind of policy around it. So, i would like to work with mo and planning and members of the community to try to come up with that sort of a scheme. Also, i agree that site was blighted for years and the farm has provided [speaker not understood] on the street. All of those things have revitalized the neighborhood and have put a lot of young people to work. So, i look forward to the buchanan mall being used for that hayes valley farm some of it being converted there. I believe there are other parts of hayes valley that would like to see that type of use. Its a question of finding a site. I think thats one of the limitations of having these cacs developed. Many of us worked on the market octavia plan. We approved it when i was still at planning. And we discussed a lot of the issues. And i thin