Able to close quickly on these properties that we will lose them thats a fair request youre making and im supportive of this. If i can make a motion to send this item forward as a Committee Report with positive recommendati recommendation. Im looking to my colleagues if that is okay. That passes unanimously. Ordinance authorizing the controller to modify the ballot question regarding the proposed general Obligation Bond ordinance for the november 5, 2019, ballot board of supervisors file no. 190495 to incur 600,000,000 of bonded indebtedness to finance the construction, development, acquisition, improvement, rehabilitation, preservation, and repair of Affordable Housing improvements, and related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes. Chair ronen thank you. We have sophia kitler from the Mayors Office. Thank you, supervisors. The mayor, mayor breed and president nee had introduced this to allow the controller to take advantage of senate bill 268, which would change it changes how we think about the ballot question and what the requirements for the ballot question are, particularly with regards making the tax rates explicit for rcds bonds. This ordinance had allowed us to take advantage of what that might be, should it pass at the state level, specifically for the Affordable Housing bonds. Im pleased to say f 268 is moving through the senate, but not applicable to the november ballot. It will not apply to Affordable Housing bond. While i believe we will be back for the easter bonds, we respectfully ask that the Committee Table this item. Thank you so much. Chair ronen thank you so much. Open this up for public comment. Any member of the public who would like to speak. Mr. Wright, come on up. This is just a continuation of my overall demonstration. You talk about 100 Affordable Housing. This is a 600 million bond and its supposed to be targeted for Senior Citizens in order to make sure they have permanent housing. Youve got redevelopment rules thats in the city charter that says 15 of all Apartment Building complexes that comes through the Mayors Office on housing is supposed to be for very low and low income and moderate income bracket people and then you come up with a 600 million bond in order to get the type of housing for the people who ive been demonstrating for years under this rule 702 pertaining to redevelopment and housing opportunities, 15 of all buildings is supposed to be for very low and lowincome bracket people. If youre to follow your own rules and regulations, you wouldnt have this type of problem and you wouldnt need this bond because those people would be included in the housing opportunity and you wouldnt have this problem in the first place. For example, 15 of the total amount of Apartment Buildings at mission is 1,500 units. If you follow the rules and resolutions that is in that big bank of information, 15 of 1,500 means 225 of those apartments is supposed to be for very low and low and moderateincome bracket people. The giants price fix and make the lowest income in order to be attended in that apartment complex in mission rot at about 38,000, 42,000 a year and its only 2 of the overall pie that you advertised and you make it look like people can afford to live in the building and they cant. Youre liable and im going to hold you to it. [ bell rings ]. Chair ronen thank you. Would any member of the public like to speak . Seeing none, it is closed. Im happy to make a motion to file this item. Without objection, that motion passes. To recommend. Chair ronen or table, sorry, not file, table the item. Sorry. Chair ronen i make a motion to table the item. The motion is to table the matter. Chair ronen thats right, and without objection, that motion passes unanimously. Mr. Clerk, is there any more items . Clerk that completes the agenda. Chair ronen then the meeting is adjourned. Thank you. [adjournment] thank you, wow, were starting on time, huh . Hey to everyone here in soma. I am so excited to be here. This project was approved in 2015. I was on the board of supervisors with former supervisor jane kim. There were a lot of delays. But delays dont mean denials. This project is going to be done. It is not only going to provide office space, its going to provide much needed housing in our city. Over 800 units of housing with 245 unit of Affordable Housing for seniors and families who are experiencing homelessness. This is the kind of project that should not be delayed. This is the kind of project that we need in communities all over San Francisco. Because we know, we have challenges with Affordable Housing. And we know that sometimes even when we have the Financial Resources to get the job done, our bureaucracy sometimes gets in the way. We have to change that. Because the people who need this housing the most, theyre counting on us to make better decisions. Theyre counting on us to get these projects done. So i want to thank brookfield and the Hertz Corporation for sticking with this project to get the job done. This project will provide 76 million in Community Benefits for the soma neighborhood. And let me just say [applause] that one of the things im most excited about, is that it will be providing art support. As a former director of an arts organization, our arts and our culture are critical to the success of our communities. And it has to be at the center of all of these Major Projects that we produce. So im also excited that soma filipino heritage district is receiving the kind of support it needs, to not only be a cultural district in this community, but it will help to make sure that we provide the kinds of programs and things so that people are reminded of the rich history and culture of the Filipino Community and the soma community. So thank you so much for all of the resources, all of the support, all of the excitement. This communitydriven project, that is going to really revitalize and change and shape this community and do so in a way that provides mixeduse, that provides new opportunities and that ensures success and safety for this community. Thank you, all, so much for being here and playing a major part in sticking with this project. And being very patient, rudy, as we know it took a lot of patience to get this project done. No more delays. Were breaking ground and were going to get it done. Thank you, all, for everyone who played a role in this. [applause] thank you so much, mayor london breed. At this point, wed like to welcome Brookville PropertiesVice President of development, jason bonet. Well, this is a very exciting day for all of us. Over a decade in the making. Weve reached this moment because of the vision, and support. Because of the tremendous leadership of mayors past and present. Thank you to late mayor ed lee for his commitment for more housing to the city. Thank you, mayor london breed, for being here today and for your tireless efforts in this city. Thank you to our great partners hurst and to our team at brookfield that is stewarding the project today. Mostly were here because of the dedication of neighbors, artists, nonprofit groups, educators and so many others who are deeply vested in the past, present and future of soma. It provides together we create an economic, social and cultural formula to support positive growth. This formula includes sustaining the neighborhoods inclusivity, creativity and roots. It promotes culture and the arts. It provides places of serendipity for people to socialize and exchange ideas. Welcoming to all. All this makes 5m what it is today and it will be. The next generation of mixeduse urban projects. Thank you to all of you who showed up today. Thank you for the good weather and ill pass it back. Thank you, jason. Hurst corporation extends more than 130 years here in San Francisco. As owner of the project, that storied history continues. Please welcome the Vice President and general manager stephen hurst. Reporter thanks everybody. Were no stranger to the neighborhood. As you heard, 130 years. My greatgrandfather took possession of the San Francisco examiner in 1887. I moved up here after doing a stint at the l. A. Examiner and Magazine Group in 1984 and worked in this building 15 years and held 9 different positions. They told me the glass was bulletproof, all i know you couldnt see in unless it was night. At any rate, were a longtime member of this neighborhood. We love it. We have a vested interest and we were in on the ground floor planning, along with the city and brookfield going forward. Theyve both been great partners. Were very pleased to see it coming to fruition. And the mayor mentioned bureaucracy. 11 years is too long to move a project like this that benefits so many. We cant wait to see the open space. Its going to be graen, its going to be beautiful and im sure people are going to enjoy it on a daily basis. With that, i say thank you very much for joining us. Enjoy your day. Thank you, stephen. The support and guidance of former District Supervisor jane kim resulted in a project that always puts the community first. Please welcome former District Supervisor jane kim. Thank you so much. It has really been a long journey to get to where we are today. I just want to acknowledge a number of people who made this project, not just possible, but the project that is sitting before you today. A project that is going to achieve 40 affordable and middle income housing, including very lowincome housing. A project thank you for the applause. A project that is going to achieve open space and arts and also much needed housing here in San Francisco. But it took a lot of folks to get us here today. And first i want to acknowledge all of the members of our community. Particularly here in south of market who get involved and engaged on every single new development here in our city, because this is our neighborhood. Like many of the folks im about to acknowledge, i also live one block away from this development site, so it matters to me what we get to be a part of when we build this community. I want to acknowledge west bay filipino. Podco. Tenderloin Filipino Community association. And the mint mall resident building and their leader stefani. And of course, united players. [applause] the many years that we spent in putting this project together, i still remember the first meeting i had with hearse when they told me the project would be coming to me within a year or 14 months for approval. I smiled. About five years later we had them come before the board of supervisors, but there was a small group of folks that worked to make this happen. Now brookfield, jack and alexis and Karen Johnson and april ng and many of our Community Leader who told us what they wanted to see. Ensuring that as we build more housing and grow this neighborhood, that those who have lived here, can afford to live in this development as well. While 40 is not equal in every development, its important to know that 40 part of 5m is for formally erly formerly homeless. Its important as we build, to include those struggling, but working to live in the city. Im so proud of this project. Thank you to everyone involved. Especially the ladies. They were involved in the negotiation room. Alexis, april, karen, in the office, it was a pleasure to see this through. Thank you very much and congratulations to brookfield hearst. Thank you, former supervisor kim. United players says its takes a hood to save a hood. So organization has been active and participatory in the creation of the 5m program. Please welcome united players executive director rudy corpus. [applause] thank you, jocelyn. First of all, i want to say thank you, god, for giving me this opportunity to be here to share with you guys. And be up in here with the mayor, the arest of the you guys. When i walked in earlier today, several people asked me, what you doing here . I said i live here. Right down the block. Why shouldnt i be here . So i say that because, in order for us to stabilize our community where you have over 100 years of filipino history, you have to be a part of the decisionmaking that is happening in your community. So when you ask to take the hood to build the hood, i am the hood. Ive been here all my life. I used to run up and down these alleys down here and make bad choices, but im still here. Me and our organization and other organizations here like west bay, the oldest Filipino Organization on the west region, we been here. But its important for us to build relationships. To understand, to be a part of the solution and to be at the table with the people who are here also. Thats what community is all about, building relationships. We all going to agree . No, were not, but we got to sit at the table to figure out what is the best for our people that exist in this community right now. Otherwise, were not going to have no Filipino Community. You got a building right here, 90 of the people that live here is filipino. We have so many good ideas, but you have to make sure youre sitting with the people that is currently living here to build them bridges. Im into building bridges, not walls. If you want to come to a neighborhood where im at, come see me. Because were going to be here. Thats right, come see me. Matt is the District Supervisor, but im the godfather of this neighborhood. Believe that. So i finally want to say this to all my united players to did all the amazing work. We have over 200 kids right now, mayor breed, in this community that were working with. Kids from all over the community. They cant be because they have programming right now. So i want to say. I was asked to come here to be a part of this groundbreaking. We going to use this shovel right here. This is symbolic shovel and i share with you why. Green door, other ones, right, was also supported by the late mayor ed lee and the current mayor london breed and jane kim. We melted them guns down for mothers who lost their kids to gun violence. We put the gun parts in a furnace at 3,000. We melted it down and made 50 shovels. This shovel right here for the commemoration of Martin Luther king, had a 50th anniversary when he was assassinated in april, they planted a cherry tree. This is the shovel that was used. His greatgreat granddaughter used this, to plant a tree for Martin Luther king. Where him and his wife was buried. We use soil from a man who was lynched because he looked at a white woman and they said, you cant look at white women. They use his remains because they burnt him. And they threw him in the ground of the river. The mothers who lost their kids to gun violence, we melted it down and made this shovel. Then when i came back to San Francisco, we used this shovel when mayor ed lee died. And we planted this tree. The Mahogany Tree by the library. So this symbolic shovel is being used to plant things that are really special. So now we breaking ground with this to plant this building right here. So everybody is doing something positive and productive and constructive is with this right here. May the earth again be free. In the bible it says, that swords would be turned into plow share. This is one right here. So you cannot touch nothing unless you using all the right energy and the spirit of love that came from m. L. K. , Martin Luther king, jr. , mayor london breed. This is made out of guns, you all. This is going to break ground for our community and our people. Im always here to acknowledge my filipino people and everybody from this community that has been here. Because when im done finished speaking and breaking ground, guess where im going . Walking right back to my neighborhood. Thank you. Thank you, rudy. Thank you to all our speakers. As you can see, we have plenty to grow here. And as we all together break ground, its a special momentous occasion. So before we move on with our program, wed like to ask our speakers to take a celebratory photo down here by the trees. Because we have plenty of room to grow as a community together. But also wanted to share with everyone as we celebrate together, we have amazing artwork that is done and we have bags, so please join us in the continuous making of art together with the community. And at this time id like to ask the speakers to walk down. Mayor breed going to turn the dirt. Okay. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 [cheers and applause] [ ] everybody, i think were going to get started. Our honorable mayor is here, and i know that we have a huge crowd and some big celebrating to do, so i want to welcome you to the groundbreaking for 88 broadway and 75 david street. So im cynthia parker, and im the president and c. E. O. Of Bridge Housing, and i am the cohost today with our partner, john stewart, but what i want to do is acknowledge all of the people here in the audience who have helped us get here today. So with us, we have mayor london breed, our honorable and esteemed mayor, welcome. [applause] we have supervisor aaron peskin, whos been a big supporter, and thank you, supervisor peskin. We have Elaine Forbes whos executive director of the port of San Francisco. Thank you for coming and your help. [applause] we have many reps from bank of america. Liz, thanks for coming. [applause] we have bruce cantor whos a member of the northeast Waterfront Advisory Group. [applause] and we have bob carr