and thank you for your time. >> thank you so much for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, my name is elgin rose, sr., director, a resident of the tenderloin 30 plus years and like they say, never has there been opportunity to touch so many people and just without -- without no prevention, just let folks come in and say from the minimal things they need to centralizing like hot team and department of health and service after service and just right here in the middle of the tenderloin, and what we have done in over 100 days was, i mean, up to 500 people come a day, and if you multiply $6.25 times 400, you get the 450 we are looking. $6 a day. and people are opening up to these services that they think they are not available. and so we need to continue to give that invite to the folks, they are sleeping in the cold and doing drugs, just totally gave up. they are coming in, seeing a ray of hope, they are excited about life, and with the partners that we have in this project the sky is the limit for the tenderloin and homelessness as a whole in san francisco. please believe and keep an eye on this project. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors. i came with data and numbers, but after hearing everyone speak i just want to tell you please, we are doing something phenomenal in this space. we call it the t.l.c., the community has named it t.l.c., not the lincoln center, because when they come in there we are giving them hope and what we have looked for solutions, right, for homelessness, drug addiction. we all know one of the biggest weapons we have is inspire that person to let that person see there is a light at the end of the tunnel. so including myself, everyone on the team comes from lived experience and we are able to talk the language, we are able to understand what they are going through. this is something that maybe a doctor can't do because they have not slept a night on the street and don't understand what it means when a mice runs past you and how you feel and how you need to stay awake, somebody might try to rape you, right. we are seeing women come into the space who have been trafficked, they feel comfortable to come in, there's no police, they have someone that will take them in. there is stories after stories after stories we are seeing 400 to 500 people a day, not everyone, and i want to say this and want people to hear this, not everyone coming into that space are drug users. we are seeing people who are just lost in the shuffle who have lost hope, you know. we have veterans coming into that space, we have seniors coming into that space, they are looking for help. san francisco has done amazing job, we have so many resources but when you cannot see the resources because you are on the ground, you need someone to help you navigate them, and that's what it is doing, peer-to-peer support, helping get to the wonderful services you have provided in san francisco. thank you for your time, please support us. >> thank you so much for your comments. that concludes our in-person speakers in the chamber, do we have any callers on the telephonic line. >> we did hear you. if we can go for the next one. >> yes, we hear you. >> hi, my name is robert hoffman, i'm a community contractor with chapped and population health at d.p.h. and i've been deployed to the tenderloin center since the start of the mayor's tenderloin initiative emergency. i just want to just kind of speak to what i've seen. i think this model in itself is like, you know, it is taking people in, and people are attracted to it, and what it's doing is it's kind of meeting people's basic needs, offering them support and comfort, and then it kind of is wrapping, you know, like on-site and navigation to off site services around people so that you know, people often, who are experiencing homelessness, are not able to access services because they are trying to meet their very basic needs. and in this program, it's the first program that i can think of in san francisco that is doing this by meeting everyone's basic needs and then having the wonderful staff and all the wonderful community partners, 360, urban alchemy, everyone just like attending to people, having that shared experience, and you connecting with people. and so people are getting their basic needs met and then you are willing to maybe look at other things and this stuff is happening. so, i appreciate everyone's support for this project. and i hope we continue to go with this model. thank you. >> thank you, robert hoffman, for your comments. can you confirm that was our last caller in the telephonic line? that was the last caller, madam chair, no further speakers here in the chamber. >> chair ronen: public comment is now closed. i first of all just want to thank everyone from code tenderloin and residents who have used the center for coming out and speaking. the staff of d.p.h. is excellent at giving an explanation, but hearing from people with lived experiences talk about their experience with the center or providing services at the center is extremely compelling. thank you so much for your work. thank you so much for coming out here today and speaking to us. as dell said, it's not -- we have limited dollars to serve enormous needs and we always are trying to figure out what's the best use of those dollars to serve the needs. i am very intrigued by the -- this experiment, and i do believe it's not like anything that we are doing anywhere else in san francisco and i'm really, you know, i've been watching it extremely closely because i think we are going to -- we have learned and we are going to continue to learn a lot from the center. so it's hard for us on the board when we don't have long-term plans and this, you know, arose as an emergency and didn't have much of a plan and enormous amount of money to ok the massive contracts without having much information. but we are also collectively doing our best to serve a crisis on the streets and learning as we go. and i'm well aware of that and am learning, doing this learning with you as we go along, and i think it makes sense to continue this lease for another six months as we continue this learning together. but as it's open longer and longer, we'll need more and more answers and we all know that. so thank you again for coming out today and, oh, supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: thank you. i just want to thank all the folks that came out from the community. i think it's really important to hear about people's lived experiences. we did a program last year, you all might know, positive directions equals change. we, i led that effort to ensure that got funded because community was asking for an abstinance-based therapeutic community, similar to what you do in terms of sharing your lived experience, helping surround those in need with services and then helping to direct them speaking from your own personal experience. so, for me that is a phenomenal, phenomenal thing you are doing. whether we come into this room on the budget committee, we have to look at it through the lens of just the numbers, right. and so how much are you getting for what you are putting in, and i understand, dell, you can't put a price on the amount of money that it takes to turn someone's life around. and of course, we are dedicated to that in this chamber. so i'm willing to support this today. i really appreciate you all coming out and sharing your experiences from the heart. i know it's not easy to do that publicly, so i want to recognize that and i also want to say i look forward to continuing to work with you all on hopefully this will continue to be a success. we will look forward to the mayor's budget and how they detail what additional services and money is put into this. and i'm happy to put efforts behind innovative ideas and look and see how we can get better outcomes for the money we put in. so, we will look at that further when the mayor puts the proposal forward in terms of what the commitment is. but right now what's in front of us as i was reminded the other day is the contract extension for a lease. so, i'm happy to support that contract extension and then we will come back to the further conversation of additional services and a plan. it would be so that the department of public health knows, we would like to see a plan in terms of the budget once it's approved by the mayor. we will see that budget and how you intend to spend those services and what the true objective is for this t.l.c. center as folks from the community renamed it the t.l.c. site. thank you, madam chair. >> chair ronen: i would like to make a motion to send it to the full board with positive recommendation. can you take a roll call vote. >> with amendment. >> chair ronen: first i have to amendment it. i would like to make a motion to amend this item as detailed by the director. >> yes, on the motion to amend this resolution as offered by department of real estate. [roll call vote taken] >> chair ronen: thank you, now make a motion to send the item to the full board with positive recommendation as amended. >> the motion to forward the resolution to the full board with the positive recommendation as amended. [roll call vote taken] >> three aye. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. >> thank you, everyone. can you please read item number 13. >> 13, resolution approving the send amendment to grant agreement between five keys school and programs and supportive housing, and next door shelter, increasing the grant amount by approximately 22.7 million for total amount of approximately 32.4 million, extending the grant agreement from june 30, 2022, to june 30, 2025. and five one-year options to extend the city's discretion, and enter into amendments or modifications prior to the final execution by all parties, and did not materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the city and are necessary for purposes of the grant. members of the public joining us remotely call 1-415-655-0001, 24852951638 and pound twice. press star 3 to enter the speaker line. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and your queue to begin your comments. >> chair ronen: emily cohen i believe is on the line to present. >> good afternoon chair ronen members of the committee. emily cohen. i'm here before you today with an amendment to the, second amendment, excuse me, to the branch agreement with five keys for ongoing operations of the next door shelter. resolution before you would approve the second amendment to our grant agreement for shelter operations and services. extends the term by three years for a total term of december 1, 2020, to june 30, 2025. continue services t he same level, increasing not to exceed amount by 22.7 million to account for the additional three years of operation. the annual budget is approximately $6.8 million for this shelter program. as background, next door closed in june 2020 due to the pandemic and then the site reopened under the operations of five keys. and the site can support up to 334 guest at full capacity, although we are currently operating at a covid informed capacity of 248 guests. since the project reopened, the shelter reopened, it served 618 people, providing a safe place to be, food, services, showers, the robust services provided by shelter. and i am happy to stop there and of course take any questions the committee has. >> chair ronen: thank you. we have a report from the budget legislative analyst. >> this resolution approves the first amendment to the existing agreement with five keys to operate a congregate shelter at 1001 polk street. extends the existing agreement through june 2025, and not to exceed by $32.4 million. we show the budget on page 39 of the report, of our report, we did have a recommendation at the time we were writing this report, the monitoring report for this provider was not available, but we did get that last night from h.s.h. so we do recommend approval of this resolution. >> i'm sorry, through the chair, can you repeat the last thing you said. >> when we issued the report, a recommendation to provide this year's program monitoring report on this particular site, which was not available at the time our report was published. we did get a copy of that report last night so we are recommending approval. we did not see any issues in the report. >> chair ronen: great, thank you so much. my questions, colleagues? >> supervisor safai: yes. >> chair ronen: supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: deputy director cohen. >> good afternoon. >> supervisor safai: good afternoon, how are you? >> doing well, sir. thank you. >> supervisor safai: good. one of the questions, one of the things i saw in here the size of this grant, extension of it, i understand is three years. but it's growing exponentially from the original amount. over 234%. can you talk about that? i understand it's a number of years, and you've provided the monitoring, on-site monitoring report. can you talk about the on-site monitoring report since we did not have access to that information? >> yes. absolutely. so, the on-site monitoring report we have done in the past year as a desk audit due to the restrictions of covid, but on-site monitoring, and five keys is meeting all the expectations in terms of the services provided, guest satisfaction, and being able to keep the site in good working order. so, we are continuing to work with them to ensure that the site satisfaction, increase the rate of completion of those, as well as connecting folks to coordinated entry, but generally found the shelter is, is functioning very appropriately and meeting the needs of the guests. >> supervisor safai: and then in terms of -- in terms of just because i've always known five keys as providing, i mean they started as a program that provided high school diplomas with the sheriff's department for those that are adults in county jails, how long, and i understand you issued an rfq, which i appreciate. how long has five keys been in the shelter business for single adults? >> absolutely. i believe the first contract we entered into with five keys to operate navigation centers and shelters was at the embarcadero safe navigation center. that was before the pandemic, i want to say 2019, they also operate the bay shore navigation center, they have operated several hotels, they also recently were awarded a contract to operate a new housing site in partnership with h.s.h. and as five keys has grown statewide they have taken on more and more housing and homeless services. i believe staff from five keys is on the line to give public comment but they have developed a robust and very successful shelter and housing component of the work that they do. not just in san francisco, and so we have found them to be an incredibly -- i'm sorry, the bay shore was the first with h.s.h. and then contracted embarcadero as well, so a very strong partner and appreciate how much work during the pandemic to operate safe hotels as well. >> supervisor safai: and how many people responded to the rfq you issued, number 130? >> let mow -- i don't think i have that information in front of me with you can get it quickly. >> supervisor safai: that's fine, you can follow up. i was curious, just looking at the report in terms of the analysis of qualifications and previous demonstrating capacity. but seems as though they have done work with you over the years so you feel comfortable with their capacity to deliver the service. and i appreciate the fact you did an rfq. i don't have any additional questions. thank you, madam chair. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. open the item up for public excellent. >> members of the public in person should line up now, remotely, 1-415-655-0001, press pound twice, star 3 to enter the speaker line. we have no in-person speakers in the chamber. can you unmute the first speaker. >> hello, my name is megan fallen, calling as a director of five keys but also as a strong advocate for unhoused neighbors in san francisco. i've worked in homeless services in san francisco for the last six years, and worked for five keys for nearly three years. and i've seen over and over how shelter can change lives. i'm super excited to share with you today and five keys is honored to provide shelter services at next door. runs a variety of different shelters, hotels, nav centers and phh in the bay area, and given the opportunity to run next door, we were super sighted. it's a safe place for folks to stay and the hope is that they are connected to permanent housing. we have case managers that help our guests get stabilized, medical services for folks who need care and focus on building community with every interaction we have with our guests. thank you for your consideration and support for this agreement. >> thank you, megan, for your comments. do we have any more speakers in the queue? that completes our chair. >> chair ronen: public comment is now closed. i would like to make a motion to send to the full board with recommendation. >> on that motion to send the resolution to the full board with recommendation. [roll call vote taken] three aye. >> chair ronen: thank you, item 14. >> a resolution approving the first amendment to the grant agreement between bayview hunters point foundation, and the department of homelessness and supportive housing to provide shelter operations and services at the bayview safe navigation center, increasing the grant agreement amount by approximately 17.1 million for a total amount not to exceed 26.6 million, extending the grant agreement term by 36 months. december 1, 2020, through june 30, 2025, and amendment, prior to the final execution by all parties and did not materially increase the on gauges or liabilities for the city and necessary to effectuate the purposes of the grant. members of the public joining us remotely and wish to comment please call 1-415-655-0001, 24852951638, and pound twice, and then 3, and the system will indicate when you have been unmuted. madam chair. >> chair ronen: update for those here for the afternoon budget and appropriations meeting, we are still in the morning meeting, budget and finance. new estimate of time will come back and start that meeting around 2:20. so please feel free to get a cup of coffee or do something else in the interim. miss cohen, could you please try to keep this presentation very short? >> absolutely, chair ronen. thank you very much. we are here before you with a contract amendment for the bayview safe navigation center. this would extend the contract to june 30, 2025, and increase the not to exceed amount to $26.7 million, continuing services at the same level. annual budget for the shelter that is offered in partnership with bayview hunters point foundation, about $5 million annually. project first opened in january 2021, and can serve 186 adults and 17 families. it's in a beautiful newly constructed facility in the bayview neighborhood and just really incredible partnership with bayview hunters point foundation, appreciate their collaboration, i'll take any questions. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. b.l.a. >> this resolution approved the first amendment to the bayview hunters point foundation, grant agreement which operates the bayview safe navigation center, extends the existing agreement through june 2025 and not to exceed amount by $26.7 million. as we show on page 44, annual cost is approximately $5 million, and you'll see that is a decrease from the current year of $6 million, and my understanding from the department is that they are going to add a case management to this side that will increase the annual cost, accounted for in the contingency budget of the existing contract. we do -- we are not able to review this year's program monitoring report so we do recommend that the department provide that report which i understand is underway to the full bo