Implementation Committee SFPUC s Contractors Assistance Center, Conference Room March 18, : PM

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1 Implementation Committee SFPUC s Contractors Assistance Center, Conference Room March 18, : PM Attendees: Jacob Moody (Chair), Conny Ford (Labor), La Shon Walker (Lennar), Roberta Achtenburg (Lennar), Erika Katske (SFOP/PIA), Alise Vincent (SFOP/PIA), Joan Pierson (SFOP/PIA), Tedd Hunt (PAC), Grace Martinez (ACCE), Angelo King (PAC), Sulu Palega (CAC) Guests: James Head (TSFF), Outtuma Belford, Terry Mitchell (Lennar), Dr. Veronica Hunnicutt (CAC), Dan Cook (Lennar), Bronson Johnson (Lennar), Mawuli Tugbenyoh (Legislative Aide, Supervisor Malia Cohen), John Eller (ACCE), Terri Feeley (Consultant, TSFF), James Head (TSFF), Landon Williams (TSFF), Zach McRae (TSFF), Nila Kim (TSFF), Terri Feeley (Consultant, TSFF) Meeting called to order 5:34pm I. ANNOUNCEMENTS The new Implementation Committee Coordinator Zachary McRae made his introduction to the committee and will be assisting the Implementation Committee with any technical and administrative support. Zachary is a San Francisco native and has been working within District 10 for the past year and is very pleased to continue working with the Bayview/Hunters Point community. Zachary s office will be at The San Francisco Foundation, One Embarcadero Center; Suite 1400, San Francisco, CA and can be reached by either phone or at or at zmcrae@sff.org. Nila Kim will no longer be a part of the Implementation Committee staff and therefore will not be attending any future meetings. Nila has enjoyed her time with the Implementation Committee and will miss all the passionate discussions that she was privileged to record along with the passionate members of the Implementation Committee. The March Implementation Committee will be Joan Pierson s last IC meeting as a representative for SFOP/PIA. Joan has appreciated the opportunity and will continue to be an advocate benefiting the Bayview/Hunters Points community. However, due to scheduling conflicts, she will not be able to attend any future Implementation Committee meetings. Joan s successor will be Alise Vincent of the SFOP/PIA. Alise was a member of a community CAC a few years back and she has taken this opportunity with the Implementation Committee to represent the interest of the community. Alise Vincent will now be the representative for the SFOP/PIA La Shon Walker will be the new representative for the developer, Lennar Urban. She has taken Cheryl Smith s position as the Director of Community Relations. La Shon is a San Francisco native and has held numerous advocacy roles within Bayview/Hunters Point. La Shon is excited to begin her roles as the developer s representative and will keep a sensitive ear to all those involved in the Implementation Committee.

2 II. MINUTES A motion was made and seconded and the Committee approved the minutes from the February meeting. III. HUNTERS POINT SHIPYARD & CANDLESTICK POINT UPDATE Presented by Bronson Johnson and Dan Cook, Lennar Urban Hunters point shipyard and candlestick point are entering new phases of construction. The demolition of Candlestick Stadium is scheduled for the end of 2014 or early Lennar is investigating a controlled implosion versus a traditional demolition (i.e. Wrecking Ball); after Lennar has completed an assessment of a controlled implosion the bid for demolition work will go out in July. There will be four blocks of replacement housing; Lennar has a short list of grading constructors which is the first of many grid packages. Lennar is preparing for the combined sewer relocation. Lennar is going to replace and relocate a new sewage system and remove the existing sewer that runs directly through the construction site. Lennar is also preparing for construction of infrastructure (i.e. roadways, streetscape and regional parks). The RFP process is over and construction will begin in about two to three weeks to replace and relocate the sewer. The Gilman Street RFP should be complete in about two to three weeks, Lennar is waiting for comments from the City, and construction is planned in early June. The full infrastructure bid is scheduled to go out in late June, early July. $1M is the projected contract for the Gilman Sewer Replacement and the complete infrastructure construction contract is set at $15M. The scope of the infrastructure construction depends on the methodology and could involve hundreds of skilled trades laborers. A major component is the equipment operations; Lennar is analyzing the feasibility of an on-site crushing mechanism to recycle the soil at Double Rock in South Basin. The process still requires more analysis to determine the full extent of hazardous materials in the South Basin. The new infrastructure construction will require new soil at the site. An RFP for global soil transportation has been drafted. This comes as a more long term view on the Shipyard and will require at least 2 million cubic yards of soil. The bids are due in about 7-10 days. Lennar is grading Alice Griffith for trucking purposes and designed a discharge system to squeeze out the significant sediment and mud in the bay at Double Rock in South Basin. The discharge system will run throughout Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point. McCormack Baron Salazar is the designated vertical development partner and The John Stewart Company will be the designated SFHA rental management partner and Lennar will continue its local hiring goal vertically and horizontally. Priority is given to the Alice Griffith residents followed by SFHA residents, D10 residents and SF residents. Lennar s goals for hiring practices at Alice Griffith replicate that of Hunters View. The success

3 rate at Hunters View was 47% local hiring rate at a goal of 50% local hiring. The Alice Griffith vertical and horizontal construction local hiring is at 25% resident hiring and the Small Business Enterprise hiring goal, certified by the redevelopment agency, is set at 50% for area codes 94124, and Lennar s vertical timeline is to begin construction in January 2015; the procurement will be in August 2014 with some construction going over towards infrastructure in about 18 months. There will be no residents displaced during the procurement and construction. A new regional park is planned to be in the center portion of the Alice Griffith site. The first park is to be a regional park at $3M and 25 acres at the Hilltop site. As noted above, the stadium demolition is scheduled to take place in 8-10 months, pending controlled implosion investigation. Lennar is also planning for major infrastructure construction for a large regional retail center and is looking for an agreement for the regional center at $70M. At this point of construction Lennar will be getting into bigger construction packages. Lennar plan to construct a 29,000 stall parking garage with some levels being below the surface. The regional retail center is planned to be opened for Thanksgiving At the Hunters Point Shipyard, phase 1 is ongoing. Home sales are scheduled in two months. There will be 25 townhomes, 30 condos and some additional townhouses as well. All home sales will be at Market Rate, there will be 260 units at 50% AMI and 80% AMI and the first building will be opening in July Lennar is working on a web page that will show units and the corresponding AMI levels. Let it be noted that Block 50 are mostly two bedroom units. At Candlestick Point it was determined that 32.5% of housing will be considered affordable at 50% AMI - 150% AMI. The Implementation Committee will have another update from Lennar in the fall of Move to Executive Session IV. REVIEW & REFLECTION ON MARCUS BOOKS (James, TSFF) James would like to echo what Jacob said about the decision making process last IC meeting. Part of what is important going through such a process is having good leadership. Jacob s approach of information gathering was very effective to forwarding the IC to decision making. There are times when decisions are very difficult given the resources provided. Good decisions are based on good information. There needs to be willingness and a desire to get additional information and James thought that it happened in this process. Everyone had to have some level of comfort to make a decision. James noted that the most clearly and transparent thing a committee like the IC can do is to make a decision to show a linear progression. And once the decision is made, the members have to be ready to live with and respect that decision. Decisions of the IC, decisions within a process are important for transparency and clarity in the community. In the philanthropist field, it is required to have a short memory, decisions keep coming and once a decision is made, regardless of how difficult or challenging, it is necessary to

4 move forward and continue to the next set of issues. Respecting the notions and dialogue that came along with these decisions is equally important for the clarity of the process. The IC will learn from each decision and understand the value of these decisions. This, in turn, will prepare for the time for difficult decisions and approached with all the information, rich dialogue, along with a process within a timetable, the IC will get better with the decision making process as we go along. (Jacob, Chair) Focus comments and reflections on the actual process. What was helpful in the process and what was challenging in the process? (Angelo, PAC) Jacob handled this with skill and great demeanor. Cannot express how appreciative he is of Jacob for his neutrality and facilitation. Angelo expressed his gratitude toward Conny for reaching out to him. Angelo was the dissenting vote, caused him to receive a lot of hate mail, and did not appreciate how the Marcus Books vote was handled. Items need to stay on the table until a decision is made and there should not be what seem to be backroom discussions (Alise, SFOP/PIA) What to do in emergency situations? Are there funding for outside groups? There is nothing in the protocol on emergency funding. IC needs to have a policy in place for this type of funding. Most challenging was no policy in place. What (if any,) are the differences between emergency vs. emerging issues? (Conny, Labor) There are vertical buildings going up, there is money on the table and work to be done. The IC had the luxury of time but now we have to keep moving forward. Need a system for emergency funding. The IC seems to be hesitant when abiding by the rules. The IC has to live by the rules. (Sulu, CAC) We cannot amend the rules as we go along. Rules are guidance. 1 st refusal and 2 nd refusal are things that need to be looked at (Marcus Books). Stop the backroom meetings. Sulu did not know Marcus book store was coming up. Keeping all members informed is most important when there are emergency/emerging issues. (Grace, ACCE) Money that was put into an account for investment will not grow. IC needs to use these investments to create a real ways to preserve the members/residents of the community. What happens when money runs out? How are we working to help that money grow over time? There is a limited amount of money. The IC should be looking at its funds. 1. Curtness of the funds that IC has and needs to be a growth fund, 2. Organizational development, TSFF pulls money together and has an investment strategy. Whatever money that gets puts into any investment needs to have some sort of return (social/financial)

5 (John, Labor) Apologies for that night (Marcus Book), it was a vote for request for phone call not vote on investment. Emergency or emerging issue, that meeting did not start off right. (Erika, SFOP/PIA) Erika did appreciate people s willingness to stick with the Marcus Books dilemma. It was a challenging request and people stayed in the process and allow the IC to get through it. Three challenging things: 1) felt like revolving loan fund and Marcus Books discussion allowed for emotional inflation; RLF was charged and difficult and carries over into the Marcus decision; have to flag that not to conflate funding decisions. 2) Felt a lot of suspicion/assumptions of bad intent. The IC needs to be more careful of backdoor interactions. 3) Urgency issue versus emergency. All agree that we understand that ALL issues are urgent, cannot dictate how IC makes decision. No Funding ADD. Stick with a strategy and know it will not be fruitful unless the rules are followed. The IC needs to stick to the long term strategy. (Jacob, Chair) Jacob noticed a trend of mislabeling issues as emerging rather than emergency. Was Marcus Books an emergency issue or an emerging issue? How do we use this to move forward? V. REPLACEMENT OF THE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEMBER (Recited by Jacob) Section 3.2 Selection of Additional Community Member. Unless otherwise determined by Majority Action, the Additional Community Member shall be either (i) an organization whose mission is substantially related to the needs of District 10 or (ii) an individual with substantive experience addressing the needs of District 10. The initial Additional Community Member shall be Jacob Moody, as an individual, who is currently affiliated with the Bayview Hunters Point Foundation for Community Improvement Removal and Replacement of Additional Community Member. The Additional Community Member may be removed or replaced at any time and from time to time with or without cause by Developer and no less than two of the AD10 Organizations. Upon removal, the Implementation Committee shall provide written notice to the Additional Community Member of such removal, which removal shall be effective immediately upon delivery of such notice or upon another date specified therein. The selection of a replacement Additional Community Member shall be effective as of the date on which such new Additional Community Member agrees in writing to comply with all of the provisions of these Rules. Whatever process IC gets into it s an opportunity for IC to do something and feel good about and that people were not jocking for position. This process of selecting a new person has transparency and will make the IC odd number with an additional community discussion. The IC needs to remind itself of what the IC did the first time. The IC needs

6 to find an Additional Community Member to replace Jacob, have a discussion of the PAC and the CAC. Everyone at the IC is representing a body. Should the IC use a member of a committee that is no longer in existence to be the seventh additional community member? Dr. Veronica Hunnicutt voiced her concern that the IC cannot keep amending things, challenges with IC is inconsistency with the terms of engagement. The IC needs to follow the same process, and it needs to be a consistent process. Who identified Jacob as the 7 th community member? It was stated that the 3 AD10 groups and developer made the selection because the IC did not exist yet. Now that IC was created, what process would be most help for IC moving forward in the process for selecting a new member? One voiced option was the approval of developer and at least 2 AD10 groups. Everyone on IC gets a vote. Confirmation comes from the developer and 2 of AD10 groups. Let the Minutes show that a motion was made and seconded and the Committee approved: First part of motion to fill the Additional Community Member slot on the Implementation Committee: The Implementation Committee will develop a nominating committee. The responsibility of the Nomination Committee is to search for, vet and present the Additional Community Member to Implementation Committee. The make-up of the Nomination Committee is chosen by the present Implementation Committee and will contain no fewer than three members that the Implementation Committee would elect; however, the Nomination Committee is open to participation by any representative OR alternate. Now that the Nominations Committee is determined by the Implementation Committee, the IC ask the committee to begin it work immediately and to report back with a candidate for April IC meeting. Volunteers to serve on nomination committee (official members of committee): Sulu Palega, Alise Vincent-Sakim, La Shon Walker Vote to affirm 3 members. Passed. The IC has created the Nomination Committee VI. DISCUSSION OF IC MEMBERSHIP (PAC & SUP. COHEN S CAC) It comes to chairs attention, the CCBA along with rules of IC, the PAC no longer exists. Supervisor Malia Cohen s office has taken it upon them to establish a new Advisory Committee. There is no intention to recreate a PAC like committee, rather provide the community with an alternative for community engagement. Mr. Angelo King expressed that the new CAC from Supervisor Malia Cohen s office is not the successor agency to

7 the PAC and nowhere in the ordinance does it state that this is the successor agency. Therefore, the PAC is still in existence. The Department of Elections was the city agency that initiated the PAC and the PAC still exists requesting it (The PAC) be allowed in the selection of a successor. Evidence of community involvement needs to be produced in order for there to be a transfer of responsibility. Mrs. Alise expressed that the PAC is no longer in existence because they are no longer reaching out into the community and therefore no longer initiating community engagement. Jacob suggests that Angelo presents documents of the creation/organization of the PAC to the April IC meeting to determine the most effective successor. Roberta stated that any rule of law needs to be consulted with an attorney not to jeopardize the contract. There needs to be a more informed conversation between the attorneys, and would like to be supplied with the history of the PAC and the April meeting should be accompanied with legal counsel along with additional information about the PAC. VII. LEADERSHIP FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE The leadership of the IC transitions to the developer and requires a discussion within the IC. The IC needs a decision from Lennar if they feel it is appropriate for the Developer to chair a CBA committee. The recommendations for new leadership are as follows: 3 rd party to chair April meeting. (Veronica) La Shon temporary chairs the April IC meeting. (Veronica) Angelo temporary chairs the April IC meeting. (Jacob) Select an alternate as the temporary chair for April IC meeting. Sulu has volunteered to be the temporary chair for the April IC meeting. VIII. CLOSING REMOAARKS FROM JACOB Jacob is privileged to be a member and chairperson. It has been quite a ride and appreciates all input and participation from everyone in the IC. It has been a different experience but IC has done really good work. Thank you to everyone. Appreciate opportunity to serve in this particular way. Meeting adjourned 8:11pm