Transcripts For SFGTV TIDA 20240704

Per item for up to 2 minutes. Item 1, call to order. [roll call] we do have a quorum. Item indiscernible i want to make sure i have the right one. Hello . Thank you very much. Item 2, general public comment. Any members of the public or on the phone who would like to address us on items not related to the agenda . Seeing no public comment. Next item, please. Three, consent agenda. Approval of the minutes of april 21, 2022 meeting and july 21, 2022. So moved. All in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed . I guess the aye have it. Four, interim space activation plan. So, this planning effort was undertaken in partnership with one Treasure Island and Treasure Island Community Development, and i like to invite Sherry Williams to provide a little more background and context. Good morning, Sherry Williams. I like to briefly acknowledge director tsen and richardtion for your incredible leader 147 ship in the project and how involved you are and how fortunate we are to have directors like you. I just wanted to say that publicly because im feeling it. Okay, soas a background to this, you both were involved with isthe, but you know Treasure Island represents this Incredible Opportunity to build a successful mixed Income Community where everybody regardless of income has a sense of belongingism a few years ago we commissioned reports on mixed income communities. One from a retail perspective and one from a Community Facility perfective. I should say when i say we, i mean one Treasure Island, Treasure Island Development Authority and Treasure Island Development Group. All three of the entities working on the Development Plan have seen this as a very important aspect of the plan. How do we really create a community where arfbd everybody has a sense of belonging . There are many efforts across the countsry to do this with mixed results and we want to be successful so we have been very intentional. One of the major recommendations was to build a uniform aspirational statement for the island which we have just gone through that process. Now we are looking at new parks coming online, new open space, new areas for retail, thousands of new residents moving to the island. It isnt the full buildout of had plan but there will be a lot more space to activate, a lot more people who need different kinds of services so how do we do that and from a equity lens . We, again, one Treasure Island, tida and tipd, we put together a rfp with erica and bay area economics to develop a interim active space plan until the full buildout, but what does it look like for the next 3 to 5 years . What activities can we do to support the residents . How do we actually realize those goals, and so david shiver and fall penningjure are here from bay area economics to present the plan to you. I will make a caveat, this is just the firstthis is the report being presented. We have to come in and develop our next action steps and pritorize the next steps how we implement it, so we look forward to your comments and feedback, and i thinki think i covered it. Did i miss anything, bob . Okay. Then i will bring up paul and david. Thank you. Thank you. My name is david, principle with ba urban economics and we probably have more slides then time so apologize in advance. Well go through them and stop me if you have questions or need clarifications. Ill start outsherry has done a good job introducing the project to you. A little bit about us. We are a firm that is a lot of Public Private partnerships, Economic Development, Community Revitalization strategies, based over on the east side of the island in berkeley and partners with indiscernible and new york base planning and placemaking firm that worked with the island Developer Group. The scope as sherry mentioned really was taking the prior work and advancing it forward into a interim activation plan. Our focus is on what do you do in the five year period after phase one is complete and around 2025, 2026, and after that . Had we are kind of targeting this plan really coming online right as some of the parks are completed up until around 2030, so that is the time period we are thinking about and that gives about a year and a half to start planning for implementation. What we did is we looked at all the sites that are coming online, and existing. We talked to stakeholders that are on the island. Business owners. Non profits that are active doing programming, and then also looked at case studies boat at retail activation and also Equity Community developments looking at what kind of programs could be implemental to complement the retail and Community Facilities. So, we prepared a action plan and there is a full report that is available. What you are seeing here is a summary, and it comprised of three parts. Retail, special events and Community Facilities. On the retail side, we started looking at trends. Looking at how the interinate and ecommerce is impacted sticks and bricks retail, and how there is shift to food and beverage retailing and a contraction of your typical retail formats. We noted in the San Francisco a lot of the neighborhood retail districts are doing better then obviously downtown and the city is a ubiously looking how to program and activate downtown and the port is looking at athivating the embarcadero. We looked another trnd we had to address is really oo downsizing of space demands, food and beverage and retail. Looking at smaller spaces, more flexible format. With all that in mind, we asked ourselves, what kind of retail could be supported on Treasure Island. There will be a growth in population of course with phase 1 completed, about 17 hundred households and about 4200 residents at that time. The question is, how does that match up with the new retail coming online . There is existing about 21 thousand square foot of retail space on Treasure Island that is currently operating, but by the end of phase 1 completion you will add around 16 thousand more square feet. When you look at the spending of the existing and new residents combined, youll have substantial amount, around 65 million of new spending, but a lot of will be groceries and food away at home. About 60 percent. And when you look at what is being sold online, food and beverage and also groceries tends to be the least ordered online basically. That is changing with some of the Online Shopping services at Grocery Stores. So, we made a estimate of specifically what retail might be supported by the residents themselves and this slide suggests obviously groceries, food and beverage, little bit of personal services would be supportable with small quantities of square feet. So, the retail opportunities looking at restaurants, we think there is room for another smaller Grocery Store that could offer alcohol because the Current Island cove market doesnt sell alcohol, and that is a gap. Looking at micro businesses. Maybe artison small scale good producers and outdoor wellness and sports kind of retail. This just summarizes the isue. What we found is there is really a gap. The new residents themselves wont be able to support all the new retail coming online. Obviously as it builds out, that will change, but now we got this interim period and so we asked ourselves, how can we bridge that gap . How can you create additional demand in Economic Opportunities to fill that retail that is coming online in phase one . That lead to our retail strategy, which is really retaining your existing restaurants and market, and leave them in place, because until the parcel is developed, we are looking at two things. One, a focused node, which will be a Treasure Island road and clipper cove way and i think tradewinds is the new road coming in. All around building one and the Ferry Terminal, because that will be done from a construction point of view. There will be new parks on either side of it, and you have indiscernible that could be activated so it represents a area within a quarter mile walk from the Ferry Terminal itself. We also suggest really creating a spot at the island cove market. Really to improve the quality of place for existing residents, by looking at some refreshing of the paint on the exterior, adding planters, outdoor tables for eating, because they do prepare food in the back and having bike racks so there is a local hang out spot as well. The potential programming as i mentioned, we thought a second grocery would be supportable cht this might be higher end then island covel market so you cover a broad range of grocery and shopping needs and there is a lot of local examples who could occupy a smaller specialty grocer. To support your existing businesses, we are really looking at way finding and signage is key. Really starting at the Ferry Terminal with really graphically rich ti branded signage consistent with yor sign master plan. Example in the presidio which they implemented over the years to help people navigate, because it is difficult, especially with the construction. Construction work. And then continuing the current efforts of tida to cross market the existing restaurants that all have special event spaces as well. Ill let paul talk about the equity side how to create Economic Opportunity with this program. Good morning. So, as sherry said, equity and focus on social equity is baked into the approach for the interim space including activating interim retail uses. With retail we start with how we can create food goods and services for local residents through the activation strategy that would be affordable, accessible and appropriate and we looked to examples in San Francisco such as those set up by food wise. Farmerers market, community marketing, pop up installations that are once a week or biweekly or once a month to provide goods or subss on a interim basis not available on the island and would be affordable to local residents and identified potential partners implementation partners andFunding Partners to support that part of the strategy. This is example of one of the similar Community Markets in San Francisco. The Mission Community market that is supported by funding from the stuffkey foundation from kaiser and buy right and others. We also looked at opportunities through the retail strategy to support workforce training efforts for residents in food and related service sectors. Food service and related occupations are key growth sectors in San Francisco, and there have been previous examples on the island of Occupational Training and workforce training in the sector that have worked well and so another part of the interim space activation strategy is identify opportunities to create new workforce training opportunities in partnership with the city and with potentialfunders like the San Francisco foundation or others that have funded similar types of workforce training actibties, including in this sector in the past. Finally, the third pillar of the equity strategy related to retail is how can we support the creation of small and micro businesses that are small micro business retailers founded by residents on the island with the support of oti, with the support of other Public Sector and private sector agencies and how we create a pilot micro Business Program or incubator for local entrepreneurs in the retail space. We have details about how to do that as part of a action materic in the strategy as the third pillar around equity for the interim space activation strategy and we can take questions on that if you have any. David. The locationsvery key. Where would this stuff go . You can see we have two key locations. One is at the main what we call retail node near building one and the other near the Current Location of the island cove market, which we have renamed the spot. This is where the small and micro business retailers would be located. David will talk about special events. Yep. The second area of the action plan revolves around special events and we just have a few slides summarizing some of the Background Information on travel because special events is about both People Living in the bay area and coming into the bay area to see our region. As you can see and as you probably know, visitation is rebounding since the sharp dropoff due to covid. About half of the visitors are coming from the bay area itself, which is a really good strong base of visitation for Treasure Island. The sf travel, the surveys they are estimating each visiting party spends about 185 a day on food and beverage and retail, which is pretty strong number to support visitation and spending at Treasure Island. How many visitors would it take to support retail and small micro businesses we want to establish at the island, and we are guesstimating about 500 thousand, 550 thousand visitors would be needed annually for this interim plan to help support retail and the Economic Development programming. So, how do you do that . Well, if you kind of look at all the new venues coming online, both the existing ones in building one and restaurants as well as the new parks coming online and rehab of the chapel, those will not moveit went get you to 500 thousand visitors. Might get 125 thousand we are guessing utilizing a traditional special events wedding and celebrations, corporate reteats and the like, so we are encouraging really for all three of the partners on the island working together to look at programming as opposed to special events, or in addition to special events. What do we mean by programming . It is really finding a corporate partner of which you have many to choose from regionally in the bay area, and setting up a underwritten subsidized program and there is many different types of programs that you could operate. One example what im talking about is at the chase center. You have Kaiser Permanente doing thrive city. It is finding that kind of partner to implement a regularly scheduled reliable program that would attract to existing residents and new businesses and San Francisco bay area visitors. So, specifically there is already a good inventory of venues for special events. Your existing restaurants all catered to parties wanting to do celebration jz weddings and receptions. Building one obviously is a fantastic venue. You have coming online now in the next couple years all the new parks, city side, which is pretty big, the cultural park on both sides of the chapel, the chapel itself to be a renovated shell, and you have a smaller park marina plaza behind building one and the [applause]y plaza in front of building one and Ferry Terminal all creating green spaces and quarter 10 which comes online as a facility and hilltop park. You have fantastic views up there, but it could be pretty windy, but it is venue for smaller events. In addition there is a hotel site right next to city side park and cultural park and the chapel that the Developer Group thinks is not going to be marketed and built any time soon as a hotel. You can imagine why, it is a weak sector now and they think that could be offered as a interim location for broader larger scale event programming as we are thinking about it. That site is large. It has very flexible and what you can do, and it wouldntit could be permanent in the sense if you did something in front of building one you might have to accommodate week day parking for the tenants that rent building one. This would allow you to have facilities more permanent on a interim basis without having to disrupt other operations on the island. And it could help move the visitation needle by a whole variety of ideas. Treasure island, the tida itself is in the past done large scale events. Music events, those kind of things can be reconsidered and maybe brought back with a corporate partner helping underwrite the expense but it isnt limited to what you have done in the past. There are new concepts like night markets, art exhibits, things like that that could be happening on the lot and this shows concepts and there are many of them and there are many steps to help identify partners, see what you mutually would be interested in underwriting. We found in talking to the stakeholders and thinking through how visitation works, you really need some kind of visible Welcome Center or Visitor Center and the museum offeredthey are there, they are in building one, they could help serve that and are a potential partner to talk about that. But that would be a key thing also to help orient and have people learn about the history of the island and all the dimensions. The Equity Program for special events in terms of opportunities both to use the venues and to help support the events of the venue would be programmed or integrated with a retail strategy so theres programming throughout the program. The port had done athis is a blue sky in terms of finding what kind of activation programs are out there. The port did a rfp a couple years ago for activation. They got a 22 responses. They are now talking to several and there will be some results coming out of that. You could consider doing the same thing in partnership with the developer and one Treasure Island to identify parties that would like to come on in the island and you can set criteria in terms of local residents participation and micro business participation. So, what is the strategy for Community Facilities . Basicallyactuallyth at is it summary of the special events. Paul will am up to talk about the Community Facilities. Sorry. Thanks david. So, for Community Facilities, we already started with a lot of information. There was a study prepared by the Consulting Firm mig in 2021 that provided both comprehensive assessment and framework for Community Facilities on the island. Our approach to this part of the strategy was to identify the assets that were explored during the 2021 study, and identify strategies for activating key assets over the interim activation period, which is 5 years. We looked at up front capital cost as well as ongoing operating expenses related to the operation of these interim facilities and then also as with the other portions of the strategy identify potential Funding Partners to support during the interim period. Wanted to make a minute to reiterate the vision that was put forth in the Community Facility strategy because it reflects a lot of Community Outreach conducted in 2021 and informed ourioids around what kind of Community Facilities would be appropriate and most needed on Treasure Island. Both in the interim period and over the long run. In the 2021 study, the vision for Treasure Island put forth was stakeholders and residents were asked what makes ti a great place to live and responses across all engagement included affordability, sense of community, diversity, location and spectacular views, small town feel and sense of place. So, with everything that we are developing as part of this interim strategy including retail, special events and very much Community Facilities were keen off those ideas from the 2021 study and from other efforts. Existing assets used utilized during the interim activation period, first, Community Events space, Community Kitchen, a reading room which we turned into a mobile reading room because we think that is probably more feasible during the interim period so rather then having a fixed space, having a mobile reading room in partnership with sf library. Maker space and finally, community garden. Im going to list out some of the recommendations that we developed. First is one ti operator the ship shape center with a room for Community Events, ymca continues to provide a room for celebrations such as birthday parties, and other types of Community Events. One ti, tida and ymca partner to secure funding for a full commercial kitchen that could be used to support local residents and also micro Business Programming and special events. Another thing we tried to do is identify Community Facilities interim uses that would also support retail and special events uses so it all works together. This commercial kitchen at the ymca is one idea. Continue hosting city mobile library program, which is something already underway. One ti and tida explore creating a maker space between 1 thousand and 2 thousand square feet in building 201, which would provide additional Economic Development opportunities or micro Business Opportunities for local residents and then finally, as part of the special events program, tida is able to reserve days or times when the chapel would be available to faith based organizations on the island, which was a key need that was identified in 2021 and also came out in our research. Alright. Well move to the big moves. The full report has quite a number of action items and strategies so we pulled out of it what we think the top four would be for your consideration. The first one is really that activate the hotel lot next to city side parking and cultural park and the chapel. We think you could consider relocating the sky line events tent to be on or next to it to give them opportunities to provide some space. We think this could depending on utility requirements, 500 thousand plus or minus, probably more plus then minus and it would take about 6 to 9 months after you find a corporate partner to help underwrite programming and in terms of implementation. The second big move is really a little more Cost Effective is really creating that little local spot at island cove market and i have a example of what the grand canyon has done. Pretty simple, outdoor tables, coverings, bike racks and are plantings so once you get food at the supermarket you can bring it out front and enjoy the sun. We think that would be plus or minus 125 thousand for some of the tables and paint of the facade. We could look at micro space or maker space there is space ajaisants island cove market currently occupied by a selfstorage entity staff said might be able to get back spaces and use them to support smaller businesses and the programs. Third move is Community Kitchen at the ymca. We understand that would cost around 350 thousand and what we noted as funders for the programming is pretty good lineup or matchup between the programming for this Community Kitchen and what corporate foundations and corporations are looking for in terms of funding, so we think there are several sources that might be interested helping fund us. And last but not least is really reactivating your special events programming that you had prior to all the construction, but now with new beautiful venues and you will though have to start booking the venues in advance of the revenue being generated, so we think there is probably 250 thousand up front deficit to activate the program, get all the website support, figure out the capacity of the venues within each park and marketing it. Those are the four big moves to help implement the plan we had a few recommendations regarding tida leasing policies. First, we think flexible pricing to really ramp up sponsorships in terms of getting someone in the door to sponsor an event. Say a flea market or Farmer Market or music events and then as it success getstrack record of success, then bring in the full pricing. Your rental rates that you customarily charge. Also we heard a lot from this stakeholder Business Owners lookingt a longer term leases. We know you want to reserve building one, commissary buildings and others in case there is a developer interest in it, but knowing how times are now and the Construction Costs, it is unlikely even if you have someone come in tomorrow saying we would like to develop this building. It will take a few years before anything actually starts to happen, and we think you could have longer term leases that would help attract additional companies. You have done well with your policy as it stands, but we are looking at 3 to 5 year term with maybe relocation rights you could invoke. We do support the current thinking which is having a master lease of quarters 10, with the Development Group picking a concession to activate. The idea is like a beach operation there and it makes a lot of sense. For makers space there are liability issues. Any time you have equipment that people are using, we think you have to look at your Risk Management policy to make sure you are fully insured and indimifyed with risk with maker spaces. Last but not least is how you pay for it and paul will address that. So, for each of the strategies we identified potential Funding Partners that could support the different components of the interim space activation strategy, and in particular looking at what their Program Priorities are and how they match up with the needs of Treasure Island and so, i just want to say that our approach here is very much looking at potential partners, not just entities that have money, but entities that would be good partners and support the overall vision and priorities and values of Treasure Island during the interim space activation period. We developed a comphensive matric that identifies philanthropic funders, Public Sector funders, Community Development financial entities and other lenders and Equity Investors and fund raising compains that have been successful in other types of facilities nation wide. We have a lot of information we developed as part of the space activation strategy and we identified some of them we already mentioned, potential partners that could be contacted and cultivated over the course of the next few months and year as the strategy is implemented as sherry said. The next steps are developing what the Practical Action and implementation steps are in the shortterm to get our big moves going and to identify the potential funders that would support those. Here on this slide you see a few of the types of funders and ideas we identified as part of the strategy. Alright. Success and are then well wrap up. Of course any plan needs to have measurements how well it is doing so we presented a few ideas in terms how you measure success. Really thats our full presentation and we like to open up for your questions, feedback and comments. Thank you. Is that the end of the presentation . Thank you very much. I will open it up to the Committee Members and then to the public. Go ahead. Wow. Thank you so much for this wonderful production of this report, and Sherry Williams one Treasure Island, i know youre beginning indiscernible but i also wanted to mike make sure you know we value your work and leadership on Treasure Island. This report is coming at a time when the city and county of San Francisco is beginning to rethink possibilities for reactivating spaces, downtown San Francisco, significant places and here we are Treasure Island that bay area economics, one Treasure Island and partnership with tida have come up with this platinum report. It is stunning. What we have here has applications for the entire San Francisco. I know that a lot of people are going to be listening to what we are doing here, but i think at some point we would like to let people know throughout San Francisco that we have a plan. We have the plan here that can be adapted in so many ways. My summary of this analysisof this outstanding report is basically the way i look at that is right now you have helped us identify with the existing capacity we have on Treasure Island, and in addition incremental, what are the possible spaces that are going to be coming up. I am looking at spaces, capacity, site, availability, which is going to be the next will be the planning, the funding, management and implementation of this project. I would think and i want to start that Treasure Island right now as this report has indicated by 2026, we are going to be having 1700 to about 4200 household. That is significant, so the Pilot Project identified the existing to help us to sustain and enhance liveability on Treasure Island for the residents. That will be the first major big move for us to be able to do that, and then we canas spaces and size become available, based on the directives you have given us, then we can begin to pile on those. Thats what this report is so great. It is a hands on report that this is what we need to do. Overall you have built in Workforce Development is and Treasure Island in partnership withone Treasure Island in partnership with Treasure Island Development Authority, we have already enacted Workforce Development so that we are not just building this island, we are utilizing opportunities to train where applicable and have in construction and all kinds of services so the residents and San Francisco residents can take advantage of what we are doing here. This report highlight that and you haveproductions and security and all of those are there so im looking at the big move recommendation you have lot 1c for mr. Beck and tida and i guess right nowwe need to develop our own timeline the spaces availability. What is going to happen . How can we activate that . The major issues for us is going to be funding, and this is what our commission needs to schedule another meeting so you can brainstorm about what kind of help can we get out there internally and in Partnership Based on this kind of recommendation that you have. For instance, the ymca, we had already identified that the project is something we would like to do and indiscernible is lacking funding. That indiscernible just a small amount of money im sure, if we find it significant right now as some of the pilots we can utilize, why not go ahead and try to do that . I also find it very interesting that this report also delved in detail about the destination of San Francisco. It is exciting. Ferry building. The golden gate bridge. We can capture by branding, by advertisement, by partnership the port of San Francisco is an outstanding agency. They have really done a great job in utilizing space and also in branding, and i really feel that to activate San Francisco we are looking at a partnership with port of San Francisco, Treasure Island, one Treasure Island, us here that can really help the overall San Francisco, so i found this report extremely highly commendable and definitely will be recommended. I think the city needs to see this beyond us. The board of supervisors, the mayor, Everybody Needs to look what we are doing here and maybe ask you all to kind of help San Francisco so we can tie all these reports together. We definitely have the expertise in here for us to do that, so im going to stop and then maybe ask questions later. Thank you so much commissioner tsen. Did you have any questions . I want to apologize being late, because i obviously missed a very comprehensive report. Just going through it, im impressed myself. As a resident, this is something im sure the community will definitely look forward to hearing about and being part of. I think that is part of what we have been waiting to see as the redevelopment has started. You see all the building up and you wonder okay, i want to get in where i fit in and San Francisco is pretty crowded, so these opportunities are exciting. I look forward to reading the report again. I do apologize for being late, but i do look forward to thank you so much. Thank you. So, i would like to say, first of all, thank you very much for a very comprehensive report. I am so glad that one Treasure Island, tida and tidd, the three major partners on the island are looking towards the future, and i think that there are so many details in this report and i understand that you are presenting this as the first time we have seen the report, heard your presentation. There is much we need to delve into, and i look forward to being able to do that, but let me just make just a few overall comments. It doesnt mean that i asquibe to everything presented in the report, but as far as the big moves and the overall comment, i like to give you some of my thinking on it. First of all, i truly believe that there are two things that we have to look at. One is whatthe needs of the residents on the island. What do they need in order to be able to have a full life there . I am very glad that you looked at retail. What is needed for the island residents in terms of the things they need for every day life, so im glad there was a section of this report that looked at that. Grocery stores, beverage places, personal services, what do we need for the residents on the island, and the question is where is that going to go . The second thing is Community Facilities. The Community Facilities, which is basically oriented again to the residents on the island, i think that your suggestions of those types of facilities i concur with that. You need places for Community Gathering and events. Idea of a Community Kitchen is a good one. The reading room i think we have a mobile library now, which is helpful, but maybe theres other things we can do. The maker space is a wonderful idea for young entrepreneurs to be able toartisons to make and sell their goods. The community garden, as you know parks and gardening is one of my biggest subjects and i think wherever you can allow people to have that chance to grow their own food or to participate in a community garden, that is a wonderful thing to do. As you know in the original master plan of the island there was a thought for a urban farm and native nursery which we actually have. That is the nursery that actually replanted much of our storm Water Gardens and i think thats a great idea for both onisland planting activities but also people outside the island interested in native plants as well. The maker space. I think all that that you outlined in your report is good. Other things i think we need to look at in more detail. It is all about the question of where this activity occurs on the island, and who operates those spaces. Who are the likelywhere do we find the partnerships to do that, and are who is going to oversee those leasing activities or creating those events. Where and who and you started the process of answering some of the questions, but i think it really needs more cuneversation on the details. I think the idea of micro spaces is a great one and if you look for examples, all over the world for entrepreneur to start something if there isnt outlay of capital for rent, if you can have small carts in a active space, that allows for entrepreneurs, Small Businesses to get going and you see many cases of people who started with small spaces and grew into Bigger Companies as well. I would suggest that we have more conversation about all the ideas that you presented. The big moves i think its a great idea to activate that hotel lot, which we know wont be building onit is great idea to take those spaces that are we know will be for future development, but they are available now. Why not use them in the interim . The spot of the island market i think just by the very nature of its location, it is going to cater also to the residents, not just visitors. The Community Kitchen as i said, it is great idea. Ymca. Then reactivating the special programming. I would like to say that we are doing a parallel look at the parks and open spaces that we are creating on Treasure Island. That is such a gift not just to the residents of the island, but actually for the whole bay area, and i really believe that Treasure Island is going to be a destination that is going to be very high on the list. Maybe not as high as golden gate bridge, but it is going to be up there in terms of where people want to go. I just came by ferry. I had a visitor in town, came by ferry yesterday to the island and what a glorious way and what a glorious trip that is with the views of both the city, as well as the island. When we arrived there wasit was monday, so no place to eat lunch, no place to grab even a coffee, and certainly if we had those types of things, restaurants and cafes, many more people would come. The other thing is that we have an art master plan for the island and as you know, there is a first instillation of the sculpturethe park isnt yet open on hilltop park, but i believe as we have art placed around the park that there is going to be more people who will come to look at the art, so this is going to be a very exciting place and this is a excellent start. There is much information that we need to digest, and im glad that youve made this first presentation and we look forward to really working with all the partners on Treasure Island in trying to make it more economically viable. Thank you very much. So, is there any comments from on the phone or the public . No public comment. Okay. Hearing no further yes, please. I want to add. Several years ago commissioner tsen convened a tour of some members of tida to new york, and in particular we visited some of these iconic spaces in new york. One in particular was the brooklyn yard. Inside the brooklyn yard there were all these Small Businesses that were there and as she mentioned in this report about a small micro businesses, their model we saw was just that they can be duplicated here. Im thinking nowhaving incubators would be great. All the Small Businesses and targeting Treasure Island would be significant and we can begin to work simultaneously to get that. That is what i see. The next task for us is really now to have all the discussions about which are the interim or shortterma lot of things will be rolled out. What can we do now for instance, coming from the ferry. You enter and have the excitement, then what . It seems to me we need a interim activation or project that connect the experiences the commissioner just described to get the continuity that oh my goodness im going to this place, rath erthen we get to a deadend and have to navigate. That window will be extremely important for us to move forward and again, thank you all for this wonderful report. Very comprehensive. Well done. Thanks. Thank you. I think next item, please. Item 5, discussion of future agenda items by directors. Are there any that the directors would like to point out . Obviously more discussion on this plan. Yep. Alright. Next item. Item 6, to adjourn. Adjourn. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for being here. [meeting adjourned] youre watching San Francisco rising with chris manors. Todays special guest is mary chu. Hi. Im chris manors, and youre rising on San Francisco rising. The show thats focused on rebuilding, reimagining, and restarting our city. Our guest today is mary chu, and shes here to talk with us about art and the San Francisco art commission. Well come, miss chu. Thanks for having me. Its great to have you. Lets talk about art in the city and how art installations are funded. The Arts Committee was funded in 1932 and support civic review, design investments and art galleries. Projects we have are funded by the citys art enrichment ordinance which provides 2 of Construction Costs for public art. So art is tied to construction. Theres been a great deal in the southwest of the city. Can you talk about some of the projects there . Sure. Our city has some exciting projected in the bayviewhunters point coming up. One artist created a photo collage. In the picture pavilion, one artist formed a collage of her oneyear residency coming together with residents, and anchoring the new center is a landmark bronze sculpture, inspired by traditional ivory coast currency which the artists significantly enlarges to mark that its a predominantly African American community in bayview hunters point. Are there any art installations around town that uses light as a medium . Yes. The first is on van ness between ofarrell and geary. Its funded with the m. T. A. S van ness geary street project. Another project is for the central subway. It is one of ten artworks commissioned for the new line. Its over 650 feet long, consists of 550 l. E. D. Panels between the powell street station and the union street station. Its called lucy in the sky, and the lights are patterned with unique sequences so that commuters can experience a unique pattern each time they pass through. Perfect. What about the early day sculpture that was removed from the civic center . This is a question that cities have been grappling with nationwide. Following the removal of early days in 2018, there was a toppling of statues in Golden Gate Park as well as the removal of the Christopher Columbus statue. We are partnering with the Parks Department as well as the community to engage with the public to develop guidelines to evaluate the existing monuments and memorials in the civic arts collection and evaluate the removal of a monument or statue but also installing new ones. Finally, it seems like the weather might be nice this weekend. If i fancy taking a walk and seeing some outdoor art, where would you suggest i go . Well, i would suggest the embarcadero. This work was commissioned with funds from the fire station 35. This suggests the bow of a boat and the glass panel surrounding the structure depict the history of fireboats in the bay area. And where can i go from there . Then, i would walk up to the Justin Herman plaza to check out the work of the art vendors. Then check out the monuments like the mechanics monument. Also, be sure to check out the poster series, installed in bus kiosks along market street, which features four artists each year. Well, thank you. I appreciate you coming on the show, miss chu. Thank you for your time today. Thank you, chris. Thats it for this episode. Well be back with another show shortly. For San Francisco t. V. , im chris manors. Thanks for watching