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neighborhood cac on this committee, which is piloting this incredibly important financing tool in the rincon hill area. i think the policies that staff has developed in consultation with people like me representing the public are right on point. i think it is a great program. i would be remiss if i did not say in the context of being on the eastern neighborhood cac, i look forward in the not too distant future of working with this type of tool in the eastern neighborhood. i recognize t...

center be in there and also the financial district, the jobs being right there to walk to work -- the transit center being there. and children, there are kids living in the towers, and i assume there will be many more in the future. for them to be able to exercise and build their muscles is very important. the street scape is also important. supervisor kim has already mentioned that street safety is very important. speaking of cookies, we make a lot of cookies in rincon hill. it provid...

i would be remiss if i did not say in the context of being on the eastern neighborhood cac, i look forward in the not too distant future of working with this type of tool in the eastern neighborhood. i recognize the -- that rincon hill is a pilot area, but i hope we do not wait five years to be able to do this. this is a growth area for san francisco. private sector development for close to 30 years now. i can tell you that when cities showed a commitment to infrastructure, that sense ...

it. that is an important point. we have a choice as to how we allocate the increment. one is to flow into a special fund managed by the board. the other was to have it flow by default into the general fund and have the board at every annual budget decide how much it wanted to appropriate to the ifd. either way, we have an accounting mechanism in place that tells us how much is being generated. either scenario, the board would retain full discretion over the money. you do not lose contr...

we continued to refine the draft policies, and i wanted to provide this in context. when we originally discussed launching a pilot project, it was always in the context of having draft policies to guide the future use in the city, and our intention is we hope to be able to use this tool in other appropriate areas, which may include some of the existing neighborhood plans like market and octavia, or the eastern neighborhood or the west side of the city. these criteria that im going to p...

over a huge area. some portions work effectively downzoned to protect light industry. if you looked only at those areas, you would see a net fiscal - in the sense that development potential was reduced and next tax base was arguably reduced -- you would see a net fiscal negative. we do not want to penalize the entire area because there was a goal in the entire area. what this says is instead, we will look at a new definition, which is basically a half mile radius around a proposal ifd ...

and thank you for being so thorough and for filling in for supervisor kim, as well. >> supervisor kim did send in an email this morning that she would like to co-sponsor this. supervisor mar: thank you. lets open this up for public comment. i have two cars, and the first is from the rincon hill association, and the second is from the cac. >> good afternoon. my name is jamie hill. i am with the rincon hill association. the demolition of the embarcadero freeway made the town not so attra...

there is a requirement in newly rezoned areas that we do this, to ensure that there is a prioritization process for how the money is actually get spent. we do not have a formal cac on rincon hill, although there is an active association, and we will communicate with them. along with supervisor cohen, looking at criteria so we can report back to this board presumably on whether our projections for the ifc have come true, and that will allow us next time to do a better job. that is the e...

outside moneys with that increment, and that would be something strategic. there is a requirement in newly rezoned areas that we do this, to ensure that there is a prioritization process for how the money is actually get spent. we do not have a formal cac on rincon hill, although there is an active association, and we will communicate with them. along with supervisor cohen, looking at criteria so we can report back to this board presumably on whether our projections for the ifc have co...