Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20171123

SFGTV Government Access Programming November 23, 2017

To order. Good afternoon, its now 1 09 p. M. Good afternoon, everyone. This is a regular meeting of the commission of Community Investment and infrastructure. The Successor Agency commission to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency for tuesday november 7th, 2017. Welcome to members of the public. Madam secretary, please call item one. Roll call. Commissioner rosales . Here. Commissioner singh. Here. Vice chair bustos . Here. Madam chair mandahar. Here. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held tuesday november 21st, room 416. B, announcement of prohibition of sound producing Electronic Devices during the meeting. Please be advised the ringing of, use of cell phones and Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager or other similar sound producing Electronic Devices. C, announcement of time allotment for Public Comments. Please be advised the member of the public has up to three minutes to make Public Comment on each agenda item. It is strongly recommended that members of the public who wish to address the commission fill out a speaker card and submit the completed card to the commission secretary. The next order of business is item 3. Report on actions taken at a previous closed session meeting, if any. There are no reportable actions. The next order of business is item 4, matters of unfinished business. There are no matters of unfinished business. The next order of business is item 5, matters of new business consisting of consent and regular agenda. First 5a, approval of minutes october 3rd, 2017. 5b authorizing a Second Amendment to the personal Services Contract with rgl forensics to extend the time of completion from june 30th, 2018 and increase the contract amount by 30,000 not to exceed 80,000. Action. Resolution number 442017. Madam chair . Thank you, madam secretary, do we have any speaker cards for this item . No speaker cards. Hearing no further requests to speak on the item, i will close the Public Comment. I will now turn to my Commission Members for their comments and questions. Do i have a motion . I move. Moved by commissioner singh, seconded by commissioner bustos. Please call the roll. Please announce your vote. Commissioner rosales . Yes. Commissioner singh. Yes. Vice chair bustos . Yes. Madam chair . Yes. Motion is carried. Next item is regular item 5c commending and expressing appreciation to Leah Pimentel from her position as commissioner of the commission on Community Investment and infrastructure. Discussion and action resolution number 452017. Madam chair . Yes, i would like to call commissioner singh to please read the first part of the resolution. Commissioner pimentel would you like to come up . Or stand . Commending Leah Pimentel for her Services Upon occasion from departure from her position. As commissioner of Community Investment and infrastructure, whereas, on october 6th 2015, San Francisco mayor lee appointed ms. Pimentel as one of the following members of the commission of Community Investment and infrastructure commission. She has served with the distinction excellence and commitment to the mission of the office of Community Investment and infrastructure, as a Successor Agency the Redevelopment Agency, promoting community, economic and physical in neighborhood. Whereas during her tenure ms. Pimentel has supported and the commission has approved numerous actions to implement o. C. I. I. s enforceable obligations which will result in improvement of economic vitality, urban landscape, Affordable Housing opportunities and quality of life in San Francisco. With oversight and approval o. C. C. I. In hunter park and candlestick, mission bay and transbay projects along with various continuing obligations relating to numerous assets in the center western edition 82 and rinkin point south beach project areas. And whereas as a commissioner ms. Pimentel over saw many actions for the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, former agency, including implementation of jobs, market rate and Affordable Housing and Public Infrastructure benefiting the city and county of San Francisco. Approval of the long range management plan, confirmation of housing assets, transfer to the city as housing successor and approval of three recognized obligation payment schedules, and whereas, as a long time resident of San Francisco, ms. Pimentel has worked extensively to advise policies that help women and children thrive in this city. As vice chair of the Democratic Central Committee which she has been elected to in 2012, ms. Pimentel has fought for the affordable San Francisco that supports lowincome and middleclass families. In 2013, she also joined forces with the San Francisco board of supervisors, a coalition of parents and working families and Community Organizations to enact the family workplace ordinance. Which ensures that every employee has a right to request a Flexible Work arrangement when care giving responsibility arises for a child, Family Member or parent. And whereas throughout her term on the commission, ms. Pimentel has been a staunch proponent of o. C. I. I. s equal opportunity programs including the Small Business Enterprise Program and policies related to construction and permanent workforce hiring. As well as o. C. I. I. s obligations to create permanently Affordable Housing. She has worked to ensure that o. C. I. I. Contracting, hiring and Affordable Housing opportunities are successfully marketed to all disadvantaged persons, businesses, contractors and Diverse Communities in San Francisco. In particular, ms. Pimentel has been a strong supporter of o. C. I. I. s efforts to provide Affordable Housing opportunities to members of lowincome households who are displaced by the former Redevelopment Agency. And to our eligible to receive housing preferences through o. C. I. I. s certificate of preference program. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the commission on Community Investment and infrastructure, on behalf of its executive director, and employees who are present here today, acknowledges the service thats ms. Pimentel has provided to o. C. I. I. And by this resolution expresses to ms. Pimentel appreciation of work well done, its thanks for work and wish for success in future endeavors. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the commission at this meeting. [applause] chair m. Mondejar commissioner pimentel, would you like oh wait. Speaker cards . No speaker cards. Any members of the public . Chair m. Mondejar any members of the public wish to speak before ms. Pimentel speaks . Would you like to come to the microphone . This is my presentation. My i have my time please, please dont interrupt me. Im speaking the language, whoever is listening. I was clearly saying the city and county the flawed system constantly making errors when it comes to us black folks, please dont get emotional. I came, i didnt know you was getting your award today but im here standing, thanking you for your service here. Redevelopment agency, formerly o. C. I. I. You could walk away from this agency with your head held high girl, because you did what you could, at this particular time, with these particular people, with this particular agency. I was there when you were elected with the 3ccc with the diversity you had to administer, i was there videotaping, i dont know if you remember that day. Anyway, getting back to this, im here to say, im very much here in support, and giving thanks to commissioner for her work that she has rendered here in this short time on her appointee by the mayor. But i want to thank her and let her know her endeavors are here, the skys the limit. The skys the limit. So if that means anything to the public, im sure you understand what im saying. Congratulations and thank you for your service rendered here at this agency. When i do get to speak publicly it wont be this kind and i am glad you wont be up there to hear it in your ears, but thank you for your service. Chair m. Mondejar thank you. No other speaker cards. Chair m. Mondejar no other speaker cards. Last time to call commissioner pimentel. Thank you, all. Its been a real pleasure to serve with you guys and really doing Amazing Things in the city for people getting homes and jobs, its been an amazing experience and i really want to thank you all. Thank you. Chair m. Mondejar thank you. I will now close Public Comment. And refer to my commissioners, fellow commissioners . Any more comments . I just want to say, leah, thank you so much for your work. You have been a real honest voice about how families are treated in this city. And the need for us to always consider families. This was, and will be a city of families. And its a wonderful thing. So i just want to thank you for that. And we look forward to what you do in the future. And to still make sure that families are considered in the city. Thank you. Chair m. Mondejar commissioner rosales . Yes, thank you. Leah, thank you. Not only for your service but for your friendship. Now we are back to four commissioners. [chuckles] less than five. So i hope while you are not up here joining our voices, that you will appear in whatever manner and matter that you think is important, so that we continue to hear from you. Because you are a district 10 resident and i think its important. So dont get lost. Thank you. There she is. Leah, we go way back. And i know your work and ive seen your commitment and your faith in the city. And i really appreciate you being on the commission and hearing your voice and hearing your comments and representing families, especially and the youth. So thank you for your service. I know that you are going to be great in the next chapter of your life. In your next adventure, in your career. And we will miss you. And i know we are going to see you more and more on the other side representing youth and families and womens rights and we expect you, and i expect you to be there. So thank you, again, for your time with the commission. Having said that, any other comments . From the commissioners . So i need a motion. Yes, nadia . I want to also express my gratitude and your counsel over the last year, almost. And really look forward to working with you in your new capacity in a district 10 resident. You have been very helpful, supportive and been giving feedback as we move the candlestick phase 2 forward. Thank you for that. Chair m. Mondejar commissioner singh . During the 22 years on this commission, before the redevelopment, there is a second commissioner who couldnt finish her term and leah. We are going to miss you, yeah. Chair m. Mondejar okay. So i need a motion. So moved. Second. Chair m. Mondejar moved by commissioner bustos, seconded by commissioner rosales. Madam secretary, please call the roll. Commissioner rosales . Yes. Commissioner singh . Yes. Vice chair bustos . Yes. Madam chair mondejar . Chair m. Mondejar yes. Madam chair, there are four ayes. Chair m. Mondejar the motion to approve the resolution is carried. I would like to take a pause to take a picture with commissioner pimentel with the commissioners, if you would like to come forward. [off mic] chair m. Mondejar oh, by the flag. [off mic] chair m. Mondejar thank you to the public for indulging us for our photo session, photo opportunity. Madam secretary, will you please call the next item. The next order of business is agenda item 5d. Consenting to former Successor Agency employee thor kaslofskys request for waivers from the Successor Agencys postemployment restrictions related to work on housing projects at the candlestick pointhunters Point Shipyard and Artist Community at the hunters Point Shipyard, discussion and action, resolution number 462017. Madam director . Thank you. This item is before us because thor, former employee of o. C. I. I. Has been an employee for about ten years, is requesting a waiver. And morales, general counsel will be giving the overview and thor will be available to respond to questions, if commissioners have any. President mondejar, members of the commission, im jim morales, general counsel. As you know, the agency has a policy that says that former employees, commissioners and consultants, essentially have a duty of loyalty, or another way of saying it is an obligation not to switch sides on issues they worked on while they were employed by, or working with, the agency. This would apply both to work under the Redevelopment Agency, as well as o. C. I. I. If an employee, for example, has been working on issues for the agency, and then leaves and decides to go in the private sector work for another party on similar issues of a particular nature, they have the obligation, if they want to continue to work on those matters for another party, to seek the agencys consent. The agencys role in reviewing that, or the commissions role in reviewing that is to determine whether or not there would be any detriment or hardship to the agency to have a former Employee Work on a matter that that employee had worked on for the agency itself. Theres concerns about possible conflicts or disclosure of information and the like. This policy, the city also has a similar policy in its ethics laws, the Ethics Commission reviews these on a somewhat regular basis when former employees, commissioners and the like seek a waiver. Just as background information, the redevelopment Agency Commission adopted this policy in 1982. It is a permanent prohibition on employees, commissioners working on matters that they had worked on as an employee or commissioner of the agency. But recognizing that theres also an interest in having people move on and go on life after the agency whether it be as employee, commissioner or whatever, theres an opportunity to obtain the consent of the agency to waive that prohibition. Mr. Thor kaslofsky was originally hired by the Redevelopment Agency in 2005. He became a project manager in 2008. And as a project manager, he over saw a wide variety of issues related to the approval of projects, the approval process that the agency goes through in vetting and reviewing projects. His primary focus was on the hunters Point Shipyard but also issues related to candlestick point. He left o. C. I. I. In 2015, after having survived the dissolution of the Redevelopment Agency and he went to work in the private sector. He is a principle at a group called Common Ground urban development, a local Real Estate Developer thats involved in projects here in the city, as well as elsewhere. Given his involvement in a variety of matters at the shipyard, he has identified a couple of projects that he wants to work on now, that have a connection to his past life at the agency. One is to work with land lease, which is a general contractor for projects, or hopes to be for projects at the Shipyard Candlestick point area under the phase ii d. D. A. And in working with lend lease, his business would be to work through some of the contract compliance issues, the Community Outreach and Construction Management that would be associated with housing projects that are to be built in candlestick point. In addition, he seeks to advise star which is a nonprofit board that is the shipyard trust for the arts. That is a group that has been very supportive of the Artist Community at the shipyard. And as you know, preservation and expansion of the Artist Community at the shipyard has long been a priority of the Redevelopment Agency and continues to be a priority of o. C. I. I. Its embedded in the redevelopment plan in the d. D. A. And there are significant steps that we are taking to try to maintain that Artist Community. So mr. Kaz love kaslofsky would like to advise star and members of the board on issues related to the Artist Com

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