Transcripts For SFGTV Aging And Adult Services Commission 20

SFGTV Aging And Adult Services Commission July 13, 2024

Our work order estimates with particularly Public Utilities and public works, but also sfmta, planning and other city agencies to prepare our budget projections for next year. And well bring informational presence on the budget to our next tida Board Meeting as well before making our initial budget to the mayor office on february 21st. Well come back in april for formal adoption of the budget. And then the Mayors Office will submit the budget to the board on may 1st. For the board next year, at the main highlight here is were expecting to have the onisland meetings in march, july and november. And that also will be doing budget information presentations this year. Our annual contract renewal is in june. And then election of officers next fall. And then per our conversations at our december meeting, were incorporating quarterly Sustainability Committee meetings beginning with our first meeting on january 21st and then well have infrastructure and transportation meetings in march and keep the cycle throughout the year. That concludes my update, but happy to answer questions. President tsen wonderful. Ill open it up. Director dunlop thank you so much. First i guess im not going to make a speech, but i want to say how exciting this year is going to be. Weve been involved before the plans were adopted. And it almost seemed like this is not going to happen due to all sorts of issues. But it is. And its happening. And stuff is getting built. And this is why were here. And that is just so exciting to me. So its going to be a wonderful year. I hope. You never know. So i just wanted to ask, if i could, bob, about the teafest. Im not going to be there. Will there be some place sooner or later, are they part of the planning or not . We are keeping dialogue open with them about potentially returning the following year. So were going to kind of monitor that as it goes and see if theyre not interested in returning, i think there are other operators that would be interested in that type of program to the island. Director dunlop great. In the same vain, the rugby clubhouse, that is going to be taken down, is there going to be another clubhouse . Its a cool little place. Yeah. The Gaelic Football Club has a facility in the existing school site. And right now, the Golden Gate Rugby Club has been talking with them about using that facility for their needs, but we havent discussed setting up an Additional Club or a replacement clubhouse. Director dunlop thank you for all the work that you and the staff are doing. Have been doing and will be doing in the future. Thank you. President tsen ms. Richardson. Director richardson again, i want to echo commissioner dunlop, thank you for the great work that you and your staff are doing. And also with our partners. This year is going to be another defining year. I know that weve accomplished a lot of milestones. Getting 2020, verticals, things are going to happen. One thing i would like for us to really think about is now that everything is coming into place, on the mind of a lot of people, not only in San Francisco, but the region, and nationwide internationally. And often times, this is the time for us to be generating our own report. Sometimes there are lots of disinformation out there about this Great Development and we know we put a lot of work into what were doing here. Sometimes not everybody gets a chance to look at what were doing here, to see the fine work that details that there is no other development anywhere in north america like this project here. So when people write about what were doing here and sometimes there is disinformation, thats when everybody hears about that. And believe me, every news report coming out here, we hear from the community, city hall. So this year is a year that we need to find ways, and again, commissioners, ideas you may have to work with president that we need to set the record straight. So that at least people will know exactly what is going on here and where we are. Believe me, a lot of people said that should be done. I think during that calendar year, we should do workshops where commissioner ten tsen. I want to put this out there, that were going to do something about that. Secondly, i would like recurring things on the agenda, we need to decide on the transition of housing. That needs to be way up there, given the fact that weve been working on there. That wait, were only talking 200 residents. And now with the new post dda, and so that way, we ask before that, it would be great to have a decision made so we can all Work Together and be able to help you and the staff. Thats all i have. Again, thank you. Director shifrin a couple of clarification questions. On the cifd and the rfid, do you know the timing of that. The may june time. Director shifrin but the construction in that area is not set to happen this year . No. Well be doing, as i said in the subphase 3 area, well be doing utility isolation and demolition, but the geotech cal wont start until 2021. And the interim gas main and the electrical lines that were on lets see. Here we go. The supporting utility infrastructure. Just curious on the timing of that and if it has any intersection with some of the concerns that we heard earlier this year around preventing future outages . Yeah, the work the geotech cal work is ongoing right now on the site of the switchyard. That is completed by june. And theyll set that equipment and wire it in by the end of the year. And that new switch gear should greatly increase the reliability of service on the island. The ability of the existing switch gear to ride through searches that result when a tree limb falls on a power line or Something Like that, that limb makes temporary contact and falls away, sometimes that can cause a fault in the existing equipment, where this new equipment would ride through an incident like that without causing a power outage. As we go through 2021, we should see a great increase in the reliability. Its about connecting the newly installed infrastructure to the Treatment Plant and the gas regulator. They dont have as much influence on the performance of the rest of the existing utilities. Director shifrin got it. Great. Another timing question. The freeway, the i80 eastbound interchange, i just want to make sure i understand, this work that is going on is going to is not going to cause any closures of the actual bay bridge, right . No. Its happening adjacent to the bridge. Director shifrin and it says the construction is starting early 2020 and late 2021, so you expect delivery by late 2021 . Yes. Director shifrin one last thing. On the maps, is it possible to do a keep map where you can see where it is in relation to everything else. Just because some of the yeah. Thats thats a good request for members of the audience and Board Members and all of us, so thank you. Director lai thank you. Quick question on the reason behind pausing construction on completing the ferry pier along building one before coming back in july. Is it weatherrelated . Its fish spawning condition. We can only do work in the water during certain moments. Thats a great reason. And then i notice pretty much adjacent to the rugby field is the baseball diamond. I know there is a soccer field somewhere on the island that is pretty heavily used. Are those being impacted and do we have a plan to relocate those . There are the Gaelic Football Club operates a total of three fields on the island. The one on california and then the two on 13th street. And i think the one youre referring to as a soccer field may be one of the gaelic fields. They do host, for instance, San Francisco Flag Football League games, they host lacrosse games. Because the gaelic football field is larger in dimension than most other sports programs, they can accommodate sometimes two fields within one of their fields. So they do host them. And those fields are not being effected yet, and then the two Little League fields are not scheduled to be affected in the near future, but were looking down the road to when the one that the southern most one along the eastern shoreline is effected, were looking at what our options will be to relocate it elsewhere. Director lai i know a lot of the kids, recreational leagues, they do rely on Treasure Island as a resource, because the rest of the mainland, its so hard to find space. So thats great well continue to look at options. And then i think hopefully this stays within the parameter of this agenda item. I feel that maybe this is an opportunity for the directors to mention things that we would like to focus on this year. Sure. Director lai so, i think probably people who come to this meeting regularly will come to know a lot of my focus is around the transportation aspects. And im sure were going to cover a lot of this during our itc meetings as well as tima is taking the lead in a lot of these conversations. But i would like to reiterate that i think we need to focus a lot on figuring out the Ferry Service plan, what is the boards actual policy . Are we continuing to look at a variety of options and different models . That are competitive and will allow us to have flexibility on the financing side . And then the other thing that weve talked about multiple times now, is the bike connection. I personally feel very strongly about and i understand its not up to tida or even the city, because its bay area toll authoritys jurisdiction as well, but hopefully, i hope in 2020 we can continue to work on pushing that forward to provide a physical bike connection from the island to San Francisco. And then the other transportationrelated item i would like to look into how we can provide a robust School Bus System for the island onto the mainland. I know the next item we have is an informational item on potential school discussion, but im not even talking about that. This is just overall because even with local schools within the same neighborhood, a lot of families do need to, or choose to, go crosstown for schools and this will certainly help with our congestion and our overall transportation strategy as well as equity and access issues. And then, the other priority that i know we just talked about the last hearing, is that i think in the first quart other of 2020 we need to look at evaluating our outreach strategy more seriously. And make sure were still on the same page with the assumptions and what our needs are in the foreseeable future before were put in the position to have to make another financial decision on funding. And ill be having that on the february agenda, that conversation. Director lai perfect. Thank you. President tsen thank you so much for this report, bob, of our year ahead. And this commission and its committees are going to be very busy. There is much to consider. And particularly, this year, really when we are taking flight. The infrastructure is being done and the developments are being done, so its very exciting time to be on the board of the Treasure Island Development Authority to be helping guide the future of the island. I think in terms of priorities, certainly the Affordable Housing has to be most serious priority. We know that the market rate housing will be built and we hope it will be successful. But really the purview of this authority is really to be sure that the Affordable Housing is resolved, that it has sufficient funds that it needs to make it successful. And that we continue with the next phases of the Affordable Housing. Because if we do not meet that goal of 2000 units, then we are actually failing in our public mission. So Affordable Housing has to be one of those items we continue to focus on to have our eyes on. The other element were providing is the park and the open space. And there is lots of planning that is being done around that. Were looking in the next few months at the operations, the management for the parks and the open space, but there is still a lot of decisions that need to be made about what those parks will be, how they will be managed, how they will be governed. In fact, one of the things i would like to look at is creation of a nonprofit trust or conservancy that many cities do. That is an entity that can raise additional private funds, foundation funds, to support the maintenance and ongoing programming and operation for the parks. Part of the reason why we are putting together this Sustainability Committee, thats another goal of ours, is to make sure that all that we do can be at the cutting edge of the sustainability. There is so much we need to do, where we fit in the overall world order. And what we do will also affect climate change. It will affect type of native plants that will grow on our island. And also the type of flora, fauna and living things that will be there. And i think we have to be very conscious of that. And im hoping the Sustainability Committee is going to take that under their purview. Certainly the transit is so important. And we are working with tima Going Forward with that. And it is my hope that this year we will finalize an equitable policy. There is a lot of debate about that, but hopefully, with the wisdom of this board, together with the comments it gets from the public that we will come to some sort of resolution on the tolling policy. The Ferry Service is such an important part of that overall transportation plan. And we have to find funding for the Ferry Services. Not only just to build the terminal, which is being done with our capital dollars, but we have to have the ferrys that will come to the terminal and certainly finding the money for that is going to be very important. But there is much before us this year. But i very much want to thank bob beck, our executive director. You know, this type of very comprehensive implementation of a longterm master plan takes so many aspects. It has to have knowledge about infrastructure, financing, about the community that were trying to create. And certainly we cannot do it without bob. So i want to say a special thank you to you, bob, for your leadership and for and your staff as well. But we are very grateful for our service. Thank you. And really, its tida staff that makes all of this possible. President tsen yes, i understand that. An extension to tida staff. Because i see representative from picd here. We would also see that we rely on our partners to do your part, which is to make sure that the market rate side is successful so we can continue to have the funding to do the public realm objectives that we have. So good for the year. And is there any Public Comment . Hearing none, next item. Item 9. Treasure Island Elementary School site. So its been sometime since we gave an had a discussion at the board about the Elementary School site on the island. And the plans for the future, so i thought i would give an overviau view of that overview of that for the members of the board, because weve been approached by the School District about locating an additional Charter School program on the island next year. And we anticipate bringing that lease to you in february. But i wanted to put that in the contoext the longterm plans for the island. That was the purpose of the discussion today. So the School District, originally began operating an Elementary School on the island in the 60s. That was when the first portion of the housing was constructed along with the school site. And they continued operating it after the base closure, but the population for the school was not sustainable. So they ended up closing that facility in 2000. But the Development Plan does call for the reestablishment of an Elementary School on Treasure Island. And that is what i wanted to go through, what the provisions of that are in the dda. The dda includes us providing a site to the School District, the historical Elementary School site. And a subsidy payment from ticd of 5 million that is escalated to the time of payment in order to assist the School District in refurbishing the site, for either k5 or k8 facility on Treasure Island. The time lines in the dda call for the School District or tida to obtain a Building Permit and commence work to rehabilitate the school prior to the issuance of the Building Permit for the 2500 residential unit which currently could happen as early as 2024 were looking at that to make sure were looking at that time line. Coincidently, i was also contacted by a consultant of the School District, theyre in the process of updating their demographic and Treasure Island is one of the areas of focus. Theyre also looking at when would be the right timing from a Sustainable Operations perspective to open a school on the island. And the dda does provide if the School District or tida fail to bring a school to the island, that ticd has the option to seek a qualified operator subject to the authoritys appro

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