Mission district today. Im joined by the Library Commission. Yes, thank you. [ applause ] lets move a little closer over here. You will be able to hear better and participate better in the program. We have seats over here available. All right, good morning, welcome. Im Micheal Lambert. Im proud to serve as your city librarian. Its wonderful to see all of you here and be in community with all of you in the Mission District today. Im joined by the Library Commission. Oh, yes. [ applause ] thank you. Im joined by the Library Commissioner dr. Lopez. Come on up here dr. Lopez. [ applause ] on behalf of the San FranciscoPublic Library wed like to welcome you to the Historic Mission branch for the kickoff of this construction project. Id like to begin with our land acknowledgment. Ill pause for the translator. Moving too fast. [translator speaking] thank you. The area known as the unseated ancestral homeland. The people of the land have never seated, lost, or forgotten that responsibility as the caretakers of the place. Okay. We recognize that we benefit from living and working. The sovereign rights for people and. Elders and relatives of the people. Thank you so much. Before i welcome the supervisor to the microphone it would be fun to share fast facts with you about the library. The Mission Branch library is the very first Neighborhood Branch of the San FranciscoPublic Library system. The first location was just a few blocks from here at 1109 olympia street. The construction of the current building was funded by the industrialist and from donor. He donated 50,000 to construct the library. The location opened in december of 1915. This is one of the business i librairies. So, this major renovation kicking off today, its going to restore the historic firsthand door of the Majestic Library and upgrade the aminities to be worthy of expectations in 21st 21st century standards and service to the community. Im excited we will restore the original entrance on 24th street. We will push out on the orange ally side for a new dedicated space. Well have a new Community Room and more restrooms. The renovated Mission Branch library is a model. This will be including solar panels, battery storage, also an upgraded heated and hvac system. With this once in a generation well continue to be a neighborhood hub for another century and beyond. Its the pleasure to introduce our supervisor hillary a supporter of the library and loyal patron as well. [ applause ] hello. Thank you for being here on this exciting day. I just want to acknowledge how has been and lucky we are for district nine. It amazing. This is really a dream come true. To have a Community Room and space to have a fully resilient building for the days that are hotter and hotter for people. We have extra bathrooms for people in the neighborhood that need them. This is the type of project thats exactly right for the neighborhood and such a beautiful and Historic Building its perfect. So, i just wanted to give a few things. I wanted to start by recognizing and thanking suzanne. The executive director of the latino cultural district. [ applause ] representing the voice of the community and helping to design you know, and make sure the priorities are respected and included in the project. Also id like to recognize they will come up shortly. We are so lucky to have this world Famous Artist who is going to make an original piece for the building and it will capture the Latino History and nativeamerican history that makes it the special place it is. Thank you for doing that. Id like to thank all of the folks in the city that prioritize the project. There is one finally after this. From the dpw. Architect which will and engineering and Incredible Library staff. Who consistency the only apartment the Library Commission and the friends of the library. This was a team effort and one project we can feel proud of as san franciscans. Finally finally, truly finally. Id like to thank you for voting for the Library Preservation funds. [ applause ] that vote is what made this project possibility. That vote is what make our librairies the jewel institutions they are in the city. Thank you san franciscans. Thank you. Proximate cause. And now, its my great pleasure to introduce carla short. Thank you. Good morning everyone. Thank you supervisor and also thank our supervisor librarian for hosting us today. Its a pleasure to be part of the gathering. The Branch Library is a true gem. We are excited to partner in the renovations. In collaboration with Library Staff and Community Public works architect will reassert the his historical significance of the building more than a century years old and meet the modern day San Francisco. In addition to architects they created Landscape Design and project and Construction Management services. Id like to thank andrew who is here today leading the Branch Project team. We are also pleased to work with sc as the contractor for the project. Sc was a proven partner with the city and delivered successful project including the ambulance deployment facility for the San Francisco fire department. Id like to give a big shout out to Micheal Lambert and his team. San franciscos Public Library system is a model for the rest of the nation with amazing resources at the main and Neighborhood Branches. Ensuring access to information is the bed rook of our neighborhood. This is a big part of our mission. The Mission Branch renovation project is an example of the commitment to not only maintaining and improving San Franciscos vital and beloved Public Library system. Thank you for hosting this public event. And now, id like to introduce rebecca, the library chief of branches. Good morning, everyone. My name is rebecca. Im the chief of branches at the Public Library. Im the head of Neighborhood Branches. Before i introduce the next esteemed guest id like to acknowledge my Incredible Team at the Mission Branch. You know and love them. They are our best resource in the library. Today, wave your hand. Please go to 1234 valencia to hire them. We are so lucky to be in a city that believes that all residents deserve to live in a beautiful city and have access to world class art. And librairies. The work will be featured on the second floor of the reading room. Thats the focal point to the space. Id like togy the Arts Commission a thank you for this project. Im happy to have you with us today. Lets give her a warm welcome. [ applause ] hello, its a great honor to be with you this morning. Id like to thank the Arts Commission and Library Commission. Only the staff. My sister would take me to the library in downtown detroit where i grew up. It was a place of refuge for us as little latinas growing up with the heritage of so much black progressive leadership and the cultural explosion at the moment. Right now, we find ourselves in celebration and resistance. So, right now we find ourselves in the moment of celebration right as the country tries to continue the legacy of burning books. This library is a testimony we are resisting that. Its the Beautiful Center of cultural resistance. So my role here is to create. Its not a stained glassed but a fused glass window. It will be at the top of the grand stairway to the second floor. It will be part of our cultures in many places in the world and beauty and resistance and survival in a hostile environment. Id like to share with you today a little piece of it. I have to warn you. My granddaughter shes a tremendous artist. Shes 7 years old and told me, this isnt as good as your paintings. This is just a little sample of a 12inch by 12inch section of the stained glass window. [ applause ] ill be working all weekend fabricating the window. We paint both sides of the glass and the leaves, flowers, and fruit. Each one will be standing off the surface. Im excited for this opportunity id like to give my love to the mission. Thank you so much to everybody. Thank you so much. Your remarks are so timely and spot on. You know, all of you because of your library supportallers we are all intellectual Freedom Fighters here in San Francisco. Thank you for being here. Alisia your time is what we will all get to enjoy with the Mission Branch library. Thank you. In closing id like to echo our chief of branches. Id like to echo her gratitude for the staff, Mission BranchLibrary Staff thats maintaining continuity of service at our temporary location. Id also like to recognize the heart work of the capitol projects team. They are not all here but represented by the chief operating officer and capitol project manager lisa where is lisa at. Also roberto lumbardie back this there. [ applause ] our partners at work and Public Design andrew and, julia, thank you for your partnership. Thank you for your leadership. I odes like to thank you for all of the generous support of the capitol project. We are honored by the executive director. The chair of the board daphne lee. Other Board Members and staff. Thank you so much for your partnership and support on the project. Id like to thank again suzanne na for being here today. Thank you for your support and partnership. So, following the ceremony. Take advantage of the table with the staff are. Id like you to tell us what you are excited for. Id like to hear your hopes and aspirations. We would like to display them on the dream wall in the new space. Rebecca will conclude the program while restoring the blessing on the project. [ applause ] wed ask that everybody move back a little bit. Good morning to all. Good after afternoon. We are here to offer prayers. This is a place of learning and culture and we are happy to have our blessings. I mope you can hear the way we offer dancers. With that, well offer them. We will have the person that carries the smoke bless the place and all of you. We are thankful that you ask us to be part of this very important event. Thank you very much. My name is rebecca flores. If you are interested in having your children come and dance. I offer dance classes for free for the culture, for our people. Thank you. We are one with the creator. Whatever that is if the all of you. When we say that, we are one with the universe. [ music ] 5 oclock. music . Cofounder. We started in 2008 and with the intent of making the ice cream with grown up flavors and with like and with tons of accessible freshens and so we this is many people will like it and other people will like you my name is alice my husband were the owners of you wont see ice cream in San Francisco and really makes fishing that we are always going together and we we provide the job opportunity for High School Students and i hired them every year and. Fun community hubble in San Francisco is my district i hope we can keep that going for many years. And im alexander the owner of ice cream and in San Francisco and in the outer sunset in since 1955 we have a vast of flavors liar choke oclock but the flavors more than three hundred flavors available and i am the owner of the ice cream. And my aunt used to take us out to eat ice cream all the time and what can i do why not bring this ice cream shop and unintelligible joy a banana split or a great environment for people to come and enjoy. Were the ordinances of the hometown and our new locations in pink valley when i finished law school we should open up a store and, and, and made everybody from scrap the first ice cream shop any ice cream we do our own culture background and a lot of interaction and were fortunate we can get feedback and serve to the king of ending and also bayview. A lot discussion how residents in San Francisco are displaced how businesses are displaced and theres not as much discussion how many nonprofits are displaced i think a general concern in the Arts Community is the testimony loss of performance spaces and venues no renderings for establishes when our lease is up you have to deal with what the market bears in terms of of rent. Nonprofits cant afford to operate here. My name is bill henry the executive director of aids passage l lp provides services for people with hispanics and aids and 9 advertising that fight for the clients in Housing Insurance and migration in the last two years we negotiated a lease that saw 0 rent more than doubled. My name is ross the executive directors of current pulls for the last 10 years at 9 and mission we were known for the projection of sfwrath with taking art and moving both a experiment art our lease expired our rent went from 5 thousand dollars to 10,000 a most. And chad of the arts project pursue. The evolution of the orientation the focus on Art Education between children and Patrol Officer artist we offer a full range of rhythms and dance and theatre music theatre about in the last few years it is more and more difficult to find space for the program that we run. Im the nonprofit manager for the Mayors Office of Economic Workforce Development one of the reasons why the mayor has invested in nonprofit displacement is because of the challenge and because nonprofits often commute Technical Assistance to understand the negotiate for a commercial lease. Snooechlz is rob the executive director and cofounder of at the crossroads we want to reach the disconnected young people not streets of San Francisco for young adults are kicked out of the services our building was sold no 2015 they let us know theyll not renew our lease the last years the city with the nonprofit displacement Litigation Program held over 75 nonprofits financial sanction and Technical Assistance. Fortunate the city hesitate set aside funds for businesses facing increased rent we believable to get some relief in the form of a grant that helped us to cover the increase in rent our rent had been around 40,000 a year now 87,000 taylors dollars a year we got a grant that covered 22 thousands of that but and came to the minnesota Street Project in two people that development in the better streets plan project they saved us space for a Nonprofit OrganizationNational Anthem and turned out the Northern California fund they accepted us into the Real Estate Program to see if we could withstand the stress and after the program was in full swinging skinning they brought up the Litigation Fund and the grants were made we applied for that we received a one thousand dollars granted and that grant allowed us to move in to the space to finish the space as we needed it to furniture is for classes the building opened on schedule on march 18, 2016 and by july we were teaching classed here. Which we found out we were going to have to leave it was overwhelm didnt know anything about commercial real estate we suggested to a bunch of people to look at the nonprofits Displacement Mitigation Program you have access to commercial real estate either city owned or city leased and a city lease space become available there is a 946,000 grant that is provided through the Mayors Office of Economic Workforce Development and thats going to go towards boulder the space covers a little bit less than half the cost it is critical. The purpose of the Organization Trust to stabilize the arts in San Francisco working with local agency i go like the Northern California platoon fund that helped to establish documents of our long track record of stvent and working to find the right partner with the organization of our size and budget the opportunity with the purchase of property were