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101-0562015-002 Agenda Item No. 5(a) Meeting of June 30, 2015 MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COMMISSION ON COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO HELD ON THE 30TH DAY OF JUNE 2015 The members of the Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure of the City and County of San Francisco met in a special meeting at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 416, in the City of San Francisco, California, at 1:00 p.m. on the 30th day of June 2015, at the place and date duly established for holding of such a meeting. REGULAR MEETING AGENDA 1. Recognition of a Quorum Meeting was called to order at 1:16 p.m. Roll call was taken. Commissioner Bustos - absent Commissioner Mondejar – present Commissioner Singh – present Chair Rosales – present Commissioner Bustos was absent; all Commission members were present. 2. Announcements A. The next scheduled Commission meeting will be a regular meeting held on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. (City Hall, Room 416). B. Announcement of Prohibition of Sound Producing Electronic Devices during the Meeting Please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic device. C. Announcement of Time Allotment for Public Comments 3. Report on actions taken at previous Closed Session meeting – None 4. Matters of Unfinished Business – None 5. Matters of New Business: CONSENT AGENDA a) Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting of May 19, 2015 Minutes of a Special Commission Meeting of June 30, 2015 PUBLIC COMMENT Speaker: Ace Washington, Community Activist Mr. Washington stated he was there under protest and stated he had been physically abused by the Sheriff’s Office deputy. He announced he was starting a new TV show called “This Week in City Hall” to report actions in City Hall. Commissioner Mondejar motioned to move Item 5(a) and Chair Rosales seconded that motion. Secretary Guerra called for a voice vote on Item 5 (a). Commissioner Bustos – absent Commissioner Mondejar – yes Commissioner Singh – abstained because of absence Chair Rosales – yes ADOPTION: IT WAS VOTED BY TWO COMMISSIONERS WITH ONE ABSENCE AND ONE ABSTENTION THAT THE MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 19, 2015, BE ADOPTED. REGULAR AGENDA b) Public hearing on the Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report for the Golden State Warriors Event Center and Mixed-Use Development at Mission Bay South Blocks 29-32 (Discussion) Presenters: Tiffany Bohee, Executive Director; Sally Oerth, Deputy Director PUBLIC COMMENT Speakers: Ray Nyden, Potrero Hill and South Beach resident and business owner and board member of South Beach Mission Bay Merchants Association; Neal Ushman; Mission Bay (MB) resident; Esther Sterns, Mission Bay resident; Matt Prieshoff, COO, Live Nation, California; Alyssa Kies, SPUR; Anna Fernandez, Pediatric Emergency Department, Mission Bay; Alejandro Madi, research analyst, Unite Here Local 2; Alex Doniach, Mission Bay Alliance; Damion Scott on behalf of Allison Heath; Andrew Battat on behalf of Jay Hairdah, San Francisco resident; Blaise Gisslow, San Francisco resident; Vanessa Aquino, Dogpatch resident and board member of Neighborhood Dogpatch Association (NDA); Annabel Ortiz; Curt Yagi, Executive Director, Real Options for City Kids (ROCK) and Potrero Hill resident; Alexander Gronalski on behalf of Harold Amalgasian; Sebastian Conn, student; Scott Van Horn, Dogpatch resident; Pat Valentino, Vice President, South Beach Mission Bay Merchants Association (SBMBMA); Cathy Searby, Mission Bay resident; D.J. Brookter, Deputy Director, Young Community Developers and Bayview Hunters Point (BVHP) resident; Ace Washington, community activist; Kim Kobasic, Potrero Hill resident, small business owner and co-President, SBMBMA; Tim Paulson, Executive Director, San Francisco Labor Council; John Caine, Partner, East Street Ventures Restaurant; Jon Ballesteros, San Francisco Travel Association; Diane Hartnett, Pacific Union Realtors; Stefano Cassolato, lobbyist; Benjamin Bleiman, founder/owner Tonic Nightlife Group, founder/manager San Francisco Bar Owners Alliance (SFBOA) and Chair, California Music and Culture Association (CMAC); Nick Belloini, Parks advocate; Andrew Greenstein, San Francisco resident and business owner; Kevin Page 2 of 14 Minutes of a Special Commission Meeting of June 30, 2015 Carroll, Executive Director, San Francisco Hotel Council; Jim Lazarus, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce (CofC); Henry Karnolowitz, President, Council of District Merchants; Abe Evans, student; Elizabeth Kirk, student & Warriors fan; Cheryl Davis, Director of a San Francisco non-profit; Bruce Agid, Transportation representative and board member of the South Bay, Rincon Hill, Mission Bay Neighborhood Association and Mission Bay resident; Celestino Ellington, Sports & Recreation Director, YMCA, BVHP Branch and San Francisco resident; Michael Sesich, native San Francisco and Mission Bay resident; David Siegel, Vice-President, Dogpatch Neighborhood Association and 25-year Dogpatch resident; David MacKenzie, San Francisco high school teacher and founder, Round the Diamond Consulting and Education; Christopher Hrones, San Francisco resident; Jac TaliaFerro, owner, La Hitz Digital Media and San Francisco native; John Cornwell, 3rd generation San Francisco native and resident; Silvia Johnson, guitar player; Joe Boss, Dogpatch Neighborhood Association; Rudy Corpus, United Playaz; Al Norman, Bayview Merchants Association; John DeCastro, former President, Potrero Boosters Neighborhood Association; Oscar James, native BVHP resident; Paul Osmundson, Partner, East Street Ventures Restaurant and former Director for Planning and Development for the Port of San Francisco; Susan Vaughan, Chair, San Francisco Sierra Club; Osha Meserve, Mission Bay Alliance; David Penn, San Francisco resident Mr. Nyden was in support of the event center and commended the Warriors organization for showing a commitment to community and business input in planning the event center. Mr. Nyden felt another benefit would be the ability to walk to the event area from his home and walk his dogs in the new green area proposed as well as having year-round retail and restaurants for local residents. He thanked OCII for the Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Mr. Ushman stated how impressed he was with how the Warriors had been working with the community to address community concerns and come up with solutions. However, he addressed the opposition from the Mission Bay Alliance, which was an anonymous group, whose members did not even live close to Mission Bay. He stressed the Alliance was mostly made up of UCSF donors and biotech executives who were against the arena because the land would not be used for biotechnology developments. He pointed out the California Nurses Association (CNA) was against the arena because of concerns about access to UCSF Mission Bay and traffic concerns and, according to the Chronicle, none were familiar with the EIR nor had attended any of the event meetings. Mr. Ushman stated most of the traffic issues had been addressed and the CNA would have known that if they had been involved earlier. Ms. Sterns stated she had lived in Mission Bay since 2010 and was very excited about the bike and pedestrian access that would be developed as a result of the Warriors Event Center. She stated she was raising three teenage children in Mission Bay and pointed out that resident there had expected new development to happen in the area and considered the Warrior’s Arena an unexpected bonus, because it would enhance the neighborhood for families with the new parks, holiday ice arena, and bike paths. Ms. Sterns noted that currently there were 250 new children in their neighborhood and these new developments were very important to the needs of their neighborhood families. Mr. Prieshoff explained that Live Nation put concerts on around the world and was a major entertainment company. He stated they were strong supporters of the new project because there were no major event centers in San Francisco and that the Warriors and the City of San Francisco deserved one. Mr. Prieshoff stressed this multi-purpose center would attract people for major events from the state and around the world. The center would be located within a transit rich area and felt that they had done a good job studying and resolving the traffic and parking issues in the EIR. Mr. Prieshoff wanted to go on record as being in support of this plan. Page 3 of 14 Minutes of a Special Commission Meeting of June 30, 2015 Ms. Kies stated SPUR had been involved in the development of Mission Bay for many decades and thought the arena would have a positive effect overall for the neighborhood because it would make Mission Bay a more interesting place. Regarding transportation impacts, Ms. Kies felt the Warriors were doing everything they could do to lessen the impact on the neighborhood and pointed out some people would be able to walk from their homes to the games because of the investments in transportation infrastructure. Ms. Fernandez cared for very sick children who needed continual monitoring and hands-on care. She was there to convey the concerns of over 900 nurses working at UCSF Mission Bay and the 3,000 members of the CNA. Ms. Fernandez stressed they were not there to protest the Warriors but to advocate for patients and their families. She described the area around the Mission Bay hospital and clinic facilities like a small island with a narrow corridor between the Bay and highways, a very dense community with little public transportation that could easily become congested. The traffic resulting from a major additional project could easily create gridlock that could limit access for patients needing highly specialized care in a timely manner 24/7, including during games, concerts and other special events. Ms. Fernandez inquired about what the City of San Francisco was going to do to ensure health care professionals would be able to get to the hospital in a timely manner.