ADOPTED MINUTES

SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY FACILITY COMMISSION

Thursday, November 12, 2020

4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

 

This was held by Teleconference Pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 and the Twelfth Supplement to Mayoral Proclamation Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency Dated February 25, 2020.

 

During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) emergency, the Southeast Community Facility Commission’s (SECFC) Facility and Design Advisory Committee regular meeting room, 1800 Oakdale Avenue, is closed.  Commissioners and SECFC staff will convene Committee meetings remotely by teleconference.

 

1.  Call to Order:  4:03 p.m.

 

2.  Roll Call:  

Present: Sanchez, Satele, Richardson, Tiell (arr. 4:12)

Excused:  Chung

Absent: Davis, LeBlanc, Magnus

             

3.  Public Comment: None

 

4.  Approval of the Minutes of the October 13, 2020 Virtual Meeting:  APPROVED

Moved: Richardson / Second: Satele

Ayes: Sanchez, Satele, Richardson, Tiell

 

San Francisco Downtown Congestion Pricing Study (Hiatt)

Rachel Hiatt, Asst. Deputy Director Planning, San Francisco County Transportation Authority

Ms. Hiatt provided an update regarding the outreach efforts that are being provided to the community.  The original outreach began in February in person in the form of co-creative workshops. Three workshops were held prior to the Shelter-In-Place directive.  After the directive was ordered we created alternative outreach methods such as texting, on-line communication, and attended community meetings.  We provided various scenarios for congestion pricing and requested feedback from the community.  There was a discussion regarding subsidies for low-income drivers and people with disabilities.  Other potential discounts could be for zone resident drivers, bridge toll payers, drivers with a daily maximum, and transit discounts.  Again, we requested feedback to see if there were other potential discount suggestions.  Another area of discussion was how potential revenue should be invested and how access to downtown could be improved.  

Ms. Hiatt said goals are MUNI transit improvements, more school transportation, better pedestrian safety, and more paratransit.  Fee levels was the last area of discussion and now we are summarizing the results from the feedback we received.  Next steps will be to identify a short list of congestion pricing scenarios to analyze what the structure of exemptions and discounts would look like, what the investments would be, and other downtown access improvements, and what fee levels would look like.  The analysis will take place in the Spring and then we will return and do another round of outreach.                

 

Linda Richardson, Community Committee Member requested a map with the profile of transportation users because individuals in the Bayview are dependent on public transportation and would be affected by increased fees. 

 

Ms. Hiatt responded maps and other materials would be available and she will forward them to the Commission Secretary for distribution to the Commissioners and Community Committee Members.

 

Commissioner Sanchez thanked Ms. Hiatt for her presentation and invited her to attend a full Commission meeting.

 

 

6.  Presentation:  (discussion only)

Evans Avenue Safety Project (Hyde)

Jason Hyde, Senior Transportation Planner, SFMTA

 

Executive Director Rogers-Pharr announced the Evans Avenue Safety Project presentation  was not available at this time and would be provided in January.  Mr. Hyde sent his apologies. 

         

Emily Rogers-Pharr, SECFC Executive Director

The Director advised the Southeast team has been working hard on the 1550 Evans project developing an interim budget.  The building should open mid-2022 and there will be an overlap of time where preparations will be made to move into the building and transfer it from Infrastructure to External Affairs and Wastewater.  We plan to provide a draft of the budget in January.  We are also developing a detailed punch list that focuses on programming and actual maintenance and operations functions.  There have been community meetings and workshops lead by Larry Berry around programming and infrastructure and they go hand in hand.  Mr. Berry will reach out to you and invite you to attend future workshops.  We will present some of the outcomes to you at an upcoming meeting.  We have spent a lot of time and focus on the green space programming, programming the building,  lease agreements, and community partnerships.

 

We have continued discussions with City College regarding the education building.  Last week there was a community meeting held by the new interim CCSF Chancellor who has agreed to come to the Commission and introduce himself in January.  Meanwhile I received a press release stating CCSF is postponing the Aviation Program because they lost their lease at the airport and they are interested in bringing the program to the Evans Campus, however, there are a lot of  questions.  Last month the Chancellor and the CCSF Board of Trustees met and attempted to cancel the bond measure money from Measure A that was committed to help feed the new center.  We were able to successfully ensure the project remains on their list of capital projects.  These were voter approved dollars that we all supported specifically because they made the commitment and the fact that there has been a change in the administration should not supersede that commitment at all.  

 

In closing Director Rogers-Pharr recommended cancelling the December meeting due to the upcoming holiday schedule.

 

Commissioner Sanchez asked if it would be helpful to create an email template for the community to use to directly contact CCSF leadership?

 

Executive Director Rogers-Pharr advised she would work with her team to create a form letter.  In closing, Director Rogers-Pharr said questions for the CCSF Chancellor could be formulated at the next meeting.  

 

Linda Richardson, Community Committee Member noted there are loopholes in the CCSF commitment and there must be community oversight to fulfill the intention of the bond measure that  

the community passed.  It is important that the Commission and the community know that although CCSF has committed to keeping the project in their capital improvements it could go on for 10 years and it may be necessary to hold a hearing to resolve the issue because the bond measure has passed and you need to know where the project is heading.

 

Ms. Richardson said the art at the new center needs to reflect the Afrocentric theme of the community.

 

Executive Director Rogers-Pharr said there will be an opportunity for up and coming artist to display their work at the new center along with established artist from the community.

 

8.  New Committee Business (discussion only)

The Commissioners requested ongoing updates from CCSF regarding the bond measure and the new building.

 

The December meeting was cancelled. 

 

A topping off ceremony is scheduled for December 11th at 11 am and the Commissioners are invited to sign the final beam and take part in the virtual ceremony.

 

10.  Adjournment: - 4:43 p.m.

 

Carla Vaughn, Commission Secretary