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MINUTES OF THE
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY FACILITY COMMISSION
MEETING WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23rd, 2008 – 6:00 PM
ALEX L. PITCHER, JR. COMMUNITY ROOM,1800 OAKDALE AVENUE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124
1.0 CALL TO ORDER AND SUNSHINE ORDINANCE
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Commission President Bobbrie Brown called the Wednesday, January 23, 2008 meeting to order at 6:07 p.m. in the Alex L. Pitcher Community Room at 1800 Oakdale Avenue and announced the Sunshine Ordinance.
1.1 ROLL CALL
6:07 p.m. Commission Secretary – Carla Vaughn
Commissioners Present: Brown, Jones, Kennedy, Sampson
Commissioners Excused: Churchwell
Staff Present: Joseph Singh, Management Assistant
Carla Vaughn, Commission Secretary
1.2 CONSENT CALENDAR
Commissioner Kennedy moved to accept the consent calendar.
It was seconded by Commissioner Sampson and accepted with no opposition.
The Commission Secretary announced the following:
The minutes of the January 10th Commission meeting were not yet available and would be provided as soon as possible.
2.0 PUBLIC COMMENT
Samuel A. Murray, Public Relations Officer of the SFPUC wished the Commissioners a Happy New Year. He cited several exciting things that would be happening with the SFPUC.
The first being the introduction of the new General Manager, which Mr. Murray would facilitate. Also, he noted the attendance of Tommy Moala at the last meeting. He advised that Mr. Moala will take the position left vacant by the retirement of Mr. Tom Franza.
Mr. Murray announced the hiring of Mark, the first African-American watchman who had recently passed his grade four exam and was working under Tommy Moala as a chief. Mr. Murray continued stating this happened under this administration and under the plans and work collectively done. He stated the results of some of the plans for this neighborhood has worked. Mr. Murray stated that Career Day was very successful this year. Several colleges came to the campus of Thurgood Marshall High School.
Mr. Murray invited the Commission to participate collectively designing projects like the Emergency Street Fair he created previously. He stated he hoped the Commission would participate this year and provide more ideas. Mr. Murray recalled the Economic Environmental Summit created by Mayor Willie Brown and wondered if a similar event could be created for the Bay View. He mentioned he noticed that once the information is received there is no way to turn the information into something viable, such as money for the community.
Commission President Bobbrie Brown thanked Mr. Murray for all of the information he shared with the Commission and for looking out for the community.
Lori Brown, the librarian of the Southeast Campus of City College introduced a campaign to acquire a cosmetology program at the Southeast Campus. She presented a petition which requires a thousand signatures to start the campaign. Ms. Brown stated the program would be different from other programs because it would not be just cosmetology. She said the program would also include studies for an esthetician license, manicurist, as well as massage therapy. This would include deep tissue massage, deep stone massage, Swedish massage, reflexology, and aromatherapy. Ms. Brown stated these therapies would be available to the public at discounted rates. She advised the classes would be open to high school students.
Commission President Bobbrie Brown asked what the scope of the program and hours would be and commended Ms. Lori Brown for initiating the program.
Ms. Brown responded the hours would be day or evening depending on which program you enter.
Ms. Kennedy commended Ms. Brown and said the program would be very beneficial for the community.
Commission Chair Bobbri Brown thanked Ms. Lori Brown and asked her to keep the Commission informed of the progress of the program.
Ms. Clayton, a member of the community advised the Commission of a complaint regarding the processing of her request to secure the community room for an upcoming event.
Commission Chair Brown advised that a follow up regarding the complaint would be initiated.
3.0 COMMUNICATIONS
Carla Vaughn the Commission Secretary announced the following items were in
process:
The certificate of commendation for Southeast Community Facility Commission Engineer, Richard O’Neal, and
The resolution commending community activist Espanola Jackson on her 75th birthday.
The communication file also included a schedule and update regarding the BayView Transportation Improvement Project that is part of a presentation to be provided at this evening’s commission meeting.
4.0 AD-HOC COMMITTEE REPORT
Commissioner Jones provided a report of the Health & Housing Ad-Hoc Committee meetings held on consecutive Tuesdays, January 15th and January 22nd. She thanked Dr. Parker for his participation and advised the sub-committee reports were useful and the project was moving forward.
Commissioner Jones stated that funding was still needed for the event.
5.0 PRESENTATIONS
Mr. Al Williams, a team member assisting in the preparation of an environmental impact report on the BayView Transportation Improvement Project, introduced Peg Divine, Senior Project Manager from the Department of Public Works who provided a brief overview of the project and where the project stands in the preparation of the environmental impact. He stated that the process had been under way for several years in terms of scoping and development. He stated a number of community meetings had been held and community input was considered in deciding what alternatives were needed. He reported the environmental analysis was almost complete.
Mr. Williams acknowledged the importance of briefing and updating the community on the process so when the document comes out there is an immediate framework of reference of understanding what the project is and the document can be reviewed in that context. He stated there was no need for action from the Commission at this time as only an update was being provided.
Mr. Williams stated Ms. Divine had addressed the Commission some time ago and they felt it was appropriate to return and visit again. He said it was understood the specific jurisdiction of the Commission is on the facilities however it is also understood that the members of the Commission have far reaching influence in the community and communicate with a variety of people. He advised the purpose of today’s presentation was to make sure the Commission was informed so they could assist in getting the information out to the people.
Peg Divine, Senior Project Manager of the Department of Public Works, went over the project purpose and the alternatives. She reported that 10 alternatives were initially provided and have now been reduced. Ms. Divine pointed out the residential and commercial/industrial areas on the previously provided map. She stated there were two purposes for this project. One is to provide better access from Southbound 101 in to the shipyard, and better access from Northbound 101 in to the shipyard, and to the existing south basin industrial area along Ingalls. She noted there were a lot of important jobs there such as welding and cabinet making and those jobs should be maintained at the low rent there. Ms. Divine advised the second purpose is to get the traffic, especially trucks, off of Third Street and off of the east/west residential streets from Palou to VanDyke. She advised people have been complaining and the community has asked for the last 20 or 30 years to do something to get the trucks off of Third. She stated there are a lot of signs saying don’t go on this residential street, but until recently there were no signs telling people where to go. She said there are now signs posted along the blue route temporarily. Ms. Divine stated that one northern alternative and one southern alternative were being built.
Ms. Divine introduced several southern and northern alternative plans for transportation using the color map/presentation hand-out. Ms. Divine advised the Commission that the draft EIR/EIS document will be published in early May.
EIS is the federal document that is a combined document that has everything needed to get the core of engineers and BCDC permits. In mid-May the ad-hoc advisory committee will preview the analysis. In late May public workshops will be held and at the end of May a combined federal and local public hearing will be held. In June an ad-hoc advisory committee meeting will be held to review staff recommendations and comments from the public to date. In mid June the ad-hoc advisory committee will provide recommendations for locally preferred alternatives, and in July the Board of Supervisors will determine the locally preferred alternative and that will go into the final environmental impact statement and environmental impact report along with all the comments and the responses to the comments.
Ms. Divine stated 150 community groups or individuals had been approached and outreach would continue until the public workshops. She invited the Commission to refer any groups that may have been left out. Ms. Divine stated that a special effort had been made to reach public housing, people economically disadvantaged, and all of the diverse ethnic groups in the BayView.
Commission Chair Bobbrie Brown thanked Ms. Divine for the information and had questions regarding the areas on the map that offered housing.
Ms. Divine stated that some areas that provided housing were to be avoided if possible.
Chair Brown asked if some homeowners in or near the defined areas would be required to leave their property.
Ms. Divine stated that work would be done in the public right of way and no residents would have property taken at all. She remarked that driveways would be open and any properties needed would be industrial properties and work was being done to minimize how much industrial land would be used.
Chair Brown had questions regarding the truck routes and the violation of the weight of the trucks going through residential areas.
Ms. Divine stated the police need to enforce the law and offered to provided the name and phone number of the person responsible for identifying violations.
Commissioner Kennedy had questions regarding the truck route into the shipyard.
Ms. Divine stated that trucks could not enter from the south gate, but as soon as it is sufficiently cleaned up by the Navy the City will open the gate for entrance.
Commissioner Kennedy had a question regarding the Bay Trail and bike plan
Ms. Divine offered to provide the bike plan map information.
There were several more questions from the public and the Commissioners regarding the truck route and the impact on the Third Street Light Rail.
Ms. Divine stated that trucks detract from Third Street being a community street. She said no land from any homes would be impacted or taken away.
Chair Brown stated she was concerned because most of the people in the community relocated from the Fillmore when that was not going to be imminent domain and it ended up that was not the case. She said it starts off with just a little piece of this and a little piece of that and then suddenly it gone. Chair Brown asked what guarantees people would be given.
Ms. Divine promised to work with everyone individually.
Chair Brown thanked Ms. Divine and Mr. Williams.
6.0 STAFF REPORT
7.0 INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS BY COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Kennedy requested staff provide an invitation to appear to PAC.
8.0 PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
9.0 ANNOUNCEMENTS
Commissioner Kennedy announced a Homeowners Workshop and provided a flyer with date and time.
10.0 ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:15 pm.
Respectfully submitted
Carla Vaughn , Commission Secretary
