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Southeast
Community Facility Commission
M I N U T E S
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2000
6:00 P.M.
1800 Oakdale Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94124
I. Call to Order:
Commission Vice-President Millard Larkin II called the Thursday, October 12, 2000 meeting to order at 6:05 p.m.
II. Roll Call:
Present: Commissioner Bobbrie Brown
Commissioner Heidi Hardin
Commissioner Millard Larkin II
Commissioner Enola Maxwell
Not Present: Commissioner Kim Nguyen
Staff Present: Robert Bryan, Dep. City Atty.; Toye Moses, Exec. Dir., SECF;
Kathy Basconcillo, SECF Commission Secretary
III. Approval of Minutes:
Commissioner Hardin moved and Commissioner Brown seconded to accept the minutes of Wednesday, August 23 as read. Motion passed. Minutes of September 14 and 27 were tabled.
IV. Public Comment: No Public Comment was offered at this time.
V. Communications:
a) Facility Third Quarter 2000 New Hire Report from Decorative Plant;
b) Invitation to Westbay Conference Center on Oct. 17 for a Census 2000 Data Transition Workshop;
c) Announcement/Invitation to the Richmond Recreation Center on Fri. and Sat., Oct. 20-21 for a Dept. of Rec. and Park Strategic Planning Open House;
d) Invitation to presentation of "Picture the Girl" at the Bayview Opera House on Sat., Oct. 28;
e) Memo to all Southeast Facility Tenants from the HVAC Upgrade Team re: the facility HVAC Retrofit/Upgrade Project schedule and requesting patience, understanding and cooperation during the project;
f) Invitation to a "community partnership" meeting hosted by YCD at 1715 Yosemite on Mon. Oct. 23 - also an opportunity for Chancellor Bishop of UCSF to provide an update on the Mission Bay Project.
g) Letter to the San Francisco Community College District Board of Trustees from Espanola Jackson, Candidate for Supervisor, District 10 (read aloud by Commission Secretary);
VI. Director’s Report:
a) The library on the 5th floor will continue to remain closed until the college has a chance to analyze the accumulation of material emitted from a vent during an air-handling test (HVAC Upgrade Project). Commission will be kept updated.
b) A memo was circulated to tenants notifying them of the upgrade to the HVAC system in the Facility. The memo explains that due to the nature of the work, the air handling system (heating, cooling and circulation) will be intermittently turned on, off and interrupted through various phases of the upgrade at least through the end of November.
a) There is no update to the ADA project to report.
Action: Commissioner Hardin moved and Commissioner Brown seconded to accept the Director’s Report. Motion passed.
VII. Presentation:
Commissioner Larkin introduced Mr. Joe Sostaric of RMC Lone Star/Pacific Materials, a business already located in the Community planning to relocate to Pier 80. Mr. Sostaric thanked the Commission for the invitation to present to their developing plans and the opportunity to inform the Commission on who they are and what they have been doing in/for the Community, during which time Mr. Sam Lauter, consultant, distributed information packets on RMC Pacific Materials.
In his presentation, Mr. Sostaric explained that RMC is a ready-mix concrete, a perishable product, manufacturer that has been in business since the beginning of the 20th century, when RMC was contracted to provide cement for the Panama Canal. When the 1906 earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay area RMC was on hand to assist in re-building the City providing concrete for roads and bridges, etc. They currently provide about 33% of the concrete/cement used in San Francisco.
Earlier this year the San Francisco Port Commission requested an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) be conducted on several firms requesting to re-locate to Pier 80 - among them, RMC. In their share of the EIR some of the Community concerns regarding RMC were: a) truck traffic, b) emissions, and c) dust.
In reply to these concerns from the Community RMC offers: a) there should really be no appreciable increase in truck traffic since RMC would only be moving about 1.5 miles down the road with no changes (additional) to truck supply requests; b) RMC is using newer trucks whose emissions are 9x’s less than even just 10-yr. old trucks; and c) although dust is usually determined to be from sand (supplies and deposits) RMC plans to build sites on their facility to contain the sand.
Mr. Sostaric further explained that RMC wants to developing a close relationship with the Community and would like to demonstrate this commitment by signing a long-term (30-yr) lease at the Pier. As part of the Community RMC takes their responsibility seriously and would like to work with other Community businesses like they have with Young Community Developers (YCD) - i.e. development of and participation in a hiring and hands-on training program.
After a brief Q&A from the Commissioners and audience, Commissioner Larkin stated that the Commission applauds RMC’s efforts in working with YCD, thanked them for being so informative and invited them to return to update the Commission on their progress through the re-location process. Mr. Sostaric and Mr. Lauter thanked the Commission again for this invitation.
VIII. Old & On-going Business:
a) The Commission re-visited the issue of meetings during the upcoming holiday season and after re-checking everyone’s schedule decided: Commission meetings during the month of November will be on Thursday, Nov. 9, and Monday, Nov. 20. In December the Commission meetings will be on Wednesday, Dec. 6 and Wednesday, Dec. 20.
b) Commissioner Brown suggested that former Bayview-Hunter’s Point Station Police Capt. Sylvia Harper (currently the Police Commander for the San Francisco Airport) be invited back to update the Commission, schedule permitting, at the on Dec. 6 Commission meeting and holding Commission elections on the Dec. 20 Commission meeting.
IX. Introduction of New Business by Commissioners:
Commissioner Brown requested that Decorative Plant be invited to present the information (employment practices) as reported in the 3rd Quarter New Hire Report at an upcoming Commission meeting.
X. Adjournment:
Action: Commissioner Brown moved and Commissioner Hardin seconded to adjourn the meeting at 6:44 p.m. Motion passed.
Respectfully submitted: _________________________
(Commission Secretary)
