Community Investment and Infrastructure, Commission - Regular Meeting

It is now 1.03 PM. My name is Dr. Carolyn Ransom Scott, and this is a regular meeting of the Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure for Tuesday, February 3, 2026. I'd like to welcome everyone who has joined us and that are sitting here present. Today's meeting is being held in hybrid format. Members of the public can participate and provide comments both in person at City Hall and remotely by phone. I want to thank you, staff and guests, who will also be participating in today's meeting. Madam Secretary, will you please call the first item?

Thank you, Madam Chair. The first order of business is item one, roll call. Commission members, please respond when I call your name. Commissioner Hakimi is absent. Commissioner Lim?

I'm here. I feel important today.

Commissioner Shaddix is absent. Vice Chair Miller? Present. And Chair Scott? Present. Commissioners Hakimi and Shaddix are absent. All other members of the commission are present. Madam Chair, we have a quorum. The next order of business is item two, announcements. A, the next regular meeting is scheduled on Tuesday, February 17th at 1 p.m. in 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 that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound producing electronic device. C, announcement of public comment procedures. Please be advised a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent public comments on each agenda item unless the commission adopts a shorter period on any item. During each public comment period, members of the public attending the meeting in person will first have an opportunity to provide their comments. It is strongly recommended that members of the public who wish to address the commission fill out a speaker card and submit the completed card to the commission secretary. Members of the public who are joining remotely will be instructed to dial 415-655-0001. When prompted, enter the access code, which is 2662-890-9306. Press the pound or number sign followed by the pound or number sign again to enter the call. When prompted, press star three to submit your request to speak. When you dial star three, you will hear the following message. You have raised your hand to ask a question. Please wait to speak until the host calls on you. When you hear your line has been unmuted, this is your opportunity to provide your public comment. You will have three minutes. Please speak clearly and slowly. You will be placed back on mute once you are done speaking. You can stay on the line and continue to listen to the meeting. You can also choose to hang up. If you are planning to provide a public comment on any items on today's agenda, it is recommended that you call the public comment line ahead of time to allow you to listen to the meeting live and prevent you from experiencing delays. Today's meeting materials are available on our website at sfocii.org, under Commission, then the Public Meetings tab. The next order of business is item three, report on actions taken at a closed session meeting, if any. There are no reportable actions. The next order of business is item four, matters of unfinished business. There are no matters of unfinished business. Next order of business is item five, matters of new business consisting of consent and the regular agenda. First is the consent agenda. Item A is approval of minutes, regular meeting of January 20th, 2026. Madam Chair.

Madam Secretary, do we have anyone from the public who wishes to provide a comment, question, or concern at this time?

Give me one moment, Madam Chair, just to double check. At this time, if there are any members of the public who wish to provide public comment on the minutes, please call 415-655-0001, enter access code 2662-890-9306, followed by the pound sign and the pound sign again to enter the call. Then press star 3 to be placed in the queue. If you are already listening to us by phone and would like to provide comment on just the minutes, Please press star 3. We'll begin by inviting members of the public who are here in person. Again, if you would like to provide a comment on item 5A, you may come up to the podium at this time. Seeing none in person, checking the remote callers, Madam Chair, it does not appear we have any members of the public wishing to comment on this item.

Thank you, Madam Secretary. Hearing no further requests to speak on the item, I will close public comment. Fellow commissioners, can I get a motion to approve the minutes? I move to approve the minutes. May I get a second?

I'll second that motion.

Madam Secretary, please take roll.

Motion made by Commissioner Lim, seconded by Vice Chair Miller. Commission members, please announce your vote when I call your name. Commissioner Hakimi is absent. Commissioner Lim.

Yes.

Commissioner Shaddix is absent. Vice Chair Miller?

Yes.

Chair Scott?

Aye.

Madam Chair, the vote is three ayes, two absent.

The ayes carry. Motion carries. Thank you. Madam Secretary, please call the next item.

Next is the regular agenda. Agenda item numbers 5B through 5D related to the Mission Bay 4 East project will be presented together but acted on separately. Item 5B is authorizing the commitment of permanent gap loan funds in an amount of approximately $89,600,000 with Mission Bay 4 East Associates LP for the development of 165 affordable rental housing units including two managers' units at Mission Bay South, Block 4 East, Phase 1, Mission Bay South, Redevelopment Project Area, Discussion and Action, Resolution Number 2-2026. Item 5C is authorizing a loan agreement with Mission Bay 4 East Associates LP, a California limited partnership to a loan amount of $5 million for the development of 165 affordable rental housing units, including two managers units at Mission Bay South, Block 4 East, Phase 1, Mission Bay South Redevelopment Project Area, Discussion and Action, Resolution Number 3-2026. Item 5D is authorizing a loan agreement with Mission Bay 4 East Associates 2 LP, a California limited partnership to a loan amount of $5 million for the development of 233 affordable rental housing units, including two manager's units at Mission Bay South Block 4 East Phase 2. MISSION BASED SOUTH REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA DISCUSSION AND ACTION RESOLUTION NUMBER 4-2026. DIRECTOR KOSLOWSKI.

Thank you, Madam Secretary, and greetings, commissioners, greetings, members of the public. This item is a necessary financing step in the development of Mission Bay Block 4 East. Mission Bay Block 4 East is a nearly 400-unit affordable housing project at the intersection of 3rd and China Basin in the Mission Bay project area. The two new $5 million pre-development loans are needed to complete the design and financing applications for each of the phases, phase one and two. And the $89 million commitment gap loan, which is just a commitment, it's not a loan at this moment, is needed for phase one's project to show financing so that they can be competitive for outside financing, which is needed for this project. And to present this item is Philip Wong with OCI's Housing Division. Philip.

Thank you very much, Director Kozlowski. Good afternoon, Chair Dr. Scott, Vice Chair Miller, and Commissioner Lim. My name is Phillip Wong with the housing team at OCII. I would like to first offer a land acknowledgement that our collective work takes place on unceded Ramatishaloni land, and we recognize their continuous connection to culture, community, and country. As Director Kozlowski noted, I'm here today with the Block 4 East development team and OCII staff to present three actions needed to advance Mission Bay South Block 4 East Phases 1 and 2. So the requested actions of the commission are threefold. The first is to authorize the commitment of approximately $89.6 million in permanent residential gap loan funding for the phase one project, to authorize a pre-development loan agreement for phase one totaling $5 million, and lastly, to authorize a pre-development loan for phase two also totaling $5 million. A bit of background, the Mission Bay South project area was created in 1998 to expand affordable housing and address blight. Under the owner participation agreement, or OPA, 1,218 affordable units are allowed. 1,053 have already been completed. The remaining 165 units will be developed as phase one of block four east. This Commission and our Oversight Board have approved amendments to the OPA to allow for approximately 250 additional affordable units pending California Department of Finance confirmation. The Commission also provided other major approvals last November for the Phase 1 and Phase 2 projects. The Board of Supervisors will have a second and final reading of an ordinance to amend the Mission Bay South redevelopment plan this afternoon. around 2 o'clock. On Senate Bill 593 or SB 593, it was enacted on October 23rd and effective January 1, 2024. SB 593 authorizes OCII to use a limited form of tax increment to fund and develop the 5,842 units that the former redevelopment agency destroyed and that were never replaced. Throughout 2023 and 2024, with input from community groups including our Citizens Advisory Committees in the Shipyard, Transbay, and Mission Bay, in addition to our commission, we established priorities for the use of these funds. The very first priority is to add affordable units to our existing project areas where we have land available. Phase 2 was identified as the first of these sites. This is a beautiful rendering of Block 4 East, situated in a very well-developed Mission Bay neighborhood. It's one of two remaining housing sites in the project area, along with Block 12 West. Recently completed developments nearby include Block 9A, which was developed by Curtis Development and Michael Simmons Property Development, the Mission Bay School, which is opening later this summer, and Bayfront Park. Phase 1 will be on the southern half of the site with 165 units, and Phase 2 will be on the northern half with 233 units. This rendering shows the project at night and highlights the phase two project and its connection to phase one. The proposed OCII financing for phase one is structured in two tranches. The first is an approximately $89.6 million permanent gap loan. Second is an approximately $2 million affordable housing program bridge loan. The combined amount is consistent with the amount allocated for the project in OCI's Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule, or ROPS, for this 2025-2026 fiscal year. The total residential project cost for the phase one project is estimated at approximately $188.5 million. Along with the OCI GAAP loan, financing sources include federal low-income housing tax credits paired with tax-exempt bond funds as allocated by SIDLAC, state tax credits paired with permanent loan and mixed income program, or MIP, loan from the California Housing Finance Agency, or CalHFA, and a grant of affordable housing program, or HP, funds from the Federal Home Loan Bank. The California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, or SIDLAC, as I mentioned earlier, maintains a competitive scoring process which has proved to be very challenging for San Francisco projects. So an OCI gap loan will cover the difference between the total project costs, estimated at $188.5 million, and the funding provided by other financing sources. While a grant of AHP funds is expected to be a permanent source, the developer will not be able to secure AHP funds in advance of state financing applications. Generally, AHP funds are awarded during construction. Therefore, the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development, or OCD, and OCI typically provide a bridge loan in the amount of the anticipated AHP award to ensure the project remains fully funded during construction. So accordingly, the developers have requested that OCI preliminarily commit to providing a bridge loan in addition to the OCI gap loan until AHP funds are secured. If an AHP award does not occur, the bridge loan would be incorporated into the OCI permanent gap loan. Because our developers are considered emerging developers under the definition in MoCD's underwriting guidelines, OCI will also consider a liquidity reserve structure to meet construction lending requirements from our traditional lending institutions, which can be very challenging for emerging developers that don't carry a larger balance sheet of assets. If the terms and conditions of this additional loan amount can be agreed to, this liquidity reserve would be proposed as part of a future commission meeting later this fall, together with the ground lease and permanent gap loan for Phase 1. In preparation for the MIP application due on March 2nd and a SIDLAC application due on May 19th, the developers are seeking a commitment from OCI to provide the residential gap loan for the phase one project. This is intended to demonstrate that local funds have been secured for competitive scoring purposes. Your approval will allow the executive director, Director Kozlowski, to provide a commitment letter for inclusion in the developer's application package. The commitment is not an authorization to enter into a loan agreement for this amount and spend it down. The developers will return again to commission later this fall to request the permanent gap loan for phase one once state awards are confirmed. This slide is an overview of the original pre-development loan, which this commission authorized spending of up to approximately $5.1 million for pre-development expenses in September of 2024. The intent was to simultaneously develop both projects to allow for design, process, and cost efficiencies. The original loan agreement expenditures spent to date are approximately $3.7 million. The original loan stipulated that the developers would track and allocate costs so that each phase could in the future be financed separately. To facilitate this financing approach, the original loan is being split into two loans, one for each phase, and the expended amounts to date from the original loan will be assigned to each respective project phase. So in addition to the GAAP loan commitment, today's approval will close out the original loan and authorize the execution of two separate pre-development loans, one for phase one and one for phase two. Each pre-development loan of $5 million per phase is consistent with typical pre-development loan amounts for OCI projects. Full pre-development funding is now needed to advance design, permitting, and other pre-development scopes. This is a slide that's an overview of those different pre-development uses. The pre-development loan funds will be used to advance designs through construction documents, permit documents, and bid sets, to pay for professional services, such as utility engineering and sustainability consulting, to cover utility and permit fees, including PG&E and Department of Building Inspection or DBI fees, to pay fees associated with securing financing, including application fees, and to support early procurement of construction contractors for scopes, such as painting, flooring, and carpentry. The phase one pre-development loan totals $5 million, inclusive of approximately $1.94 million already expended in the original loan. As described on the prior slide, these funds support design advancement, permitting, professional services, financing-related costs, and early contractor procurement. Early engagement of key subcontractors during pre-development is intended to improve pricing accuracy, reduce construction risk, and support overall design and construction efficiency. The phase two predevelopment loan also totals $5 million, inclusive of approximately $1.75 million already expended. Excuse me. The use of funds for phase two mirrors phase one and supports continued design permitting and financing preparation as previously described. Both the phase one and phase two pre-development loan agreements have a September 3rd, 2029 maturity date with an option to extend up to nine months at the discretion of the executive director to allow time for up to two additional SIDLAC application rounds if needed. The loan agreements also incorporate updated loan conditions and revised schedules of performance to reflect current design permitting and financing timelines. This slide is an overview of our contracting and workforce compliance progress. Throughout pre-development, the developers have worked with OCI's compliance team to align with OCI goals for professional services and construction contracting. To date, approximately 83% of professional services contract values have been awarded to small business enterprises, or SBEs. or SBE joint ventures, and approximately 77% for San Francisco-based SBEs for the phase one project. For phase two, those figures are approximately 84% for SBEs or SBE joint ventures and 80% for San Francisco-based SBEs. For both phases, the general contractor selected is Swinerton Rubicon Joint Venture. The developers and contractor are committed to continuing to work with OCIA throughout the remaining bid process to award contracts to SBE firms whenever feasible. Swinerton Rubicon and their subcontractors will use their best efforts to meet local hiring goals during construction. Swinerton Rubicon is projecting to achieve 61% for SBE or SBE Joint Ventures for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire suppression contracts. As of yesterday, February 2nd, 2026, Swindleton Rivercon released a bid package for critical 100% design development document scopes with bids due on March 2nd, 2026. The opportunities were posted on OCI's website under the Small Business and Workforce section in Contracting Opportunities and the city's procurement website, SF City Partner. The bid announcement was also shared directly with registered LBEs, local business enterprises, hyperlocal contractors, and the African American Construction Collective. Swinderton Rubicon estimates that 70% of construction sub-trade work remains available for contracting opportunities. Those scopes will be released over the next approximately 12 months. Swinderton Rubicon intends on releasing another set of bid packages concurrent with 50% construction drawing documents in July and August of this year. And a project update meeting for the local contracting community will be hosted by Swinderton Rubicon this spring. This is a high-level overview of our schedule. We anticipate returning to commission later this fall for ground lease and gap loan for phase one. And then following today's hearing, phase one will apply for financing throughout 2026 with the goal of construction starting in early 2027 and completion in 2029. Phase two will pursue financing in 2027 with construction starting in early 2028 and completion in 2030. So thank you very much for your time and consideration. I'm joined by the developers and OCI staff again to answer any questions you may have. Thank you.

Thank you for your report, Philip. Madam Secretary, do we have anyone from the public who wishes to provide a comment?

To members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item, on items 5B through 5D, please call 415-655-0001, enter access code 2662-890-9306, followed by the pound sign, then the pound sign again to enter the call. please press star 3 to be placed in the queue. If you are already listening to us by phone and would like to provide public comment, please press star 3 to get in virtual line. And we'll begin by inviting members of the public who are here in person. I'm going to call your name, maybe five at a time, if you could line up against the wall. Pick the empty wall. And we'll start with... Eddie Gobo, Matt Brewer, Nick Collina, Ruben Santana, and Bruce Guiron. And then I'll call the following after. Thank you. And you can come up in any order based on, yeah. Come on up. Thank you.

Good afternoon, Madam Chair, Commissioners. My name is Nick Colina. I'm the CFO of Ankle Iron and Construction. We're a third-generation steel contractor. We've been in Bayview for about 60 years. I'm here today to talk about my experience with Swingerton and Rubicon. We've been doing work with both Rubicon and Swingerton for over three generations, and we know every time that Swingerton or River Connor on a project, we're going to get an opportunity There's a lot of bad actors out there. A lot of people say that they're going to give opportunities to the community, and they don't. And we know from our own experience that this is not the case. We've felt like family every time we get an opportunity with Swingerton or Rubicon. And so we're so excited that they're the people that are going to be good stewards of this project. There are many projects in the area, like Mission Rock, Parcel A, the Chase Center, that pushed businesses in Bayview, LBEs, local businesses in Bayview through COVID, through hard economic times. And the opportunity to have a project, to build on a project like this in our own backyard is just going to push And if you drive around today, there are still a lot of businesses that are struggling with work. And so we're just excited to be a part. And like I said, we're excited that we finally have some good stewards on this project. Thank you. Thank you, Nick.

Good afternoon, commissioners. My name is Bruce Geron, and I'm a local business company as well here in San Francisco. I've worked on a number of projects in the almost 15 years that I've been in existence. But let me start with my beginning. Because early on, I met a man who was pretty significant in encouraging me and getting me going in this business. Gentleman over my left shoulder, Ruben Santana. I owe a lot of who I am today in this business because the encouragement and counsel that he gave me early on when I was starting. As I indicated earlier, I've done a lot of work here in San Francisco, almost 15 years here in August. I've worked almost in every sector in San Francisco for projects, commercial projects, you name it. I've worked on also with a lot of developers and worked a lot with Swinerton. And so when we look at the totality of what's being presented here today, The fact that I've had nothing but positive experience with Swinterton, with Curtis Development Company, and with Ruben Santana. I will tell you that my interest in this project is high. I am eager to work with them again because the development of my company, which was very, very positive and impactful, was due a lot to the combination of those three entities. And I hope that you will give favorable consideration to that resolution today. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bruce Girard.

We have Matt Brewer, Eddie Gobo, Ruben Santana. What's that? Oh, for the next item. Oh, I'm sorry. OK.

It said 4E on it. OK. So there for the next one.

Are there any other speakers for items 5B and D? There's Michael G. Q Alicia. OK. Sorry. Thank you.

Good afternoon. My name is Michael Gregory. I'm the president of the African-American Construction Collective. I support this project. I hope you guys do. One thing I know about the group that's putting this on Rubicon, Ruben and the developer back here, they've been in contact with us since the very beginning, had several meetings about this project. Contracts is in the works or being talked about about it. I do believe wholeheartedly that they're going to follow through with what they said. So I'm asking you guys to support it.

Thank you, Mr. Gregory.

Madam Chair and Commission, my name is Q Alicia, and I'm with Q&A Consulting, LLC, as well as a member of the AACC. And I just want to put my support behind this project. We are an environmental firm out of San Francisco. And like Michael said, that they've come to us from the very beginning with their intentions on working with local SBEs, which will create opportunity, jobs, and housing for the community. So we just hope that you guys support this project as well.

Thank you, Ms. Alicia.

Trisha Gregory?

Good afternoon, commissioners. I'm just here to say exactly what my fellow members of the collective. My name is Trisha Gregory. I'm also part of the African-American Construction Collective. I also have owned a trucking company in the Bayview for 25 years. And I can say that since the summer of 2025, when this was in motion, Ms. Kim from the Curtis Development The Swinner team and Rubicon team has met with local contractors telling us about this project, making sure we were aware of it, and we had opportunity. And I know as time gets rolling and bids are going out, the community contractors are winning. So for us, that is huge. And we hope you support this and pass this. Thank you.

Thank you. Ms. Gregory.

Hi, my name is Lasonia Mansfield, and I'm the owner of Mansfield & Mansfield Construction Cleanup, site support. And I'm the secretary for the AACC, which is an amazing collective that I enjoy participating in. I hope that this commission board accepts and approves this project. Swinnerton, in regards to working with the local contractors, has been amazing. They've been open. They've been honest. They pay on time. And they're really easy to work with, especially with the paperwork. So I'm looking forward to it. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you so much, Ms. Mansfield.

Good afternoon. My name is Michael Spencer. I'm also a masonry contractor for San Francisco and across the Bay. I also work with Swinerton and Rubicon. I piggyback off of Nick Kalina. Been in business for quite a while, and they have supported Spencer Masonry. Second generation to this business. So we really want to support Swinerton and Rubicon for this project. Thank you. Thank you, sir.

Mr. Spencer.

And we have Mick Penn, Ruben Santana.

Good afternoon, Commissioners, Chair Scott, Vice Chair Miller, Commissioner Lim. My name is Mick Penn. I'm the Director of Community Relations for Swinerton and for the Swinerton Rubicon Joint Venture. And it's an honor and a privilege to serve in that role. to work in community, to partner with organizations like the African American Construction Collective, the National Association of Minority Contractors, and other organizations to create opportunities. Charmaine Curtis and Kathy Davis are amazing developers, amazing partners. It is full-heartedly a team effort in this outreach into community. We look forward to moving forward with the project and a request that you approve items B through D. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Penn.

Hello, commissioners. I'm Ruben Santano. I am the principal at the Southerton Rubicon JV and the owner of Rubicon Builders. We are all elated to have this project come to the community so that we can further our employment of all the people in the community and as everywhere from apprentices to project engineers, project managers, superintendents, and everyone else in between. with all the contractors of the area. And we want to continue doing that. And we really appreciate you having this on the board so that we can speak about it and tell about all of our consequences and everything that we have done in the past. And we will continue to do faithfully as we progress into this project. Thank you very much.

Mr. James. Thank you, Mr. Santana.

Good afternoon, commissioners.

Good afternoon, sir.

Community, director, and the public. My name is Oscar James. I'm a native resident of BV 100.79 years. I'm an ex-employee of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency for over 40 years. I'm also an ex-trucking contractor, 00 Trucking, which I was a trucking contractor in the 70s. But when I'm up here about I'm in support of Swimbleton and this project that's getting ready to go because it helps a lot of our peoples with housing. My concern is these young brothers and sisters in our community not being able to do getting jobs, work, I want to make sure they get through this work. I want to make sure some of the hyperlocal contractors that I meet every Tuesday at 8 o'clock at the Southeast facility get some of these contracts. Swimerton has done, to me, a good job. They were there this morning. trying to help a local. But all of these people who do have contracts, I want to make sure they help some of these young brothers and sisters. When I had a trucking contract with a broker, I put 13 people in the trucking. I put nine of them in owning their own trucks, helping them with their down payments. If they're not doing that, I don't want to see no one contractor making monies and not helping people in the community creating new businesses. So that's my pitch. And I'm going to be watching all of these contractors who say they're getting contracts and what are they doing for this community. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr. James.

Do we have any other members of the public here in person wishing to comment on these items? You may come up to the podium at this time. Seeing none, moving over to remote callers, Madam Chair, does not appear we have any other members of the public wishing to comment.

Thank you, Madam Secretary. Hearing no further requests to speak on the item, I close public comment. I turn now to my fellow commissioners. for their comments, questions, or concerns. Commissioner Miller.

Thank you, Chair Scott. Thank you, Mr. Wong and staff, for the detailed package that we received. Very impressive. I think there are over 100 pages of conditions, requirements, and performance milestones to protect this project. Very good detail. I appreciate getting that. This project's important opportunity to provide almost 400 units to this area and to continue the revitalization of Mission Bay. Great progress. I love what the small business enterprises are getting and support that they're getting from the contract. And I really think that this project will be the next step in making this neighborhood even better. And I think the neighborhood will be proud of the building that's built here. The visuals and the detailed plans are very impressive. And I support this project.

Thank you, Chair Miller. Anyone else?

Oh, you want me to talk? Yes. Well, I have to applaud Mick. He did a very good job organizing the people coming up here to say all these kind new words, you know, good words. And what I would ask of you is, in your contracting, OK, instead of SBE, I would like to see SF-SBE. Can you do that? Can you make your corporate office practice what they preach, at least to me at one time? That's all I have to say.

If I may, Commissioner Lim, thank you for referencing that. The priority in our policy is the project area small business enterprise. So the first priority before you get to San Francisco-based businesses is to be in the project area. We have prioritized District 10, but also there are other project areas, Trans Bay and Mission Bay as well. So it will always be the first priority in all of our contracting.

I understood that, Director. You don't have to lecture me.

Thank you, Director. I want to thank you again, Philip, for your report and for those that came up and gave their expressions of what they feel about the project. And I do as well not only appreciate what I hear, but appreciate the projects that are coming forward and making room for housing. and accommodations for families. And when we speak not 100, 200, but 400, that makes me, as Oscar James said, I'm so proud of this city. I'm so proud of the developers. I'm proud of the contractors for taking on the job for building. That's the heavy lifting for the yes, we'll do it. Building up this city and making room for families to have a roof over their head Thank you so much for being here. Miss Mansfield and all of the others.

Thank you so much Madam Secretary Will need to make Individual action take individual action. So motion and vote per item 5 through D May I get a motion?

I'll move approval of that item.

I'll second. It's been moved and second. Madam Secretary, please take roll.

Commission members, please. So a motion made by Vice Chair Miller, seconded by Commissioner Lim for item 5B. Commission members, please announce your vote when I call your name. Commissioner Hakimi is absent. Commissioner Lim. Yes.

Yes.

Thank you. Commissioner Shaddix is absent. Vice Chair Miller?

Yes.

Chair Scott? Aye. Madam Chair, the vote for item 5B is three ayes, two absent.

Motion carries.

And we'll need a motion for 5C.

And we're going to move on and vote on them all with this session. One at a time?

Did you want to take one motion for all?

Is that appropriate, sir? I'll move to 5C.

The same call for each motion if you wanted to expedite it. But you should make sure that there's a recorded.

We'll move with where we are then. Can I get a motion for item 5C? I'll motion. May I get a second?

I second the motion.

Thank you, Chair, Vice Chair. Madam Secretary, please take a roll.

Commission members, please announce your vote for item 5C when I call your name. Commissioner Hakimi is absent. Commissioner Lim? Yes. Commissioner Shaddix is absent. Vice Chair Miller?

Yes.

And Chair Scott? Aye. Madam Chair, for item 5C, the vote is 3 ayes, 2 absent.

Thank you. Motion carries. May I get a motion for 5D?

I move approval of 5D.

May I get a second? Second. Madam Secretary, please take a roll.

Commission members, please announce your vote when I call your name for item 5D. Commissioner Hakimi is absent. Commissioner Lim? Yes. Commissioner Shaddix is absent. Vice Chair Miller?

Yes.

And Chair Scott? Yes.

Aye.

Madam Chair, the vote is three ayes, two absent.

Motion carries. Madam Secretary, please call the next item.

Next item is item number 5E, approving amendments to the Mission Bay South signage master plan for the event center sign program at Golden State Warriors Event Center and mixed use development on blocks 29 through 32 in Mission Bay South adding retail directory signs. Excuse me.

We're going to just ask that you take your conversations into the hall so that we can respectfully move with our next item. And we thank you so much.

Thank you, Chair. Starting over. Item 5E is approving amendments to the Mission Bay South Signage Master Plan for the Event Center Sign Program at Golden State Warriors Event Center. and mixed-use development on blocks 29 through 32 in Mission Bay South, adding retail directory signs, a video board sign, and parking garage entry, and LED signs, and increasing the number of business signs and district signs, Mission Bay South redevelopment project area, discussion and action resolution number 5-2026. Director Koslowski.

Thank you, Madam Secretary, and greetings once again, members of the commission, members of the public. This item is... Give just one second for the audience to clear out.

No, we don't have a quorum. Go ahead.

Thank you, Madam Secretary.

Madam Secretary, can you maybe just restart the introduction, please?

And take note of the resolution by 2025, should be 2026.

It was a typo in the script, but on the agenda, it's correct.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Shall I read the title altogether? OK, sure. Again, this is item number 5E, Approving Amendments to the Mission Bay South Signage Master Plan for the Event Center Sign Program at the Golden State Warriors Event Center and mixed-use development on blocks 29 through 32 in Mission Bay South, adding retail directory signs, a video board sign, and parking garage entry and LED signs, and increasing the number of business signs and district signs. Mission Bay South redevelopment project area discussion and action resolution number 5-2026. Director Kozlowski.

Thank you, Madam Secretary. Commissioners, this item is an action item to approve additional signage at the Golden State Warriors Event Center. The new signage will enhance the visibility of the retail and restaurants at the event center and improve wayfinding for patrons who come out for games, events, and the on-site businesses. In order to accomplish this, the Mission Bay South signage master plan will need to be amended. And to present this item is Deputy Director Mark Slutskin. Mark.

MARK SLUTSKIN Thank you, Director Kovalovsky. Good afternoon, Chair Scott, Vice Chair Miller, Commissioner Lim, Mark Slutskin, Deputy Director. As discussed, the item before you is an amendment to the Mission-Based South Master Plan. We'll be requesting that you approve this amendment. Director Kowalski alluded to, the J Center has been in operation for six plus years. And they've kind of realized, identified needs for additional signage for both wayfinding and for identification signage. Signage master plan was originally approved by the commission in 2018. And then we had one amendment in 2023 to add a district sign. The signage that we are asking to amend now is to have four additional district signs, 10 retail directory signs, two parking garage signs, one parking garage LED sign, one sign at the bottom of the video board. There will be additional various business signs. And then we're also doing some cleanup editing. Due to the uniqueness of the Chase Center, general advertising, which is prohibited throughout Mission Bay, is allowed in limited areas within capacity at the Chase Center. The district sign and the video sign fall under that category, but staff recommend that we approve those signs as well. Now I'd like to bring up Yo-Yo Murphy and Chris Goodyear of the Warriors, who will describe the signs in more detail.

Good afternoon, Commissioners. Thank you for hearing this item today. I'm Yoya Murphy, Senior Vice President of Government and Community Relations for Golden State, which represents the Warriors, Valkyries, Chase Center, and, of course, Thrive City. As you heard earlier, Chase Center and Thrive City have now been in operation for over six years. And while Chase Center is a focal point for us, we remain deeply committed to ensuring Thrive City serves as a dynamic community gathering place that is open, free, and welcoming to the public. We're really proud of the programming that we've facilitated since opening. Thrive City has hosted over 600 free community events, including cultural celebrations, wellness classes, and live music. And these events, as you may know, are not just culturally competent, but reflective of the local community we serve. But a vibrant community also relies on a successful dining and retail program. For those of you who have visited, you know our restaurants reflect a local and the cultural vibrancy of our city, as well as the Bay Area. And we're actually joined by some of those partners here today, which you'll hear from later. However, six plus years of real-world operating experience and direct feedback from those retailers, residents, and visitors have shown us there is substantial room for improvement regarding signage and clear identifiers around the property. So with that in mind, the signage plan before you today is designed to achieve three primary goals, improving wayfinding to ensure a seamless visit and experience for visitors, Increasing visibility, which helps to raise awareness for our retail partners and the small businesses on the property. And lastly, to establish consistency of signage so that there is a unified visual language across the entire 11-acre campus. So we hope you will support this item today. And before I conclude, I do want to thank OCII staff and Director Kowalski. Kolofsky for their collaborative work with our team on this proposal. And with that, I will turn it over to my colleague, Chris Goodyear, who will walk you through the specifics of the signage plan.

Thank you, Yo-Yo. Good afternoon, Madam Chair, members of the Commission. Thank you for having us today, and we appreciate your time. As we see here, we do want to start with an image of our wayfinding for the complex to level set on what we have going on on our 11-acre complex at Chase Center. The forthcoming slides will offer a good visual of the complex, exterior access points, and proposed signage improvement. As you see here, on the left are wall signs that are being proposed. On the right are proposed retail directory and pylon white wayfinding maps, as well as a district motto and parking signs. As you will see as we move around the complex, we're moving in a clockwise here, starting on Warrior's Way and Bridgeview. And you will see that all of these signs are, we had a goal of having these signs work collectively together to ensure that guests, whether they are coming by foot by bike, by car, or by muni in public transit, they have an easy way to access and identify our complex. This next one here is also an image of Warrior's Way and Bridgeview, showing fin signs and wall signs that work in conjunction, offering great points of reference from both sides of the street. Moving on to Terry Francois Boulevard and Warrior's Way, we can see the retail directory and current wayfinding maps working in harmony, along with the district motto and elevated retailer-specific signs. As we start to look up and down Terry Francois Boulevard, the fin signs offer a great visual reference as people walk north and south on Terry Francois Boulevard. And the elevated signs offer a great reference point to the east for guests and community members to understand the offerings that are had within Thrive City. At the corner of Terry Francois Boulevard and 16th Street, you will again see the retail directory and wayfinding sign working in conjunction along with the district motto. Here on 16th Street in Illinois, the same signs working collectively together. On the left, we have the district motto parking signage and elevated sign. On the right, the retail directory and pylon wayfinding maps to assist in directing the community. This view is now transitioned to Third Street. The addition of these retail directories is extremely critical to informing community members who are accessing the Mission Bay area as well as Thrive City and Chase Center from Muni. The Muni stop is right to the west of here in the middle of Third Street. Here you will see some overhanging signs on the ramps that are coming up from Third Street. These allow a great sense of informing the retail and restaurant offerings that can be found in this section of the complex. And moving to inside of the complex, you will see this sign we feel is extremely critical, as we have heard feedback from some of our retail operators, two of which have joined us here today to provide comment, as well as numerous points of feedback from guests and fans to our complex and Chase Center. It's very difficult to understand what is on the east side of our complex, where we have many great F&B and restaurant and retail offerings, and then Not pictured here, this sign will provide the same points of wayfinding and reference as you're moving west into the West Plaza. Finally here, this shows our West Plaza video board and the proposed MARC. And with that, commissioners, I would like to thank you for your time and consideration today.

Thank you.

Thank you, Chris, Marc, and Yo-Yo so much.

I'm going to wrap it up for you.

Madam Secretary? Go ahead. Mark, I'm sorry I didn't hear that last part.

The last part, I just want to let you know that on January 8 of this year, the CAC unanimously recommended its approval. We've also found that these amendments are categorically exempt from the environmental review. And the next steps, if you guys approve it, if you guys approve this amendment, the warriors and the retailers will work with their designers and begin the process of getting permits. And that wraps us up. Any questions, we're here for you.

Thank you, Mark. Thank you so much. Again, Yo-Yo and Chris, thank you for your presentation and the understanding of why you're doing this. And it is you have done so much to improve things. We're going to open it up to the public, Madam Secretary, and see if there are any questions, comments, or concerns.

At this time, members of the public who wish to provide public comment on item 5E, please call 415-655-0001, enter access code 2662-890-9306, followed by the pound sign and the pound sign again to enter the call. Please press star 3 to be placed in the queue. If you're already on the phone and would like to provide public comment, please press star 3 to get in your virtual line. And we'll begin by inviting members of the public who attended in person to come up to the podium, starting with Eddie Gobo, followed by Matt Brewer.

Hi, my name's Eddie Gobo. I'm a small business owner. I'm the owner, brewmaster of Harmonic Brewing. We have a tap room at Thrive City in the northeast corner. I appreciate the opportunity to have us here to voice our opinion on this. I just wanted to add that as a small business owner, we hear from our community and our customers often that they can't find us. They don't know that anything is back there. on the Terry Francois side. So these signs, I think, would be a significant improvement to help people understand what's available to them and to find their small businesses and support us. Thanks.

Good afternoon, commissioners. My name is Matt Brewer. I'm the co-owner of Back Home Hospitality. We have KFICO, KFICO Pizzeria, and Via Aurelia, the latter two located in Mission Bay. I just want to say thank you to the Warriors for the incredible and very thoughtful and intentional signage proposal they have put together. As we've been there for the past year, As Eddie attested, the need for signage and wayfinding is real. Our customers continually have issues finding us with the strong flow of traffic. We are on the Esplanade, which is on the east side. While we have incredible views of the bay, we can get lost sometimes. The signage is, as I said, incredibly thoughtful. We really believe will be impactful to our small businesses and to the greater Thrive City and hope you support this motion. Thank you.

Thank you.

Any other members of the public could like to make a comment at this time? Seeing none here in person. We also do not have any members remotely. Madam Chair, no other members wishing to speak.

Thank you. Seeing there is no one else to comment or question, I move to my fellow commissioners for their comments and questions or concerns.

I don't. Next time, bring some beer. Bring some beer.

Chair Miller.

Thank you to the Warriors, the Chase Center, and Thrive City. It's been such a wonderful addition to San Francisco. It's really brought the energy to this district. And I spent a lot of years working with retail businesses, and wayfinding is so important. And it really will help there. It's a beautiful setting, but it does get confusing. You see people on their phones looking for businesses when you walk around there. It's been such a good experience. energy for the neighborhood. And I think this is something that will improve that energy, make it easier, may reduce some of the congestion from confused drivers or confused walkers. I think the proposed signage is not only helpful, but it's appropriately sized. I appreciate that. And it's attractively designed, and that's all important for this to keep the standards up in this neighborhood. I fully support the changes to the sign program and wish you the best in continued future success.

Well, it's been six years. I'm amazed. It's gone by fast, and that's because it's done so well. The crowd has made it the robust. center that it is, Chase Center, Thrive Center, and the Warriors Center. And I guess some people, I'm a native, been here since the 40s, so it's not hard for me to figure something out. And yet at the same time, it's like, which way? And so I am happy for this thoughtful way of improving as it seems like not just every year but with every season, something is made better to accommodate the tourists. the guest and the citizens here in this city. And so for a world-class city, we need a world-class arena. And we have gotten that from you. And I'm so proud of you, so proud of you. And it seems to continue to grow. and do more for the city. And when I say for the city, I don't mean just having the sports, but do more. You're helping so many people, bringing in so many young people, giving them an opportunity to see their sense of value, allowing them to flip and turn or shoot a basket or stand add a logo and get a picture taken, the smiles, the joy, and then the growth because the families that show up. So I, too, approve of this and see nothing but strength, the healthy side of it, and safe side of what's going on and what is to come. So, Madam Secretary, with that, I would like to get a motion. I'll motion. And a second?

I second the motion to approve the signage change.

Madam Secretary, would you please take roll?

Motion made by Commissioner Lim, seconded by Vice Chair Miller. Commission members, please announce your vote for item 5E when I call your name. Commissioner Hakimi is absent. Commissioner Lim?

Yes.

Commissioner Shaddix is absent. Vice Chair Miller?

Yes.

Chair Scott? Aye. Madam Chair, the vote is three ayes, two absent.

Motion carries. Madam Secretary, please call the next item.

The next order of business is item six, public comment on non-agenda items. At this time, if there are any members of the public who wish to provide public comment on non-agenda items, please call 415-655-0001, enter access code 2662-890-9306, followed by the pound sign, then the pound sign again to enter the call. Please press star three to be placed in the queue. If you're already listening to us by phone, please press star three if you'd like to get in virtual line. And we'll begin by inviting members of the public in person. If you would like to provide comment on non-agenda items, you may come up to the podium at this time. Seeing no members of the public in person, There are also no members of the public remotely, Madam Chair.

Seeing no further requests to speak on the item, I will close public comment. Madam Secretary, please call the next item.

The next order of business is Item 7, Report of the Chair. Madam Chair.

Well, I'm just... in a place where I'm just grateful for Mission Bay and China Basin, that 400 China Basin, and the Oscar James Apartments, and our wonderful CAC. former member who is now deceased, I'm so happy for all that we've done, all that we're doing, and move forward to do. And with that said, I have nothing further to report. Yes, I do. Nonagenda. Tomorrow at 12 will be the celebration for the historical accomplishments and achievements of the African-American people and communities historically. And we will be celebrating Black History Month, which is more than a month. It's American history. But we invite all the Mayor Lurie and Supervisor Shimon Walton will be in charge of this. along with the African-American Historical Society. So you're invited to that wonderful time tomorrow of enjoying and hearing more about history here in San Francisco and abroad. Madam Secretary, please call the next item.

The next order of business is item eight, report of the executive director, Director Kozlowski.

Thank you, Madam Secretary. Commissioners, I have no report today. Thank you.

Commissioners, fellow commissioners, do you have any questions, comments, or concerns on the director's report, which he had no report? I always give him a thumbs up.

OK. Let me revise my report. I have no additional reporting other than what was reported earlier.

And Madam Secretary, please call our next item.

The next order of business is Item 9, Commissioner's Questions and Matters. Madam Chair.

Commissioners, do you have any questions or matters that you'd like to discuss at this time? Vice Chair Miller.

I've been impressed with the outreach that... OCII has done both to the public and to the CAC and to the residents and the preference holders. And I hope we continue to do that outreach and expand it as much as we can. I think it's really making a difference out there. So I thank the staff and the director for doing that.

Thank you. Anyone else? No, I'm good. Wonderful. Madam Secretary, please call the next item.

The next order of business is item 10, closed session. There are no closed session items. The next order of business is item 11, adjournment. Madam Chair.

Fellow Commissioners, I will need a motion and second to adjourn this meeting. Motion.

May I get a second?

I need to take my nap.

I second the motion.

207 meeting is adjourned.