Community Investment and Infrastructure, Commission - Regular Meeting

Good afternoon. It is now 1 p.m. My name is Dr. Carolyn Ransom Scott, and this is a regular meeting of the Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure for Tuesday, September 1st, 2026. I'd like to welcome everyone else joining us. 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. Thank you to the staff and guests who will also be participating in today's meeting. Madam Secretary, please call the first item.

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

Here.

Commissioner Lim?

Here.

Commissioner Shaddix?

Here.

Vice Chair Miller. Here. And Chair Scott. Present. All 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, September 15, 2026 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 the 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. And when prompted, you'll be asked to enter the access code, which is 2663-747-7241, followed by the pound or number sign, then the pound or number sign again to enter the call. When prompted, press star 3 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 item 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 to 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 previous 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. The 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 August 18, 2026. Madam Chair.

Madam Secretary, do we have anyone from the public who wish to provide a comment?

If there are any members of the public who wish to provide public comment on the minutes, please call 415-655-0001 with the access code 2663-747-7241, followed by the pound sign, then the pound sign again to enter the call. please press star then three to be placed in the queue. If you're already listening to us by phone and would like to provide a public comment, please press star three on your phones. And we'd like to begin by inviting members of the public here in person. If you would like to provide any comment on the minutes, you may come up to the podium at this time. Seeing no members in person wishing to comment, and Madam Chair, we also do not have any members remotely wishing to comment on this item.

Hearing no further requests to speak on the item, I will close public comment. Commissioners, can I get a motion to approve the minutes?

I'll second that motion.

Madam Secretary, please take roll.

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

Yes.

Commissioner Shaddix.

Yes.

Vice Chair Miller.

Yes.

And Chair Scott. Aye. Madam Chair, the vote is five ayes.

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

Next is the regular agenda. Agenda item number 5B is authorizing a contract amendment to reallocate budget line items and make administrative insurance changes to the amended and restated contract with CMG Landscape Architecture a California corporation to complete design and permitting tasks for the Under Ramp Park project, Transbay Redevelopment Project Area, Discussion and Action, Resolution Number 21-2026. Director Koslowski.

Thank you, Madam Secretary. Greetings, members of the public here, commissioners. Thank you for this. Today's item in Transbay is regarding an authorization for a budget adjustment of approximately $360,000. It's to reallocate unused funds in line items where the funds are not needed at this time and allocate them to other line items within the contract that will help us keep progress on permitting for the Under Ramp Park project. We're also proposing other administrative changes regarding insurance to the contract as well. To present that is Laura Shifley of the Transbay project manager team. Laura.

Thank you. Good afternoon, Director Kozlowski, Chair Dr. Scott, and commissioners. We're pleased to be here today to present this CMG contract amendment to support the delivery of the Under Ramp Park project. So today we're requesting that the commission authorize a contract amendment to reallocate budget line items and make administrative insurance changes to the amended and restated contract with CMG Landscape Architecture, a California corporation, to complete design and permitting tasks for the Under Ramp Park project in the Transbay redevelopment project area. Since it has been some time since we've updated the commission on the Under Ramp Park project, we wanted to provide some brief background and updates. OCIA is developing two new parks in the Transbay project area. the Transbay Block 3 Park to the east and Under Ramp Park to the west. Under Ramp Park, or ERP for short, will span 3 and 1 half blocks, and it's located north of Folsom Street at Essex Street, continues north to Howard Street, and it's bounded at the east and west by First and Essex Streets. The site lies predominantly under the Caltrans I-80 off ramp to Fremont Street and the TJPA bus ramp serving the new Salesforce Transit Center. The project team includes OCII as the project sponsor and manager of design of the park. OCII does not and will not own any property within the ERP site. The Transbay Joint Powers Authority, or TJPA, owns the majority of the property. The California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, owns the balance of the land, mostly under the Fremant Street off-ramp. To enable the project, Caltrans intends to lease its property within the project site to the TJPA. The TJPA will be the owner of the park improvements and is a reviewing agency. And Caltrans is also a reviewing agency. The East Cut Community Benefits District, or the CBD, is the planned park operator. And finally, OCII partners with San Francisco Public Works for infrastructure delivery support, project management, construction management, and other professional services related to the design, engineering, and delivery of the park. And we plan to continue to engage Public Works for construction management of this project. So in 2006, the Trans Bay Streetscape and Open Space concept plan was approved as an ancillary document to the redevelopment plan, and that includes a design framework for the development of parks and open spaces in the project area. In 2011, the former agency contracted with the design firm CMG to prepare design documents for Under Ramp Park. and CMG completed a concept design in 2013. Between 2013 and 2018, CMG's scope was revised to include an updated schematic design, analysis to determine any risk to the Caltrans freeway ramps above the project site, survey and geotechnical work, among other things. This slide shows an illustrative site plan of the approved under-ramp park schematic design. The site is approximately 3.2 acres, and 0.8 of that are in city right-of-way. The park will be comprised of five distinct spaces across three and a half blocks, and the program includes a two-story pavilion building, a concessions building, a half-acre dog park, sports courts, an adult fitness area, pedestrian connections, new off-street bike lanes, and seating and gathering areas. Thank you.

And Laura, may I ask that you maybe adjust your mic just a little bit? I can hear you, and then I can't hear you. Oh, closer. Very good. Certainly.

The following slides are some renderings illustrating elements of the park program. We'll run through them quickly. This view shows the future multi-sports courts at the corner of Folsom and Essex streets. A 4,600-square-foot pavilion structure is planned at the Folsom entrance to the project. The pavilion will be a two-story building. The upper story will include up to three retail spaces and indoor and outdoor seating. The lower story will include offices for the Eastcut CBD, a community room, and public restrooms. This is another view of the pavilion building from Clementina Street. The community room at the lower level of the pavilion will open out onto a flexible lawn and amphitheater seating. The concessions building is planned adjacent to Clementina Street and is a one story, approximately 820 square foot structure. The building repurposes an art deco era structure with a modern addition. There will be a concession seating area located next to the building. And that seating area is shown on this slide. Please note that due to concerns from the TJPA, the final design does not include the fire pit shown here. The concession seating material is fireproof, precast concrete, and custom steel bench swings have been added as an amenity. This is a view of the dog park looking west from the corner of First and Clementina Streets. This view shows the sculptural seating area in the northernmost area of the park above Tahama Street. And the new two-way bike path continues through this parcel to connect from Tahama to Howard Street. So during the project's pre-development phase, OCII performed required environmental site analyses, including phase one and phase two environmental site assessments. In 2024, the Phase II assessment identified trichloroethylene, or TCE, as a contaminant of concern in soil and groundwater samples on a portion of the Caltrans parcel. TCE becomes inert when exposed to the outside air, and there is currently no health risk to the public at all. Remedial excavation of TCE affected areas may not be needed based on the limited magnitude of the contamination. OCII is working with the State Water Board, the regulatory agency, to determine what remediation may be required to safely develop the park. And we'll turn to the contract amendment. In 2011, the former agency entered into a contract with CMG to complete design and engineering services for select elements of the ERP concept plan, as well as other adjacent streetscape projects. CMG prepared a detailed concept plan for ERP and schematic designs for the Folsom Street Improvement Project, both of which were approved by the commission in 2013. Between 2013 and 2018, the contract with CMG was amended four times, adding funds and scopes to the Folsom Street Essex Street, and ERP projects. In 2023, the Commission approved and amended and restated contract with CMG for just ERP scopes of work. The 2023 contract closed out all non-ERP scopes of work in the original contract and dedicated $4.9 million to cover costs of the updated ERP scopes as well as additional design services. To date, CMG has completed most of the 2023 scopes of work, including design development, construction documents, CBD coordination, signage and environmental graphics, design of the Oculus lighting feature, and physical security plans. Remaining scopes in the contract include permitting, bid and award, construction administration, and project closeout. Due to unforeseen conditions, including the environmental investigations and extended multi-agency design reviews, most of the funds for the current phase of the 2023 updated contract budget have been exhausted. To keep the project moving forward, OCII is proposing to reallocate approximately $386,000 in unused budget from tasks and from the future construction administration phase into the permitting and contingency tasks. This amendment does not increase the 2023 updated contract's total budget amount. It remains the same. This amendment also addresses a change to the insurance and indemnification provisions. TJPA, as the majority property owner and Caltrans lessee, will be added as an additional insured and indemnified party under this amendment. This amendment allows OCII and CMG to continue advancing the design, engineering, and permit scopes of work. The project schedule outlines anticipated dates for remaining project approvals, financing, and construction. We are currently securing a number of San Francisco Board of Supervisors approvals and TJPA board approvals that are needed to advance the project, including city vacation of an alley within the project boundaries. This fall, we plan to submit project permits to the reviewing agencies, including DBI, Caltrans, and the TJPA. Remaining OCII and partner agency approvals include approval of a project construction agreement. And the TJPA board needs to approve several documents, including their operations and maintenance agreement with the Eastcut CBD, the Caltrans lease, a cooperative agreement which describes the project design and construction financing, and a major encroachment permit agreement. In spring or summer of 2027, we plan to advertise the construction bid. Bond issuance to fund IRP's construction will occur in the fall of 2027, along with the award of the construction contract and notice to proceed. Park construction will begin in late 2027, and the park will open to the public in the spring of 2030. In terms of contracting and workforce compliance, in 2011, CMG was an SBE when OCII selected them for the original contract. In 2015, CMG successfully graduated out of the SBE program. CMG continues to make good faith efforts to include SBEs when awarding scopes of work. They have contracted over 1.1 million in professional service subcontractors with the listed subconsultants, who are all SBE firms. Finally, staff presented this proposed contract amendment to the Transbay Citizens Advisory Committee on August 13 as an action item for its consideration. The CAC voted unanimously in favor of the amendment. Thank you very much for your time. We have OCIA staff and representatives from CMG in attendance, and we welcome any questions the commission members may have.

Thank you so much, Laura. Madam Secretary, do we have anyone from the public who wishes to provide comment, question, or concern?

At this time, we'd like to invite members of the public who wish to provide comment on this item. Please call 415-655-0001, enter access code 2663-747-7241, followed by the pound sign, then the pound sign again to enter the call. Press star, then three to be placed in the queue. We'll begin by inviting members of the public in person. If you would like to provide a comment on this item, you may come up to the podium at this time. Seeing no members of the public in person wishing to comment, moving over to our remote participants. Madam Chair, it does not appear we have any members of the public wishing to comment on this item.

Hearing no further requests to speak on the item, I'll close public comment. I will now turn to my fellow commissioners for their comments, questions, or concerns. Vice Chair Miller. Thank you, Dr. Scott.

Thank you, Dr. Scott. I was glad to see that the CAC voted unanimously to approve this amendment. It was good that they are on board with this project. Nice to see that. And I was very glad to see the concession building is still in the works. That's a great saving of a historic building. I'd like to see that. Quick question, Laura. It said in the staff report that the water boards had not given their comments on the soil and water samples. Do we know when those comments might be coming?

Laura Scheifele, development specialist, OCII.

If I may, Laura. We're still awaiting. We just received the message for them today. We're still reviewing it to understand what their comments were. So it's forthcoming. Yeah.

Thank you. Any day.

And Laura, is there any new name proposed for the park?

Yeah, so under Ramp Park, it's a placeholder name. And the East Cut CBD has, they did a name, they did a public naming process where they had surveys and community meetings. And so there is a park name that will be recommended to the TJPA board for them to finally approve. And so that recommended name is East Cut Park.

Thank you, Commissioner Shaddix.

Thank you for that presentation. I'm super excited for everybody to get this park open. I just cruised over there again a couple days ago, walked around, and I can see it. So I'm excited for everybody. Two questions. One might get kicked down to Commissioner Matters, but this one, did they actually find that pavilion? I went on a search for that, and I couldn't find it.

find it.

Where is it?

Oh, so the Art Deco portion of the structure has been, it was on the Transbay Block 5 site.

Laura, if I can interrupt, Commissioner Shaddix is saying literally where is it stored? He went by the site and could not find it on the Sheedy storage yard. I'm looking for it.

Oh, you were looking at the Sheedy storage?

I went over the fence.

I think he wants to get us a tour. They're not selling hot dogs anymore.

What a dog is closed. I was smelling the hot dogs. I was sure it was there. Has anybody verified it's still...

I'm just curious if it's... Yeah, so it's being stored in the very back of the sheedy storage yard, and it's boarded up and protected from the elements. And we have toured it. We did a 3D scan of it, of the building, to document the condition.

Okay, I believe you. I just was over there, and I did climb the fence, and I was looking around over there. My other question that I might get kicked down to the Commissioner of Matters is... WEREN'T WE DISCUSSING GIVING OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE ABILITY TO APPROVE CONTRACTS, CONTRACT AMENDMENTS FOR, YOU KNOW, UNDER HALF A MILLION OR A MILLION OR SOMETHING? IS THAT ANYWHERE? MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW WHO I'M, I GUESS I'M REQUIRING TO YOU OR JIM.

YEAH, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SHADDOX. YES, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT. I CAN ADDRESS THAT UNDER THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

Thank you. I too would just like to commend you and thank you for your report. And I was pleased to hear that for 2023, we did not have to go and find monies, but we had that amount ready. for allocation, so thank you for all of your hard work and Being very careful with what you're working with and I commend you again Madam's one more Commissioner me Commissioner Hakimi, thank you.

No problem. Thank you so much. I just wanted to say I had the opportunity to get a tour a little over a month ago. And I just want to thank you, because seeing this and actually seeing what's happening and having the opportunity to walk in that area, incredible. It gives a whole new perspective. And I just wanted to point out, at the time, you guys were still dealing with a contamination issue, . And I'm so happy to hear that was resolved. So congratulations.

Thank you, Commissioner Hakimi. As much as I'd like you to retain your optimism, we don't know that it's resolved. We just know we heard from them today. So we are optimistic. And we will continue to work on this. But we have to see exactly what they've said. And we intend to. Laura published a construction schedule, so that's our intent. We'll see what they say, but thank you.

I just read that it's not a health risk to the public, or at least that's what I read.

That's correct. So that was the initial assessment from just over a year ago. The initial survey identified the TCE and that the TCE, when released to just the open air, doesn't contain health risk to people. That was determined early on.

so i'm going to keep my enthusiasm yeah yeah we like that thank you it's appropriate thank you okay fellow commissioners can i get a motion and a second for item 5b commission i can be so moved second i'll second that motion thank you vice chair madam secretary please take row

Motion made by Commissioner Hakimi, seconded by Vice Chair Miller. Commission members, please announce your vote for item 5B when I call your name. Commissioner Hakimi? Yes. Commissioner Lim? Yes. Commissioner Shaddix? Yes. Vice Chair Miller? Yes. And Chair Scott? Aye. Madam Chair, the vote is 5 ayes.

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

The next order of business is item 6, public comment on non-agenda items. We'd like to invite members of the public who wish to provide public comment on non-agenda items to call 415-655-0001, enter access code, which is 2663-747-7241, followed by the pound sign, then the pound sign again to enter the call. Press star then three to be placed in the queue. If you are already listening to us by phone, you may press star three to provide your comment. And we'll begin by inviting members of the public here in person to come up to the podium if they have any comments on non-agenda items. Seeing no members of the public in person wishing to comment, looking at our web participants, Madam Chair, it does not appear we have any members of the public wishing to comment.

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

The next order of business is item seven, report of the chair. Madam Chair.

I have no report for this meeting. Thank you.

The next order of business is Item 8, Report of Executive Director. Item 8A is a workshop on the 11th Annual OCII Summer Architecture and Engineering Trainee Program Cycle Discussion. Director Kozlowski.

Thank you, Madam Secretary. Greetings again, commissioners, members of the public. At our last commission meeting, we had a bit of a snippet of our training program. Maria Picot had presented you an overview of the program. We had a training graduation ceremony. that was hosted by JCYC. And there were a number of the graduates through the training program who came and spoke. And we wanted to give them an opportunity to come and share their experience and have Maria say a little bit more about the program. So with that, I'll let Maria take it from here.

Thank you.

What do you want me to do? I just want to go to a slide show.

Good afternoon, Chair Dr. Scott, Commissioners, Director Klosowski, General Counsel Morales. My name is Maria Paco, and I am the Contract Compliance Supervisor here at OCII. And today I am giving a presentation on the capstone celebration that occurred on August 13th. And so on August 13th, 2026, OCII and JCYC met to celebrate the 11th annual capstone graduation ceremony. It basically was a celebration to celebrate the 11th year and the end of the summer cycle of OCII's training program, which is a program that matches local design students with consultants on OCII projects. The program ceremony was attended by OCI staff, commissioners, including Chair Dr. Scott and Commissioner Miller, as well as JCYC staff. We also have a few of them here today. OEW workforce leadership, as well as students, friends, and family. So I'm going to talk a little bit about the origin of the program. The program was established in 2016 under the late Mayor Ed Lee's Youth Jobs Plus program. And it was launched to help consultants on OCI projects meet trainee hiring obligations. So a little bit about the policy. OCI's SB policy, as well as the Bayview Hunter's Point employment and contracting policy, call for consultants with contracts that surpass a certain threshold to hire local aspiring design professionals and give them opportunities on their projects. So the program was basically created as a pipeline to help consultants meet that compliance requirement. The program was established in partnership with the Office of Economic and Workforce Development and JCYC, Japanese Community Youth Council, was an original partner as well. In terms of impact and reach, to date the program has created 106 positions at 46 different firms. Partnering employers include architects, engineers, environmental consultants, construction managers, general contractors, and this year we also had our first affordable housing developer, YCD, participate. Students are sourced from local colleges and universities. One of the major feeder schools is City College of San Francisco. San Francisco State University is also a feeder school, and some of the private colleges as well, from time to time, have student participants. Through educational partnership, the program, it aims to create a pipeline for aspiring professionals in San Francisco to be able to access the world of construction and development. So the program, one of the impactful things about the program is it offers real world experience. And so as I mentioned, students are placed at different firms, but they have a cohort model. So this year we had 10 placements, and each student had a job at a different firm, but then they came together on a weekly basis to go through the program as a cohort. So here we have one of our fellows, or sorry, one of our interns, Anai Burton. And she had an internship at Rubicon Builder. So this is her with her mentor at the celebration. As I mentioned, our first affordable housing developer participated this year. That was YCD. And shown here is a San Francisco native and finance student, just 18 years old, Emerson Sakai. And he was giving us a presentation on tax credits, which I found pretty interesting. Trainees also have the opportunity to work on parks and open spaces this summer. So we actually had interns at two different, or actually three different landscape architecture firms, including CMG, TS Studio, and plural. Relevant OCI projects that the interns were able to work on included Mission Bay parks and open spaces and the active use park as well. It's just adjacent. In addition to these projects, trainees also worked on programs outside of OCI's jurisdiction, including some schoolyard playgrounds. And these landscape opportunities, we find them meaningful because it really gives participants the opportunity to both envision and shape the future of these community spaces. And so as I mentioned before, while the program, each student is placed at an employer, one of the values is also professional development. And so in addition to going to their jobs on a regular basis, they meet weekly for different professional development workshops. So this year, for example, Benjamin Brandon, our Transbay project manager, was able to give the students a historical tour of Transbay and talk about the history behind how the district was started and showed a bunch of different buildings. It was very impactful. And I think the students found that interesting. And then similarly, we give the employers opportunities as well to be really a part of that professional development training. So here we have plural. one of the principals from Plural Landscape and Architecture, who has a contract currently in Mission Bay Parks. And they are giving a licensor and equity workshop to the students. Another notable professional development site visit that we do annually is an engineer's tour of the Chase Center. That's not pictured here, but I thought it was worth mentioning. And so to date, as I mentioned, there have been 106 placements across 10 firms. This year, there were five architectural interns, three landscape architectural interns, two construction management interns, and one project management intern with YC Affordable Housing Developer. So here are some of the event highlights. As I mentioned, Japanese Community Youth Council has been an integral partner to the program. And here we have Tree Vu, who was our summer fellow this cycle, and also an intern at Mithun. And Tree was the master of ceremonies this year at the Capstone Celebration. And here is Tree pictured with Aylan Padang Nipon-Swan, who's the associate director of special projects. At JCYC. And as I mentioned, the program really functions not just independently. We work with different city partners to make sure the program is a success. So originally, it was founded with the Office of Economic and Workforce Development in 2016. And this year, Diana Ponce de Leon, who's the current workforce director, was able to attend the capstone graduation ceremony, along with Ken Nim, the OEWD City Build director. And so here are some other pictures from the event. So here we have Dr. Scott pictured. We have William David, the gentleman in the front. He was actually with the program the second year. So he was with us from the beginning. And he was able to come back and offer some of his career growth and journey since getting this opportunity. And I believe he's currently working at SFMTA. We also have to the far right. started with us as well with pretty much limited experience in the design world, and he's currently in architecture working in the East Bay. And so that concludes the presentation. So thank you for your time today. I also have Julia Hernandez with contract compliance, who's also able to answer questions about the program. We also have Tri Vu, who is the program fellow this year. We have Christian Elizes, who is a coordinator for the program, and also staff at JCYC. Christian also came through the program. originally as an intern. We have Eilidh Penang-Dupont-Swan, and we have Don Bradstreet, who participated as a construction management intern several cycles and also participated in the city's CAPSA program. And Don's also, I believe, a journeyman cement layer, correct? Okay, cement mason. Thank you.

Thank you, Maria. And the trainees who come, the graduates, are going to come up during public comment. So in your normal course, if you call public comment, they'll come up and share some of their points of view.

I didn't quite hear everything you were saying.

I was just saying that the trainees will come up during public comment.

Thank you. Yeah.

I'll call the public comment. Members of the public who wish to provide public comment on This item may call 415-655-0001, enter access code 2663-747-7241, followed by the pound sign, then the pound sign again to enter the call. Please press star, then three to be placed in the queue. We'd like to invite members of the public who are here in person. If you would like to provide a public comment on this item, you may come up to the podium at this time.

Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, commissioners. My name is Aylid Peningba-Tansuan, and I'm the Associate Director of Special Projects for the Youth Workforce Department over at JCYC. I'm here to hopefully quickly talk about the OCII training program and our role. We've been in partnership with OCII in this program for 11 years now. As employer records, the amount of training that comes on board The moment that they come in, they're already building real skills. So they're filling out their work documents from their I-9 to their W-4, revamping their resume and sharpening their interview skills through actual interviews with various firms. This program is special because once a week, as Maria mentioned, they come in in our workforce development workshops. We close the program with a capstone presentation and celebration that you just saw. where our interns share a glimpse of their summer placement. We're here for the ongoing support these young adults need. When they're placed at our firm, we don't just send them in blindly. We're there until the very end, checking in, following through, meeting with them weekly. So what we're seeing is real. We're watching young people from our SF neighborhoods step into construction firms, design firms, et cetera, and in workforce pathways that didn't exist for them before. Pathways with mentorship, real wages, and a future attached. A few of them are here to share their experience in a little bit. And these are the kind of stories this program makes Someone who walked in without a clear next step and walks out with a sharpened skills, a paycheck to support themselves and their loved ones, a mentor, and a plan. This is an abstract to us. Our team is there for the check-ins, the moments when a partner firm calls to say a participant has been offered an extension or a permanent placement. or when past participants come back to help us host our program at the very firms where they now work. That's the data behind the data that not a lot of people see, and it's why we know this program works. But the premise of this program isn't just about an internship. It's about our young people getting their foot in a door they might not otherwise have had. So let's take a moment and think about the people who gave you a chance, who believed in you, who opened a door when you didn't even know it existed. Having a mentor, a support system, a program, someone in your corner, that is the thing that makes a huge difference. And that's who we get to be for our young people. This partnership and this program has meant so much to us and to the young people we serve. I can't wait to see what's possible as we keep building this program together. Thank you for your time, and I'm running out of time. And a special thank you to Maria, Thor, Julia, and the entire commissions for your unwavering support and for investing in this much-needed work. Thank you.

Thank you.

We have Tree Fu.

Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Tri, and I'm currently a student at City College of San Francisco studying architecture. And this summer, I had the privilege of serving an OCII program fellow with JCYC, but also while participating in the summer training program as an intern at MIPTUNE. I want to begin by thanking you, OCII, JCYC, and our host firm, and everyone who invest their time and trust into this year's cohort. What makes this program so valuable is that it goes beyond giving young people access to summer jobs. It gives us professional, workplace projects, and people that otherwise feel very difficult to reach this summer. Our 10 participants work across architecture, landscape architecture, construction, affordable housing development, and related field. They contribute to real projects throughout San Francisco and Bay Area, from affordable housing to public spaces to construction sites and landscape projects. At Mithun, I'm primarily working on a head start in Concord, where I develop sites and design diagrams, build site context models, produce renders, and study shade structures for outdoor learning and play area. I was able to see how an idea moved from multiple iterations, respond to feedback, and eventually become part of the real project. But my experience as the program fellow with JCYC allowed me to see another perspective for this program. I watched our intern grow from over the course of summer. At the beginning, many were learning how to navigate professional office, communicating with supervisor, and use unfamiliar software. or understanding where they fit within these industries. By the end of the program, we were standing in front of employer, family members, community partners, and one another at a capstone ceremony where we explaining our work. the work they would actually help and produce, that formation is difficult to quantify, but it is one of the most important outcome of this program. Program like this help young people build not only technical skill, but also professional network, confidence, and a sense that there is a place in them in San Francisco. I hope OCI continue to invest in this program and expand for future opportunity for the future cohort. The value reached beyond one summer. Each intern carry these experience wherever they chose to do next. Thank you to the commissioner, OCII, and everyone make this summer possible. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

Dawn Bradstreet.

Good evening, everybody. My name is Dawn Bradstreet, and I wanted to talk about how OCII and JCYC changed my life. When I tell you they changed my life is being a field worker and the transition to be in the other room, the room that you don't think that you belong in because you feel like I'm just a field worker, that's it, and that's all. My eyes got opened to so much more. I got a chance to collaborate with not just one internship, with two different internships And I got a chance to be involved with OCIINJCYC 2023 to 2024. I got a chance to meet people, build really good connections. So when I'm out looking for a job, I can always call them up and say, hey, I'm looking for work. And they reach out. the opportunity of working with JCYC, the workshops with JCYC and OCII, the workshops they put together was the financial literacy, the mentoring program, the journaling, being able to walk the job sites and give people my, you know, expectations of what the job site should look like, what cleanliness. And I got a chance to get extended offers through my internships because they see the value in me that I didn't see in myself. Being from the field to the office site was a really big transition because you're dealing with dirt, power wood, and people. But then when you go into the office, your computers, it's a lean back, chill, relax. And then having these workshops dealing with JCYC and OCII, I was able to, hey, I can journal down. I don't really have to have my brain all over the place because I'm journaling what I'm doing every week. I'm obtaining, I'm sharing my experience. And then this year I was a non-participant, but I was able to go sit in workshops Whatever I missed out on within them two years, I was able to come back in and give my experience and enjoy their graduation and just be happy for them. And just the opportunities that this program has for us, it's more, I'm a mother, a grandmother, and I didn't really want to be out in the field after 50. I want to be happy. I want to be in my soft lady era. And this program gave me the opportunity to open those doors up. And I don't have to be uncomfortable being in a room. I can feel comfortable. I can be myself and still feel like I'm giving a value to the program. And I'd be ringing everybody in from City College. I'd be like, hey, you guys go sign up. Go sign up. Go sign up. And it helps. But thank you.

Thank you, Don. Beautiful.

Are there any other members of the public wishing to comment? And members of the public who are participating remotely, Madam Chair, it does not appear we have any other members of the public wishing to comment.

VICE CHAIR MITCHELL- Fellow commissioners, open it for your comment. Vice Chair Miller?

Yes, thank you. Thank you, Maria and Julia and JCYC for supporting this program. It's so important, not just for the 106 students that went through this program, which is fantastic, but for those 46 companies that benefited from having this young, San Francisco-based people coming in and keeping the vibe going for the city and bringing that energy to these companies. Your presentations were so good. Tree, I think you said you were helping out with Head Start program? Yeah, that's OK. Thank you. And you're already giving back with the Head Start program. You're helping that program out. So it's full cycle. And it's great to see this program, and I appreciate the support.

Thank you, Chair Miller. Commissioner Hakimi?

First of all, I want to thank you, all of you who presented, because it gives us the opportunity to see the impact on a personal level and see the value of this program. But also, thank you. You mentioned that you added the affordable housing as part of this. I think that's a wonderful addition, much needed in the trajectory of where we're going in this world. And also, just seeing the 106 just shocked me. These numbers, really, it's important. So thank you for sharing that, because that gives it real value that you had 10 this year and 106 total. So congratulations. What a great accomplishment. Thank you.

Commissioner Shaddix.

Thank you so much. Is there somebody from JCYC here?

Yes.

Oh, you're here. I just want to tell you something real quick. So I worked with some interns on the Third Street Quarter, and you guys are solid. I mean, your group, not at the level that we're talking about tonight or this afternoon, but we had an intern program with some of our small businesses on Third Street Quarter that we had youth come from, and solid. You have a fan on this commission for sure. And then to the two that just spoke. About a year ago, I saw a presentation of just sort of a schematic design of some high rises going in around the Mission Bay area. And I'm not going to call them out, but I was feeling a certain kind of way about the design, how it really reflected a new neighborhood that was emerging down there. And all I could think about was what's coming in our candlestick area, the developments out there. I hope I see you two at the table when they start designing and working these developments out and stuff. That's what I want to see, and that's what I hope I see. So I really appreciate you speaking up, showing yourselves, and I'll think of you when we start seeing these presentations. I'll ask, where are those two? So thanks again.

Thank you, Commissioner. You know, my heart is exploding up here, and I cannot tell you how proud I am of San Francisco having JCYC, this program. Don, I remember your first presentation, and Trey, and is that Christian? Christian, yeah. Christian, yes, I remember when you first started. And to see you today, from maybe speaking mousy-like and thankful for being here, to having so much confidence so much, the experience, the opportunities that it's opened. And you're like lights for the city for this program. You are promoting what Danny Glover, he worked with City of San Francisco for City Hall. He is the reason why CD is still going strong. He, with Model Cities, along with Oscar James and Tony Armstrong, They worked hard to ensure programs like this existed. And not for five or 10 years, but they went on and on to serve this city for every generation. And I am just to tears at some part. And then with just such joy bubbling with what it's given you, the opportunity, the hope, the experience, the growth, the development to come from, as you said, Don, from the dirt for you to the office. and the technical side. And then, Trey, I'm just so proud of you. Christian, I'm so proud of you both and how you worked together during that presentation time. just supporting one another as if you were professionals and had been doing it for years. And this comes out of the support, the nurturing, the growth and development. So I commend OCII for having this summer internship presentation, training interns for a brighter future. I commend you, and I commend you, Maria, for taking it on. I commend you, YC, DC. Am I saying that right? DC, YC? JC. JC. Yes, I'm sorry, you know. Age will do that. But I'm so thankful for you. So thankful for you. So keep that torch going. Continue this work. And as you said, Don, continue to reach back and lift others. Point them to this direction. If it's their fit, cheer them on. Thank you so much for your report. Madam Secretary?

Madam Chair, if I may, I have one other item. Yes, sir. And thank you all for that. That was great to hear a recap of that. I only have one other item, which is to respond to Commissioner Shattuck's question about the status of evaluating the contracting authority of the executive director. So we've been undertaking an analysis, which is still not complete but nearing completion, to compare other agencies that are of similar size in their contracting authority and studying how those contracting authorities came about. Some of them were delegated by the commission to the director. Some were from the board to the commission. So we're just aligning all of that. But we are still working on that and intend to bring something forward to the commission by the end of the year.

Thank you Madam Secretary next item the next order of business is item 9 commissioners matters questions and matters madam chair Commissioners do you have any questions matters of concern? You would like to discuss OK, if there are no comments, Madam Secretary, would you 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.

Meeting is adjourned. Thank you. Fellow Commissioners, may I have a motion?

May I have a second? Meeting is adjourned.