OCII holds FY17-18 budget workshop; staff details housing deliveries and project pipeline

The Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII) presented the first of three budget workshops on April 4, 2017, outlining accomplishments from FY 2016-17 and plans for FY 2017-18 across Hunters Point Shipyard, Candlestick Point, Mission Bay and Transbay project areas.

Deputy Director Brie Mahorter described the workshop sequence and timetable for budget adoption: today's session covered project areas and asset management; the Commission will review the budget process on April 18; staff expected to return May 2 with a budget for Commission action before submission to the mayor on May 3 and the Board of Supervisors in June/July. Mahorter said the FY17-18 project budget is approximately $421 million across OCII project areas, including project-specific and asset-management funds.

Tamsyn Drew reviewed Hunters Point and Candlestick project status: the combined project has been planned for roughly 12,100 housing units of which about one-third will be affordable; the redevelopment plan contemplates up to about 5,000,000 square feet of research and development/office space, and the current disposition-and-development agreement includes roughly 3,000,000 square feet of R&D/office entitlement. Drew reviewed near-term work: Alice Griffith phases 1 and 2 will receive temporary certificates of occupancy in the coming months, streets and public improvements are under construction on phase 1, and schematic approvals for multiple Candlestick blocks are in hand. She noted that land conveyances from the Navy and state parks are still in process and that remediation and conveyance timing affects when some shipyard phases can proceed.

Mission Bay project manager Mark Sluskin summarized Mission Bay construction activity and park projects, and Jeff White, housing program manager, reported that OCII expects roughly 1,220 affordable housing units to be in various stages of development during FY16-17, affecting an estimated 2,800 people. Jeff White noted recent deliveries and units under construction across Mission Bay, Hunters View and other OCII parcels.

Transbay project manager Shane Hart reviewed Transbay planning and housing and office components, including the rooftop park and neighborhood retail and infrastructure items slated for future years.

On operations and asset management, Christine Maher outlined responsibilities and reported about 21 non-housing loans remaining in OCII's portfolio (about $13 million total) and anticipated transfers of some park and property assets to the city later in the year.

Public comment and commissioner questions focused on workforce development, homelessness targets, local developer preferences for Mission Bay RFPs, transfer of Fillmore properties and the agency—s loan portfolio. Commissioners and staff discussed a planned RFP to develop supportive housing on Mission Bay South Block 9 (staff described the RFP as targeting roughly 120-130 units for formerly homeless individuals, allowing some flexibility to maximize units and including a preference for locally headquartered nonprofits), and staff said the RFP would be released if no commissioner objected. That RFP was informational to the Commission at this meeting and did not require a vote.

Commissioners also asked for clearer pictorial presentations of where OCII stands relative to its goals and for follow-up on whether some community requests (for example, concerns with Oakdale rehab work) involved OCII-funded activities. Staff committed to follow up and to present additional detail in subsequent budget workshops and the May budget action.

The workshop closed after questions and public comment. Next steps include additional workshop sessions (April 18 and May 2) and expected transmittal of the final budget to the mayor and the board consistent with the city's schedule.