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Officials, developer and local contractors outline steps to boost Bayview SBE participation
Summary
OCII staff, developer Lennar and Butler Enterprises described outreach and a construction-assistance program intended to increase local contracting and workforce hiring at the Hunters Point Shipyard; data show early construction work is underway with SBE contracting and local-hire metrics improving but short of targets.
OCII staff and project partners on Nov. 5 reported progress and gaps in local contracting and hiring at the Hunters Point Shipyard, and described technical assistance and outreach efforts intended to increase small-business enterprise (SBE) participation and Bayview resident hires.
Thor Kislovsky, project manager for the Shipyard, reviewed policy goals and compliance requirements: the Disposition and Development Agreements include a Bayview Point Employment and Contracting Policy (ECP) and OCII's Small Business Enterprise (SBE) policy with 50% goals and first consideration for project-area businesses and residents. "The developer must make good faith efforts to achieve the 50% goals in these policies," Kislovsky said, describing required outreach, bid packaging and technical assistance steps.
Danny Cook, Executive Vice President for Lennar Urban, said Blocks 50 and 51 were the first vertical projects and that the market's late-bidding and prior delays reduced local participation. Lennar has engaged Butler Enterprises as CAP (Construction Assistance Program) manager and held workshops including owner-controlled insurance (OSIP) and access-to-capital sessions to prepare local firms for bidding.
Durf Butler of Butler Enterprise Group described the CAP office model launched in August: an on-site construction liaison, a project administrator, frequent outreach by email/phone/fax, workshops on insurance and bonding, and one-on-one financial counseling with NorCal FDC to improve access to capital. "This is not a handout. This is a hand up for the community," Butler said.
Staff provided early SBE and workforce numbers for Blocks 50 and 51: Lennar reported 39% SBE participation so far (approximately 17% San Francisco-based SBEs and ~10% Bayview-based SBEs) on awarded professional contracts, and nearly 39% SBE participation on construction bids to date for the two blocks. Workforce tracking via a certified-payroll system ('Alations') shows 9,926 hours recorded, about 41.2% San Francisco residents, 124 total workers on site, and 20 workers from District 10, with ~6% female participation.
Public commenters — including local contractors and the Citizens Advisory Committee chair — expressed a mix of support for the CAP program and frustration about past bidding outcomes and notice failures. OCII and Lennar acknowledged early mis-steps on outreach and described operational changes (breaking large packages into smaller scopes, more layered communications, debriefs) intended to increase competitive local bids for subsequent blocks.
What happens next: staff, developer and CAP managers will continue outreach and reporting; the commission requested improved, clearer metrics on workforce hours and local-hire impacts so commissioners can assess whether hires approach full-time-equivalent jobs rather than isolated short work spells.
