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City outlines Southern Bayfront negotiation framework; Pier 70 preview sets 30% affordability target
Summary
At a committee hearing, OEWD and partner agencies presented a unified Southern Bayfront strategy to coordinate multiple waterfront projects and extract community benefits, including a stated 33% average affordability goal across projects and a Pier 70 plan with 30% on‑site affordability and about 330 deeply affordable units funded on‑site. Staff discussed transportation, sea‑level adaptation financing and open‑space planning.
Supervisor Malia Cohen convened a hearing to present the city’s Southern Bayfront negotiation framework — a coordinated approach to upcoming large mixed‑use waterfront projects intended to align housing, transportation, open space and sea‑level adaptation strategies.
City staff from the Office of Economic and Workforce Development said the framework aims for an average of roughly 33 percent affordability across Southern Bayfront projects and emphasized coordinated negotiated development agreements to secure community benefits and enforceable funding commitments. SFMTA staff outlined transportation investments and performance expectations, including site design that favors transit and walking, transportation demand management targets, and the use of transportation sustainability fees. Rec & Park described plans for roughly 20+ acres of new open space in the area and the need to avoid duplicative amenities while providing neighborhood‑serving facilities.
Sarah Dennis Phillips from OEWD and the project team previewed Pier 70 specifics: a mixed‑use project with a target of 30 percent on‑site affordability, three 100‑percent affordable buildings totaling approximately 330 affordable units funded within the project, transportation mitigations and commitments to local hiring and workforce development. Staff described a potential long‑term funding approach for shoreline protection (community facilities district / Mello‑Roos style financing) that would layer project funding streams to pay for sea‑level adaptation over decades.
Public comment was largely supportive of coordinated planning and urged sustained attention to implementation; committee members emphasized the need for firm, enforceable development agreements and clear timing for delivery of promised improvements. Supervisor Cohen moved to file the hearing as "heard."
