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Rules Committee advances several Treasure Island Authority nominees while pressing mayor to name island resident
Summary
The committee advanced a slate of Treasure Island Development Authority appointees as committee reports but tabled four others and secured a mayoral commitment to appoint at least one Treasure Island resident after the Nov. 15 application period; several residents and community groups urged delay until resident input was secured.
The Rules Committee considered items 5 through 13, a group of appointments and reappointments to the Treasure Island Development Authority (TIDA). The committee moved ahead with several nominations but repeatedly confronted the mayor's office on the lack of an island resident among the proposed appointees.
Tom Jackson, on behalf of Supervisor Chris Daly, read a letter asking the committee to reject the current applicants because "the appointments before the authority... have no TI resident representation and on a whole are unacceptable." That concern was echoed by neighborhood groups and island residents during public comment, who said Treasure Island already has a neighborhood and relationships that merit resident representation on the governing authority.
Mayor's-office representatives and Economic and Workforce Development staff said the mayor's office had opened an application period that closes Nov. 15 and committed to appointing at least one Treasure Island resident after that date. Rich Ellis of the mayor's office told the committee outreach was underway and that the administration planned to nominate a resident as soon as applications had been reviewed.
Committee members expressed both concern about the process and support for many nominees' technical experience. The committee agreed (motion by Supervisor Elliot O'Pier) to advance items 5, 7, 9 and 11 as committee reports without recommendation and to table items 6, 8, 10 and 12; item 13 (a pair of appointments) will be heard by the full Board on Nov. 16. The advanced items include the reappointments of several incumbents and the appointment of Linda Richardson, John Eubeling and labor and community representatives whose experience supporters said would help shepherd the project through critical stages (EIR, development-agreement negotiations and community-benefit planning).
Public speakers included neighborhood groups, labor leaders and community advocates. Comments ranged from calls to delay appointments until a resident is named to praise for nominees' experience and calls to move the project forward. The committee's split approach reflected that tradeoff: maintain continuity and quorum for the authority while pressing the mayor's office to deliver a resident appointment promptly.
The committee's committee-report decisions (items 5, 7, 9 and 11 advanced without recommendation; items 6, 8, 10 and 12 tabled; item 13 to full Board) will be reflected on the Board's upcoming agendas.
