TIHDI TREASURE ISLAND HOMELESS DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

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• TIHDITREASURE ISLAND HOMELESS DEVELOPMENT
  INITIATIVE
• Sherry Williams
• Executive Director
• ____________________________________
• 410 Avenue of the Palms, Building 1, Room No 162,
  San Francisco, CA 94130 phone [phone] x 305

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Background

• Treasure Island, a former military base located
  in the middle of San Francisco Bay, was selected
  for closure in 1993.
• In 1994, San Francisco elected to be governed
  under the federal "Base Closure Community
  Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act of
  1994."
• This Act required the City to propose a plan for
  using base resources to assist homeless persons
  as part of its land use plan (Reuse Plan) for the
  civilian redevelopment of the Base.

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Who is TIHDI?

• TIHDI (pronounced "tie dye") is a collaborative
  of 10 community based organizations that was
  formed in 1994 to develop advocate for the
  homeless component of the civilian Reuse Plan for
  Treasure Island. TIHDI is a stand alone 501 c 3
  non profit organization.
• TIHDI's plan was adopted by the TI Citizens Reuse
  Committee, endorsed by the SF Board of
  Supervisors and approved by HUD in 1996. It
  established a legally binding agreement that
  included
• 2, 3 and 4 bedroom housing units
• A 25 job set aside for new employment
• Economic development opportunities that train and
  hire homeless and economically disadvantaged
  people and,
• Service space for supportive services.

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What does TIHDI do?
TIHDI acts as a broker for these opportunities.
Housing, employment and economic development
efforts are provided directly by individual TIHDI
member agencies. TIHDI organizes the Job Broker
System, which is how employment opportunities are
accessed. TIHDI also initiates
community-building efforts to help develop this
newly forming San Francisco neighborhood and
provides an organized way for members and others
to participate. Part of this effort includes
developing and/or coordinating access to support
services for residents such as a food pantry,
recreation activities, health services,
education enhancement, financial literacy and
business development and children youth
programs.
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Achievements Highlights

• TIHDI its partners have
• Developed 250 units of housing for homeless
  individuals and families
• Placed over 200 people in short and long term
  jobs
• Developed a childcare center family services
  support space
• Created educational, recreational and health
  programming
• Renovated and operates the community center
• Provides weekly supplemental groceries
• Developed a business financial literacy
  assistance center
• Operated a janitorial training and employment
  program and,
• Operated a landscaping employment program.
• TIHDI, working with other island partners, has
  also organized the annual Treasure Island
  Community Day Festival as well as many other
  island-wide events such as Black History month
  celebrations, craft and flea markets, and health
  fairs.

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Status of Island and Final Long term plan

• The island is still owned by the Navy. Current
  uses of the island are considered interim use.
• The city of San Francisco issued a RFP for a
  master developer in 2001 and selected Treasure
  Island Community Development (TICD) in 2002.
  TIHDIs agreement was part of the package
  distributed to potential developers.
• Over the past few years, a redevelopment plan was
  developed that incorporated TIHDIs opportunities
  under the LBA. In addition to the opportunities
  in the LBA, this plan includes a significant
  developer contribution for housing replacement
  and an expansion of number of units to be
  developed by TIHDI. This plan was approved by the
  SF Board of Supervisors in December 2006.
• The City is currently negotiating with the Navy
  for final transfer and preparing its
  environmental impact report. It is concurrently
  developing a Disposition and Development
  Agreement (DDA) with TICD. TIHDI is also
  negotiating its DDA for its final housing, jobs,
  economic development and service opportunities.
  This process is expected to be completed by
  December 2008.

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• THANK YOU