brandon here, vice president gail gilman, president. commissioner. willie adams here. commissioner ed harrington here, and commissioner stephen lee here. the san francisco port commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone , who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. item

two is approval of minutes for the april 30th, 2024 port commission meeting. so moved second. we have a motion and a second. all in favor? aye. any opposed? motion passes unanimously. the minutes of the april 30th, 2024 meeting are adopted. item three is public comment on executive session. we will take public comment on executive session. is there anyone in the room that would like to make a comment? seeing none, do we have anyone on the phone? let me open the lines for callers on the phone, please dial star three if you wish to make public comment. the system will let you know when your line is open. others will wait on mute until their line is open. comments will be limited to three minutes per person. the queue is now open. please dial star three if you wish to make public comment. there are no callers for public comment at

this time. thank you. public comment is closed. next item please. item four is executive session. there is one executive session. item conference with real property negotiator as agendized. motion to go into executive session. second we have a motion and a second. all in favor? aye. any opposed? the motion has passed. we are.we discussed in close session. >> second. >> we have a motion and a second. all in favor. >> aye. >> any opposed. motion passes unanimously. now we're in open session. >> first the "pledge of allegiance". >> i mraoej allegiance to the

flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> item 7 is announcements, please a member of the public has up to three minutes to make public comment on each agenda item unless they adopt a shorter period. public comment must be in relation to each item. for remote public comment dial and enter access code

26617266140 pound, pound, then dial star 3 to discuss the item. if you're watching this meeting on sf gov. tv, there is a short delay, to not miss your chance to comment, please raise your hand when the item you want to comment on is announced. we'll take public comment. seeing none, do we have anyone on the phone? there are no public commenters. >> item 9 is executive director's report for callers who wish to make public comment, please dial star 3 to raise your hand to comment. >> good afternoon, president brandon, gilman, commissioners, and members of the public.

i'm executive director. i have a lot to report today, so i'll try to move through things. first, it's pride month, happy pride month, i want to say that this year's event will be throughout the month at the water front. we will have lots of things that are fun and excited at pride and each june you'll see our pride along with other tenants and we're really proud to fly the rainbow flag from pier 1. it's a contribute to the, i'm quaoerz and i've enjoyed the pride parade as a young lesbian in the city. so i love pride and i also want to acknowledge that there are struggles that we're really going through for the trans community and for continued evolution that young people are

teaching us about gender fluidity. june is also, juneteenth month and we are celebrating. the first week end this month, we hosted the return of juneteenth at fairy plaza, mayor breed came, she has come to every juneteenth since we started. : provided seed money and continues to invest and the ferry building. and madam chair, i want to thank you for being part of this program, we saw people in kitchens grow to regular farmer's market, and then to every saturday and then to grow into having employees, and business and scaling up, this is not just one business that

has gone through but many. we had 17 food and ten retail vendors so it was really really exciting thank you so much. this year we're also going to have a sculpture display, we'll be unveiling the art, we're doing this with the arts commission, it's a nine-foot bronze sculpture, it's really a beautiful piece. the sculp showcases, the many way to see love our water front and reflects representation and equity. now to our southern water front, we're going to be celebrating islit creek interpretive, inviting stakeholders to celebrate the new newly installed, it reveals

and protects history. the event take place june 15th from 11 to 1, in the bay view park behind the san francisco fire station 25. thank you in advance president brandon for coming down with us. it's an accumulation from a lot of work of planning and residents and maritime, while you're out like we all do with staff, please have fun but also remember that the port needs to be safe for all to enjoy. so if you see something call it. turning toe quitity. --to equity, i told you it's a long report. this month we're welcoming our summer interns and we're excited about it. each division is hosting interns. and in a new development they

have partnered with the police accountability to host two interns from historically black colleges and universities. we're going to have 15 interns joining us beginning june 10, it's mix school age and young adults and they will actually attend port commission in july, so you'll see every one, they're going to be learn abouting policy ports and commissioners like yourselves so i look forward to meeting these wonderful young people. moving to resil yens, we have a few public comment and you'll hear about that today. we're on the way to hear from army corporate progress, what we're doing with the received comment sxz you'll hear more in

your item about the disposition of all the various comments. so we're on track. and you'll hear more about that later. on to the grand jury on the management effort entitled come hell or floodwater, and then changing climate. the report includes recommendations for intern agency coordination and we will be part of that interagency coordination, there are no specific actions and we'll have 60 days to respond to the report. i'm happy to keep projects, i'm happy to report that the san francisco partnership voted, shoreline restoration project, the outstanding environmental project of the year. the project won the award because it provides a valuable demonstration of nature base

approaches to managing erosion on our shoreline with excellent ecological outcomes and they're also being monitored to see their value and how they go to other projects, so congratulations to the team in receiving such a prestigious award. in closing, commissioners, thank you for your steadfast leadership of all of our leaderships and no%backer now i'll turnover to acknowledgments which i have a lot. first to commissioner lee, may asian american hawaii heritage month, i want to recognize commissioner lee's effort to highlight aapi through his work in china town and with the sculpture of the railroad workers. nbc bay area had a piece for

commissioners, had highlighted many efforts to celebrate commissioner lee's life, it's available on the bay area website. congratulations commissioner lee. now, on behalf of the leadership team, would i like to move to retiring staff and i would like to acknowledge three people today who have served the port for a long time, and this is, the, the day of their retirement, so we want to see them off well and appreciate their contribution. so i would like to start with allen, thank you. allen has had a 17-year career with the port. and 33.5 years of combined service to the city and county of san francisco. that's a long time, we're not going to talk about the year

but it was a while ago. alan is a creative person and brought his personal skill, to find the best solution for the port. over the last 17 years, alan has distributed over 17, i'm sorry, 75 million dollars of project value. thank you so much, that is really really a huge contribution. the project range from the large transformation work such as the new wharf to medium projects such as the joint operation to covid shelter and place project and the southern water front. just smaller but also very important improvements like pier 1 and pier 50. he had a hand in countless project to keep the port in a repair. fay keep going, we'll never stop, 19, 19.5, we have a lot

of piers that he kept in good condition, serving as a equity champion to shift contracting opportunity to small black and brown owned businesses. thank you, alan for your years of service, for your sacrifices to the city for being an excellent employee and for keeping our portfolio safe and open to business, congratulations on your retirement. >> congratulations. [applause] . >> thank you, thank you so much for your service and your dedication to the city and port of san francisco. we're sad to see you go but know that you're going to enjoy the next chapter. do you want to say anything?

>> and for. is there anyone that would like to says anything about alan before he gives us his words? >> come up and line up. >> come on up. >> alan and you can find your speaking notes. >> speaker: hello everybody, i'm wendy i'm the interim deputy director of engineering and previously senior architect and i was the one who had the pleasure of hiring alan in 2008, i'm going to say it. and our working relationship, we learned a lot from each other and grew together and in our partnership, we were able to perform a lot of architecture work in-house which was not always the norm at the port, so we were able to bring a lot of savings to the port and use that it savings for project funds and we felt a

lot of pride in that. in this, i would like to celebrate with alan on the legacy and very proud to have worked with him all of these years. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you, wendy. is that good, director? and port commissioners? thank you for this recognition. my time working with the port has been a blessing, i worked on many meaningful design projects with very dedicated colleagues. and i feel an incredible sense of pride being part of this agency that is committed to enhancing the quality of life and experience for every one who visits the city's water front. thank you again. >> thank you. [applause] and congratulations again.

>> now we would like to recognize, david, combined service with the city at the port and the department of building inspection. also a very long established career. david brought a breath of experience as a mechanical engineer, he enjoyed solution to see his work at the port, he helped with implementing complex projects of particular note are the dry dock number 1, demolition project, illinois street bridge, rerouting, port wide energy mechanical ac upgrade project. fire sprinkler system, container crane demolition project. elevators and escalator, round house two building h vac, and

water front sewer improvement project. quite a lot of work, congratulations. thank you so much for helping to improve the health and safety and energy efficiency of the port and congratulations on your retirement. >> congratulations. [applause] >> thank you. come on up, david. >> i just want to thank you commissioners for throughout the years and help me give me a lot of help. and also our engineering divisions management, like a, wendy, day et cetera, you know. made some change with the ports, so i'm so grateful very

happy, thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you, commissioners.

for the final staff recognition, i would like to recognize dan hodap. dan has had a long and productive career with the port of san francisco, where are you dan? there you are. thank you. he began his career in 1998 and has been the port lead designer and worked under 23 commission sxerz three different executive directors. you're not to say who's your favorite. [laughter] dan professes a deep understanding and helped to guide new development and leasing for variety of projects ranging from small to grand. dan's passion is to enhance the experience and draw of the water front so that it continues to be notable attractions for local visitors. dan has a passion for mentoring young professionals. he began the inter ship which

has been hugely successful. dan lead the port on a number of engineering project including the 1997, water front plan designed in access element which guided port desewn or historic preservation for over 25 yeaeder. he--years. he established and set up numerous guidelines including embarcadero guidelines and signage guidelines and banner design guidans and biodiversity guidelines. dan's major project, he helped shape include the harbor expansion, pier 43, crewship terminal, piers ferry building, pier 14, bay view gateway, way findings and public art program. that is a lot of work, dan,

thank you so much for all of your years of service and sacrifice that you have made to advance the city water front. thank you so much, dan. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> so i know dan's workers would like to say something. >> speaker: david planning and development, dan and executive director forbeses, dan just wanted to take some time to appreciate the work you've done. i've worked with dan for about two-thirds of his career here at the port. he's been a terrific colleague, not only have been a colleague but i've learned a lot about design, i know he has lot of passion for height design. so we're going to miss dan and his design ability, his ability to work with the variety of people and his goals, i wish

him well in retirement but i know he's going to come back and help us in the future. so thank you, thank you very much, dan. [applause] >> would anybody else like to comment? >> speaker: president forbeses, director, i've been a member of the member of design advisory for the past 31 years, and i'm joining everybody who is honoring dan today. first and for most, i want to acknowledge the role of the leader of waac, that's not an easy task given that you have people with high opinions but dan has perseveres and all the projects that director forbes's mentioned are testimony of what

dan has achieved. dan is a quiet force, what he has done for the water front cannot be acknowledged simply by describing his leadership at the helm. there is living proof out there that is evidence in the beautifully consistency and high quality of the water front and many parts that string the water front together. dan comes with a high taste of design. and it deserves mentioning, it is a depth of dan as a professional that has guided and shaped, not only over the last 21 years, but together with the large number of projects that have been planned, much debated designed and completed during the two decades. it was dan's remarkable ability to always stay open to

different view points and still find common grounds that has created remarkable results. and throughout those years, you have touched and inspired many of us, i speak for myself but i know there are others that would echo, i want to thank you for being a colleague and a friend. your handwriting in this chapter of the water front will always be known to those of us who had the privilege of working with you and thank you for your service. [applause] >> speaker: good afternoon, i'm inix and i'm a planner at the recreation and parks department.

but at one point in time i was an intern here in the environment department where i was fortunate you have to have dan as my supervisor. i was here from texas, panel was dan and david. while i got many smiles from meeting david, i remember dan being stoic like a rock and i was feeling super intimidated. but little did i know that he would be one of the best mentors i would have. through this day, i always tell people about the first appointment that i received from dan. as somebody who was intend to go do policy and data analysis. and if you you've been given a task by dan, you print them out a copy of your assignment, mark

up again and again until your work product is perfected. and this is the case. and but he really challenged me to think about the layout and i like to tell people that this moment of my internship was like mr. magiay, teaching the karate kid wax on wax off. for the embarcadero sea wall program, easy to read maps and most notably designing and laying out the 200-page water plan. he helped me have a design that i didn't even know i had. he helped me land jobs with several design firms after i graduated. now where i supervise insurance i do any best. he always created a safe space and made me feel welcomed to

ask questions and not be afraid to make mistakes. when is received the news that dan was retiring, i texted the rest of the interns. but, we could not help but to feel joy for him. how many people can say that their jaoups helped transform a water front into a world renowned destination full of parks and open space. as dan embarks into his well deserved retirement, he leaves behind a legacy including myself. dan, may your retirement be filled with swims and walked and time spent with loved one. congratulations and best wishes for a happy and fulfilling retirement. [applause]

>> speaker: good afternoon, president and members of the commission, director forbeses and dan, i'm diane oshima, i would like to start by saying, don't worry, retirement is fantastic, the water is glorious jump on in. i know from firsthand, i had the privilege of working with dan for his entirety of his time. and i'm so happy that catherine and phoenix were preceding me, because they reflected the imprint that has the future imprint for all the projects that has dan has shaped and developed along the way. the development design and access element to set the foundation of what the water front design should be, was so

fundamental and all of his years devoted to the water front design advisory committee to ensure that the city, the port b.c. dc are all in the same so that each project that has happened along the water front not only is beautiful and amazing but it contribute something more than to the ho will ising pick experience. and i think that's something that just is the forever saying so. dan, thank you so much for all of the devotion to that. it's not an easy thing but it comes from the heart and compassion that he has brought to the port all of these years. and while i'm standing here, can i give credit to david and alan too, when i found that these guys were on the retirement list as well, i was thinking, i'm not going to recognize any of those names on the phone roster anymore, the

turnover in the staff is amazing. and you know, both alan and david also, they, i'm glad that you described elaine many of their projects. it reflects what happens behind the scenes. there is a lot of stuff that may not be visible and david and alan worked on those projects but it's essential to keep everybody safe to enjoy. so i hope to all three of you, you have the time of your life. thank you so much. thank you, diane. >> speaker: good afternoon, president brandon and commissioners, director forbeses, dan. i'm alice rogers current president of the neighborhood association. and i've also had occasion to

work with dan, but i want to say that each he always filled meetings with great great. but what i mostly want to say and not listed on copious, dan drives the meanest white board when he does public comment. it makes people really want to:ep and say something interesting to see how it translates. so from now on, in your retirement dan, i hope you get to ride your bicycle with a little less weight on your shoulders and i wish you well. thank you. [applause] >> are there any other comments?

>> director forbeses, president brandon and david for inviting every last friend i have, to say such nice things. it's quite wonderful. you know we all have choices where we want to spend our time in and often where we want to work. and i've been here a long time, as they've described. and what is kept me here for such a time is the culture of stewardship and collaboration that the port has. when i say stewardship it's taking care of the 7 and a half miles that incredible resource that we all get to play with, we all get to help, fixing roofs and power outages, doing the landscape space and keeping the water front clean and so much in so many ways, it's engineering, finding creative solutions how we resolve all of these problems in a port that is 1165 years old and past its

engineer design life. and automatic the other departments, whether it's finance, resilience team. and environment division all contribute to go this stewardship and all of this happens because of collaboration. we don't work on projects by ourselves, nobody does. i mean accomplish anything by myself. everybody wanting to work together to solve problems and be good steward of this resource. and the direction starts at the commission. it starts with the executive director, it comes from our senior staff and it translates down to every one in the organization, every one you see here. it's a culture of want, of collaboration, want to go work together want to go meet with each other, wanting to solve problems together.

knowing where their expertise and commitment is. and that's spilled over into other departments that we work with whether it's mta, public works, i think we're a little con tagious and our thrill of how we do this. it's inside and outside our walls, i think you're conducting an agency that is a model about how we operate and how much we accomplish with a limited staff and i just want to thank you for letting me part of this for such a long time. [applause] >> dan, if we can please take a photo with you.

>> i just have to say that we've had three great people retire today and the port is going to really miss them. i've had the opportunity to work with dan his en vier time here at the port. and i cannot imagine the planning development without you, you have brought connected the city to the water front.

and exceeded in our mission in water front because you were able to create so many open space sxz beautiful things and we're really going to miss you, dan. thank you. >> thank you, madam president, that was excellent that we were able to acknowledge three incredible employees. that leadses me to the end and i would like to acknowledge commissioner edward harrington, commissioner harrington has served for a little over a year and his term ends this month. in that year, he drew from a vast arena to advise on our

sheet, visionary and really really much much more. in his work, he always demonstrated integrity, and general you're care for those who live and work in the city and county of san francisco and enjoy our water front and to our staff. we extend our deepest appreciation. on a personal note, i just think you're one of the most most brilliant minds and hearts of the city of professionals that i have worked with. i will not go into details but i said some silly things to you when i was a young person. we have the training to be quality and you always appreciated the civil servant and how this in high reguard and thank you ed for being a model to me. , so, i have no doubt that we

will continue to be guided from what you brought to us here. we wish you well in your future endeavors and i have a beautiful paper waiting for you and flowers and you also get a photograph so please come on up with commissioners.

>> would anyone like to comment on commissioner harrington? >> good afternoon, commissioner. mike martin, commissioner harrington our paths passed a long time ago. and uper super kind to me as a super green deputy city attorney. but my vivid meg rewas when you got to a agency royaling in some controversy had a lot of front in terms of a multi water

system retrofit, and i remember i was not on senior staff but everybody saying, here comes ed harrington and i was so struck at the time how you were able to be empathetic but made us sort of realize that the discipline and focus that was needed to deliver the mission that we had to deliver to the people of san francisco. i want to emulate that now. so when i heard that you were going to be a board commissioner, i had this trepidation, i'll be honest. you know how the city works how the port works, how we do the things we do.

from the first day that you worked with us, i felt the same empathy, the importance of mission and trying to be clear with us how we can provide more information, how we can be more focused on things that are not just in the approval that is in front of us and how we can deliver more with what we're doing. it's been great and i'm hopeful that i get another chance to cross paths with you and see what i can learn from this episode. thank you very much. i've been with the city closing in for 26 years and you've been in the leadership position lment whole time. and, i think elaine and mike

spoke well, you're brilliant you get right to the heart of the matter and you bring an approach to problem solving that does not make people feel defensive about the problem, you are helpful in thinking through how to get to the other side of the problem. then director came to supervisor concerned about, the pucs credit rating there was a voter approved rate freeze on sewer rates and supervisor immediately, we need ed harrington to be part of the brain trust in terms of what to do with the problem. and it was not an easy fix, it was asking vote inventories unfreeze rates, it was

transferring the approval rights from voters to the commission, and then setting up the capture to guide the programs on both the water and the sewer side. and that measure passed just a by hair. it would not have made a ballot, so that was my first up front view of how you can help with that kind of problem solving. i was thrilled when you were announced as a port commissioner. we've always been happy to have a great commission but to have somebody who sat in the seat of building a large capitol program, thinking of all the complexity and how to finance and permit and scale up to a program like that and i just want to say on behalf of the whole resilience team, we appreciate coming to the commission with the work and

the questions that you ask and the advise that you give us. and we are hopeful that we can stay in touch overtime and draw on your wisdom going forward, so thank you so much. any other comments? >> great report, thank you so much. >> we're not in public comment yet. believe it or not, we have not done public comment. >> commissioner harrington. >> would you like to say anything? >> i was going do that in my closing. you can. >> i can wait. do it altogether. >> i would like to say, commissioner harrington, it's been a pleasure working with you. you've been a super star, when you came to this commission, you raised the bar. and you pushed us along like a

tail wind and something about you from the first time i met you, you have a majestic preference about you. and to know that we have an ex city controller. you know how to make things move in this and that direction. and you have the impulse, you sat na that seat and like i said, you offered so much and then the work that you've done in the community, the nonprofits you've been a stellar guy. you're something who has committed your life and sole to the city and county of san francisco and you brought those talents to the port commission you jumped right in, you wasn't shy, you spoke truth to power and added guidance and leadership. and i think you challenged all commissioners to think and even

the staff to think this way and that way but you always had that kind of thinking, your mind is like a genius that is always moving. i want today personally say it to you, thank you so much for being on this commission. i hope that you and i will stay in touch, because definitely you have been a trailblazer on the city but on this commission, it's not how long you stay, but it's what you did so you hear and clearly you raised the bar for all of us. i just want to you know, thank you. as somebody who ran a major nonprofit, you were infamous to all of us civilians moving through the world and you had so much grace, for example worked on complex situations, you've taught me a lot.

and i want to say that i'm super excited about whoever our new commissioner will be. this moment in time, we have outside of history of our tenures, we have somebody steep in business, we have labor and somebody who contracted and somebody who has been a controller and i think the mriment of that breath has made the commission really really special this past year and thank you for everything you've done to contribute to that. >> i don't know what is left to say. but i just want to say, that you know, i've known you over the years, and when i heard you've been appointed to the port commission, i was like, what a great choice. and really look forward to working with you and over this past year, you have contributed so much to the commission, and

to the staff and it's just been really great and refreshing working with you on the resil yaens project on so many infrastructure projects and really getting understanding and you just make it so clear so you have been invaluable and we're going to miss you, thank you. >> well thank you very much and i'm a flash in the pan compared to people before me. but it was a great year. it was maybe 14 months and i enjoyed so much and so much because this is a great commission, thank you very much president brandon. it's been wonderful working and get to go know at least some of the staff.

thank you others, it's just been a great experience. i've enjoyed it, and things come and things go in the city. i do think that, there is so much before the board, there is so many challenges and successes waiting that i will be watching and hoping and sending you all of my best wishes. and thank you for all the kind comments, anyway. thank you so much. >> thank you, that concludes my report. >> why thank you. >> we will now open it up to public comment. is there any public comment on the executive director's report? seeing none. in the room, do we have any on the phone? >> there are none my time. >> public comment is closed. commissioner lee? >> okay, elaine great report,

thank you for my aapi recognition. you know, work hard for small business and the community but you know what i really wanted to say about the retiree as part of the reason requesting to come to port is because of small business but it's because of how the water front has been designed and engineered, it's been amazing how this port has become the world destination it's because of the retiree. and i just want to say thank you to the people that retired today. and of course commissioner harrington, my god it's like, i usually focus on one thing, you know small business and what it takes to really operate a small business. and you know, city government and all that, was thrown together to me and i'm learning as i go. but commission per harrington, when you joined us, i'm

waiting, i'm listening to you on all of these things and i've learned so much about these projects and how to deal with them. but the biggest thing is all the great gossip that you told me about, working with all the mayors. the stories is crazy. people know me as the night life guy, come on down and have a cocktail with me, thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner adam. >> director ford, stellar report, i want to thank all the work and president and all the good work. and that'ses the boost and arm

and even the water front needs as san francisco we're recovering, still from covid that people continue to see san francisco as that bright light and we're turning that corner. i'm impressed with the report, thank you. >> congratulations and other things that's enough for me today. >> thank you. >> director forbeses, amazing report, i mean it's been highlighted so much and i just really want to stay to all the staff, each one continues to this water front, this seven and a half miles of beauty. the only commission i've wanted serve on. and i just want to thank you for being stewards and i want to say, and i think dan said it how we set the example for

collaboration, and how we do our the inner workings and i think too what i get most impressed with is this department is we embrace equity from your report from honoring commissioner lee to juneteenth has been around equity. i do want to give a shout out, this shows how we pressed our partners, like the folks who manage the ferry building. i want to give a shout out to the new restaurant, lauld lineta's is thes a come cambodian restaurant. and she is award winning, one of the only cambodian restaurants here in san francisco and this is a love letter to cambodian food and to her heritage. has been recognized by the "new york times" and hope that all of you will come out. i'm not even sure it's open to

the public yet but it's here in the ferry building and it shows to small businesses by from the folks that run the building. i wanted to thank you. >> thank you. who knew executive report was going to take an hour. [laughter] and i don't want to repeat everything that already been said, happy pride month. so happy that the juneteenth has become such a success and helped so much businesses grow. congratulations on the harrington award, congratulation to see commissioner lee, on his story, his piece, great job. congratulations again to alan, david, and dan and we wish you an amazing retirement. thank you so much great report, elaine.

[applause] >> item 10 a request authorization to award one as needed hazardous management for over water demolition. clean up and marine vessel to sil verado contractor that is resolution 24-25. 10b request authorization to amend the traffic code to establish on street voting and other controls at mission rock that is resolution, 24-26. request approval to reward a sole. smithsonian environmental to the living sea wall and prepare

a final report, that is resolution 24-27. 10d request approval of a no-fee license with the specific crewship terminals llc with a periodic use of approximately 20,000 square feet of 29 shed space for parking 27 commencing on june 15th 2024 for a term of 29 months. that's resolution 24-28. item 10e request waiver of one port of san francisco birthing fee for a period of 9 months. and two port of san francisco dung news crab fees for a period of 5 months. may 15, 2024 through october 15, 2024 in light of economic disruption of commercial salmon season and multiple and

commercial dungeonous season. to receive delegation for the port commission to seep improvement for parks p-19 and p22 along boulevard into the ports park system. port commissioner would be kong tin enter by the san francisco department of public works for improvement among other findings and approval of delegation for certain authority related to acceptance by the board of supervisors, that is resolution 24-30. >> thank you, commissioners is there a motion to approve the consent calendar. >> i move. >> can i remove some items. >> please, so, commissioners. i have changes to item 10f, the

resolution for item 10 of changes that i was able to make prior to publication so they need to be read into the record and ask for your consideration for that item and i believe there is, oh, okay. got it. >> so we will take that consent, so taken off content. >> and 10-e for public comment. >> we will hear public comment but right now i need a motion. >> so moved. >> second. >> is there any public comment on the content calendar? >> i have speaker cards. generalet idle, and then john barnett, and then lawrence collins. >> good afternoon, president brandon, commissioners and executive director elaine forbeses. my name is janet with fishery.

we are sea food processor, we buy the dungeness crabs. we're on pier 45b number 6 and number 7 and we also have storage facilities at shed a. we want to thank you for over the years, the port has been so supportive of the sea food industry and i would like to thank you for that. you helped us through covid and relief plan. and i'm asking today, we store in instead a, grab equipment, and then in our planted, we

have a brian freezer, we have a compressor and a freezer, it's worth about a million dollars and we only allocate that for the crab season. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> john bernet? >> thank you, commissioner. yes, john barnett, president of the crab owners association owned by a couple of fishing boats, times are tough, no need to tell everybody that. and i wanted to thank the port for coming up with this relief package, it's going to be needed. it's just one part of our expenses but ever little bit helps.

>> lawrence? >> good afternoon, director and commission. thank you for the opportunity to address you today i'm larry collins and i'm president of the san francisco fishing association which is a coop owned by about 25 families and their businesses. we wished out since 84. i would like to thank you that the local facing unprecedented hardships brought on by gross mismanagement for the salmon and crab histories by the federal government. we use today fish salmon for five and a half months and crab

for six and a half months. that was a full year of opportunity. so now we've been reduce today three months of crab fishing, the boat payments, the insurance, the maintenance, and the permits are all the same as if we fished for a full 12 months. so we're relieved and thankful that our local government partners have stepped up to keep this plea alive. thank you again you've helped us a lot in the past. thank you again. >> thank you. is there any other public comment? do we have anyone on the phone?

>> there are no callers for public comment at this time. >> okay. so i would like to recommend regarding 10e, if we can look at including the processes and the fisherman's all those involved in the crab season. >> you're pulling item 10e? >> no. this is a consideration for new business. >> yes. >> yes. >> thank you. >> thank you, so much. thank you, mitchel. >> so i have an amended motion, i think, to take out 10 f.and that will be discussed after we

vote on 10 a through e. >> yes. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> any opposed? resolution 24-, 25-26, 24-27, 24-28, and 24-29 have been approved. >> yes. as amended, right? >> okay, 10c request authorizing to receive delegation from the board of supervisors to help mission bay parks improvement, along terry into the port part system.

acceptance for maintenance and liability on notice of completion by the department works for the improvement among other findings and approval of delegation for certain authority related to acceptance. resolution 24-30. >> thank you. so commissioners this item has been before you today. this is with respect to court park that you're receiving from parks 19 and 22. they're six new resolves, let

me quickly read that and you can read along. where as park also contained in the eastern edge of the park adjacent boulevard. which are identified as a parcel block numbers, 8721-04 lot 14 and 8722-020 parcel c where the city will require the process at the time 222 is accepted and they will be merged into the park and where as ocii in the letter dated may 6, pound that the city actions represented to acceptance of parks p22 and p 19 and where as the planning department in a letter found that the city actions relate today park p22 and p 19 within the scope of the ceqa analysis at the

mission bay development plan and on balance consisted with the general plan and planning code section 101.1. and, that concludes the where ass. there are now six resolve added, 2 through 8 in the resolution. resolve, oh i'm sorry, resolve clauses 1 through 7 in the resolution, resolve the port commission relies in the letter for ceqa purposes and adopts the findings, the port commission recommends that the board of supervisors acknowledge that port commission will accept ownership examine acquisition on behalf of the city when they determine that such with the approved planned and specification on all applicant city codes and recommendations and such improvements are intended for city use to public

use, 3 designate the property on which the port improvement are dedicated and open space purposes and four upon the completion accept park completion for maintenance and liability. and be it further resolve that our the port commission recommends the board of supervisors delegate to the port of commission, the board to one ownership of the park on behalf of the city, two dedicate such improvement to public views. three designate the property where they're located for park and open space purposes and all other official actions relate today acceptance of the park improvement for port commission maintenance and relaoublt and all warrant guarantees related to the construction of park improvement. and be it resolve the port commission acceptance for park p22 and p 19 to exclude assets

will own and maintain and be it further resolve, agrees to accept lot 14 as part of the park p22 and jurisdiction approve grant feed for lot 14 in the city's real estate director approves parcel c after they accept p-22 and be it resolved directs the executive director to work with the public works director to ensure that all findings and decision sxz procedures associated with the park mission bay that would be followed in the part of board of supervisors taken to the port acceptance of p22 and p 19 and be it further, that concludes the revisions. >> thank you. >> so can i have a motion? >> so moved.

>> second. >> i will now open it up to public comment. is there any public comment in the room? do we have anyone on the phone? >> there are no callers for public comment at this time. >> public comment is closed. commissioners are there any questions? >> add staff to explore including every one. >> yes. >> yes. >> including the process. >> okay. >> are there any questions on this item? if not all in favor. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. resolution 30 has been approved. next item. >> 11 a is informational

presentation, regarding embarcadero project and grant to the fisherman's wharf benefit district to reallocate and increase the not to exceed by million 200, that is resolution 24-31. for callers who wish to make public comment, please press star-3 to raise your hand to comment. i wanted to say a few words about before you. to work with to activate fisherman's wafsh and sort of continue its recovery from the pandemic. the item before you, i really wanted put some context, it's

kin to what we're doing. i think the city has done a lot to stabilize the vie brens not only in the port but of the city in terms of keeping people safe coming outside of the pandemic. what we found in the city elsewhere is that we can't rely on our historic attraction anymore because of the change dynamics of things like the office market and where people come to enjoy the city of san francisco. and so, you're seeing a number of places, such as front street, trying to create new attraction to see counteract the office worker population downtown and use that spur

visitation and regrowth of retail. similarly, you're seeing the larger proposed makeover for the cable car turn around on powell street, again trying to make it where people want to stay longer and that has not gone affects to the retail. so a fisherman's wharf is a lot of positive progress on trying to manage the sidewalks towards a dressing the unpermitted challenges. and i want to thank our security manager, the police department and our police detail and the department of public works for their collaboration in trying to create that more managed environment. what we would like to talk to you is to have more attraction so people stick there so we can attract more people to come down towards the western and fisherman's wharf to the businesses that are there now and reestablished the darker

store fronts. and so, i just want to frame that because it seems like we're sort of doubling down but i think it's a change and a focus strategy and something that we can move quickly and nim bly to see what works and what doesn't. would i like to hand it over to meghan to begin the presentation, thank you. >> thank you, mike. good afternoon, president brandon, commissioners director forbes as mike just introduced i'm meghan port recovery manager. i'm here to provide an informational presentation and seek potential approval of a request to amends the port's grant. i will point out that i will be

presented to help me port, the port's manager is also here to help answer questions as a representative from the fisherman's wharf. we have randall scott, here to support. we sought approval to award grant for two-year program to develop and implement a multi fauceted program. while this was a significant investment it was directly in line with the port's strategies for targeted activation.

and potential attract developers and future investment in the wharf. so it was really a strong investment. and today, we are looking to increase the funding for the fisherman's wharf cbd really for a 1.4 million dollars and the item before you in terms of our mossing al overview, give a little bit of a look back on the cbd's accomplishment to date.

so i really want to highlight this fisherman wharf is clean and safe. we have maintained the area above and beyond really trying to make sure that, trash is cleaned up, graffiti and stickers are cleared and overall make it shiny and spic and span and welcoming and the added layer is providing hospitality services, making sure that visitors feel welcome and can receive direction and overall just feeling like it is a clean and safe place to be. and or not top that have we get to enhance, they've been shining over the last year.

in particular, they helped put on or they organized bringing in production called trolley dancers for a three-day event free to the public. really celebrated and then of course peer party which has been a successful event in 2023, they put on 19 shows, and within that, 17,000 unique visitors attended the wharf during that time, with an average time of 45 minutes. and this year looking to be even more successful just with the three events that have been put on so far this year, three out of the 20 that have planned. we've already had over 5,000 unique visitors for these events with 48 minutes of dwell time. so we're seeing the peer party

has been activating the area. during these events they're seeing up stakes in sales. so we're dealing with positive outcomes directly from these events. you know, featuring and then a dedication to the wharf fishers on jefferson street. and overall, we've been receiving wonderful community feedback and engaging with our tenant with the wharf and heard nothing but positive feedback. but looking ahead, we are hoping to take on a new focus and this really came from conversations with our tenants the stakeholders in the area, recognizing the despite the

wonderful work over this last year, the little embarcadero has been a challenge as mr. martin just referred to t the unpermit thed vendors it's been a challenge for our tenants and sort of bringing down the overall live life will i ness that we're trying. and the solution, the port along with the cdb came to, was to work with street plans in their urban planning and design firm to really create a positive activation that we're calling a little activation, little embarcadero project. and maybe just a high light some of the key outcomes that we're looking for from this work. again, thinking about end vending enforcement with a positive activation, literally taking up space with our beautification.

we do want to offer new offers to locals, this is ar ofing and we see the little embarcadero and promenade as a wonderful place to create a new draw. we want free and affordable, activities for kids and families. and of course, as referred to previously, thinking about the movement between other maiming or mild stones markers within that region of guireladhi getting people in and getting thome stay. but i think another important element is thinking that we're testing out con cept. in other areas like in water front when we're thinking about activating and beautification funding.

so with that, i'm going to hand it over to julie flynn and she is going to walk you through the project details. >> thank you, meghan i had to take it back, important for me to segway into the design that i'm going to walk you through, which is the last one. this is something we heard loued and clear from local business stakeholders. the people who come and visit this year are the word and mouth for next year's tours. it was important that we bring something to the table that was going to slight people and positive and we do it this

summer. and this is a rendering to show some con accept you'll ideas, it's a promenade, we're creating an inviting promenade. but adding really to elevate this visually. the wooden structure allow you to see the view but i draw your attention to the image of upper right because it's a gateway affect, it's begging to you walk down and enjoy the view and see what is going to carry over to the other side. some of the other things that we heard about the people about the space is as of as amenity

as there are, being a new one, it feels very gray and windy so we're trying to think how we can human eyes and make it feel welcoming. with that promenade, we have a tool kit that can be deployed throughout. so moveable tables and chairs, coverful seating, many of us may have seen the mini chairs they're very popular, we'll bring, some of those in, the pergola can be a house for vending and other types of activation. we see a huge opportunity to bring color to space. i'll show in a few slides how we envision that coming together. another big important move is the introduction of kiosks, really tying with this creating not only more amenities but

economic opportunities for the businesses in those kiosk and some of the pranters and programming that we talked about a little bit here. i want to dive into the containers for a moment and you're seeing the image on the top, this is a different view of the space, from the part this we're calling the welcome plaza. this is where you witness and where you're wondering what do i next? we have a great opportunity for a kind of a welcoming and ambassador kind of oriented type use. but, generally, you know the idea with the container kiosk is that they would be a site for up to four businesses to operate short-term operation, with special consideration to port and fisherman's tenants today. the application for this closed this week and they're--which is really great. so the container, serve an

infrastructure for vending, programming but also a canvass. and if you see the image at the bottom what is showing in the rendering is a blue thank you about thes an amazing opportunity to use that structure for art in addition to the programming inside. and then 4 and 5 are on either of the franciscan restaurant that circle through the site. cbd is the plaza and all the other things that they've done there. this is just another view of that welcome plaza, you can see the kiosk there with moveable

table sxz chairs and it's important to mention the kind of preservation of so the human experience is if you were to get something, something else from the kiosk you're then to enjoy that prom ned and sit on the seats and take in the water. we want people to linger and stay and p happy with their partner. and go back and tell their friends about it for next year.

the last item is opportunity for mural. so the idea here is the using eco friendly, creating muirals that center around the kiosk so using the vertical and horizontal, something that goes up a wall and on to the ground. the xek details have not been designed but it's something that we're excited to dive into. so i'll pause for a second, it's what you see rolled out this summer and i would say thats the tip of the iceberg but the kind of bigger piece below is the people power, the people who are vending in the kiosk and of course the extremely important management model to make it all work to bring the tables and chair out

to make sure that they're inviting day after day after day. i would say that when we look at across the country, kind of activation and successful, that hyper local management is to critical to make iting work and having a dedicated group of people that can really dial in and it's also going to be critical to making sure that anyone who has been selected through the rfp has a great experience, you know, be an existing tenant or somebody new and that there is something there to make sure the space around the kiosk just looks and feels awesome. so we're really excited about the project and i hope that gives you a little bit of a flavor of what is to come. meghan.

the fact that is we're in a grant to operate. we've got a strong partner that is really to go in the little embarcadero activation project. so staff is propose thating we move forward with amending the grant with the cbd, again the total first year is 1.4 million dollars that is portion of that is for the one-time start off cost of buying materials and doing all of these installation wz pergolas and container but the bulk of that is tied to the labor and personnel cost of ambassador and operating out in the site. so in order to move forward with amending the grant, we are proposing reallocated $400,000 of previously approved funds that would have otherwise gone

to activity like activating, closer to the cruise terminal, those are some of the bigger ones where instead we're going to focus and dial those activities and efforts at the little embarcadero project. but we do still need additional resources in the grant, so we're proposing to increase the not to exceed amount by just over a million dollars and we have identified additional stimulus funds as well as previously approved port project, that is really focused on planning both for real estate and resilience purposes for fisherman's wharf that we would apply. due to the nature of the fisherman's wharf grant having been a sole source grant, for two years, we're really locked into that term, so to the extent that we are able to demonstrate positive outcomes from this work and want to

continue into a second year, staff is proposing that we return to the commission late and layout a proposal in terms of new request for proposals process and funding. and so this request is tied to the first year of operation. for next steps we're going to request your approval of this item and if approved, we're looking to begin installing the all of the materials out at the embarcadero, actually as an important update due to the timeline of procurement we're looking at early july instead of the end of june, so that first bullet is incorrect, we don't want you walking out there, the week of june 24th, wondering where is everything, it's looking like the more like the week of july to get the container in particular

containers installed. but we would begin the pop up program in august and ground and container muirals would rollout in september and in terms of our permitting we will need to return to bcbc in january of 2025. and then of course, in terms of us want to go continue to a second year, staff will return to the commission. so it's really in terms, i want to give you know, closing thought that this work really is central to our economic recovery work. we have objective tied to targeted activation fisherman's wharf through all of our stakeholders engagement including work withing advisory committee, maoelting directly with tenants, we just had a really broad array of engagement with our stakeholders and i feel very strongly that this is direct response to their input and what they're asking for and

frankly a way to really elevate that experience at fisherman's wharf and prepare us for filling a leasehold and attract an investment as well. thank you for your attention and we look forward to your questions. >> thank you. can i have a motion. >> so moved. >> second. >> we'll now open it up to public comment. is there any public comment in the room? there is, terrance? >> i'm a tenant and also a board member on the cbd, so i'm familiar with the work they've been doing and it's really impressive and it's a really good team they have right now.

then projects like this, that can be done so efficiently and quickly, and i just can't tell you how sorely it's needed. this summer's numbers are not looking that great. we thought would be in the up and up since covid and thz what we need from people who care, and i just really appreciate every one's work and i hope that this gets done. thank you. >> thank you. >> darlene? >> good afternoon, president brandon commissioners and direct forbeses. my name is darlene i'm the

chief executive at the park association. i'm also the co-chair of fisherman's wharf advisory committee. and i'm here today to ask you and en shaourj you to approve the reallocation of funds. it's in desperate need, it needs to be interesting fun and inviting. the fisherman's wharf has been doing a wonderful job to improve the quality of the wharf area with the flower basks but we need more and we need it soon. i know that the cbd team has some great plans as we saw here to thed and we'll look to keep it a number one place to visit in san francisco. i ask you to please approve the grant amendment and thank you for your consideration. >> thank you.

paul miller? >> my name is paul miller, buoidin support the activation as proposed by the cbd. we have seen foot traffic reduce, as vendors have taken over the sidewalks. as visitors, as visitors approach pa well street from pier 39 they often turn around as the current scenery does not welcome you. we believe activation in step is in the right direction to enhance the visitor experience and increase the dwell and property type visitors. thank you. >> thank you. >> fema?

>> speaker: good afternoon, i'm sema and on behalf of pier 39 and as a fisherman's community benefit member of the board, i would like to thank you all for your attention and understanding of the current needs of fisherman's wharf specifically for your approval of the grant. to improve the fisherman's wharf area, what si difference it's made and we really appreciate it. the activation, afforded by this grant has been positive proof that activation can greatly enhance an area to create a vibrant destination, they have made an impact by making enjoyable and safe experience for locals and tourist alike. please approve additional grant funding request before you today to ensure that the sha have been made in the district are r continued and the little

embarcadero area can be returned to our visitors and also flourish as a vibrant water front destination is is free of unpermitted vendors including illegal alcohol and drug sales. thank you so much. >> thank you. is there any other public comment in the room? come on up. >> i waited so long i'm going to get my comment. good afternoon, president brandon, commissioners, executive director forbes. i'm taylor and one of the owners of red and white, we've been operating on the bay for over 1134 years. i too am here to voice my support on this expenditure. we believe it's on three key themes that are important, the first beautification, you heard about that. especially with a lot of empty

store fronts. anything that we can make it be attractive, the second is safety, having more people and activity will contribute to the safety of the area and finally deterrents, the pergola, in addition to being attractive will deter a lot of the illegal vending. for all of those reasons, i hope you'll consider this investment. thank you. >> thank you, any other public comment in the room? >> speaker: hi good afternoon, commissioners and director forbes, i'm director of marketing, but i'm speaking who owns the franciscan which is the heart of the program that we're proposing and he says the little embarcadero has taken over for the last several years

and after affects of both, filthy sidewalks and out of control have made it undesirable, started this summer and this has been a first and only effort to improve the. we strongly support the port to this efforts. >> anymore public comment, seeing none. >> good evening, commissioners i'm director forbeses, i'm director of public policy. i'm please today express my support for the embarcadero. as you heard, they have done a wonderful job during the ambassador program and

beautification, such as lighting, amazing events and marketing over social media and in the press. this work is critical for attracting new that is support foot traffic to the small businesses. to continue the positive trajectory of the area, they're in need of the focus attention due to the focus on street vendors street traffic to our near by avenueses and impact the experience. we believe that increases efforts can are critical to continue to improve public realm. it will create a positive use of the prom promenade. we hope you support this project. >> thank you. any other callers? >> there are no other callers for public comment at this time. >> thank you, public comment is clodes. commissioner lee?

>> i'll definitely, i'm in support of this increase, but i have a few comments. so you're stewardess assistance, two-thirds is going to that. which is well needed bu. i'm noticing in your description, i don't see any results fren gauging the illegal vendors or some of the homeless issues or stuff whether or not you know, what is being done or at least pointing them into some kind of direction other than obviously, expanding the program and take ing the space. but you realize even if you build these beautification, without the proper, use of the assistance, you know, they're going to keep coming back. so i would like to actually see, what the stewards are

doing to address the illegal vendor situation. it's not fair to the people who are paying for their permits and the small businesses along are still struggling because of the situation. now i know it's a difficult thing, but if we're spending two-thirds of the budget to be part of these stewardess program to help mitigate space, i would like to know what you guys are doing to, you know, help with that. so that is one thing. on the other thing is promotion, your budget is only 110,000 allocated to promotions. the, the thing is, is, i'll give you an example, my town is a destination location and we cleaned it up, we've activated and everything but we don't have foot traffic same thing. we don't have enough people coming. and we tried to promote we use facebook and instagram.

it's a cbd has a website facebook, instagram, somebody that is allocate d to promote this thing. not just on the weekend and parties, but everyday, monday, wednesday, thursday, the weekdays. because, you know, you're paying your rent, you still have to stay open but there is no traffic. so i understand the promote, the concerts and things which in my opinion, cause i only saw a few of promotions for the upcoming concerts, i think more can be done, maybe a little more money allocate today promotions. but that's basically my opinion about how things are allocated because we're going through it in another district, and, everybody knows around the world they come to fisherman's wharf same as china town, but

without foot traffic or people knowing how beautiful it's going to be or what programs you have, you're still going to be slow. so, no matter how much money you pour into it without the proper promotion. and even like highlight that you have patrolled or walking ambassadors, people are apprehensive whether or not they still feel safe. so i think more work with sf travel, maybe more videos that they can with escorts or they can see people roaming and talking to people, and tourist, i think that may help relief some of the confidence, or unconfidence of people not wanting to come to fisherman's wharf or whatever. that's what we're trying to do in another district, then this program should be a lot more successful. and i think activation of the embarcadero is a perfect idea but it's only a half ass

solution. you've got to gel your people engaged to let people it's safe to come out, not just on the weekends but on a wednesday and a thursday. so that's my point on it, but i support this increase of budget. >> thank you. >> commissioner harrington. >> thank you, madam president. actually, i again i support this, i think it's a great idea as commissioner lead said, ask for more. i think that's the only thing that i would suggest, i noticed that your marketing was going down and outdoor events was going down from the original budget. and so if there is something about that, that you need more in some fashion or something that is not working, i would encourage you to go back and tell us what that would be. but where you're going, is great. >> thank you. commissioner? >> madam chair. >> yeah, i agree that, with the

commissioner lee, there is a lot of questions and that he, he brought out. but i'm in favor of this. i said this, i still think we have a image on whether it's safe, you need to talk about it and address it. and i think that's the responsibility of the commission and i think whatever the commission can do, we want people to feel safe and embrace coming down to fisherman's wharf, whether it's police presence or ask and for more money. we want to make this work. one thing i heard in here is unity, everybody is rolling in the same direction, how do we get there. i don't have a lot of answers but one thing i do know, is especially with commissioner lee, he's been doing this more a long time and he understand a

lot of this. let's run that kind of campaign and say that we've taken our fisherman's wharf over. we're talking about a city that used to have 2 million visitors a year. and when you hear the news that it's not safe to come to san francisco and oakland, and we don't want to that and we have to talk about it. and we need to get this things on fire, we want it to be contagious and put that energy. and one of the best way south side to through social media and young people. young people through social media and ai, they're vibrant and i think that we have to do that. but as far as i'm concerned,

i'm support that but i we want to do it right and if you need more money, come on back to the commission and let's make this a success story. >> he all the check--[laughter]. vice president gilman. >> look, first of all, i support the item and i, align with every one's comment and i'm sure randall and your team are getting a lot of unsolicited feedback. i do think that when you come back, if you can talk about a activation for locals. bread and butter may be during the summer tourist but every restaurant knows when you're not in the summer the locals is

what keep it going. also really i know this is a long shot but i'm going to use my podium to go to the sfmta committee meeting, because the bus yashd yard on pa we will is completely dark, seems unsafe and there is no way you would know if you have gone to dinner in china town and had a beer in northbeach and want to continue down, there is no lightage, there is no way to get there. so i just want to think about how you think also from other departments within the city of san francisco that can assist with that activation and way fair signing or signage is super important as well.

and i want to see in particular. the images around lighting along the promenade, i'm really hoping that the street vending and please be nimble, i'm a little more concern than the street vending, by the signs. you know, again that's something that turns off locals and i think since we have seen illegal alcohol and drug sales, it turns off families as well particularly because is thes to close to the ferris wheel. it would be great to maybe what to do more. >> thank you. >> thank you.

>> thank you, mike, meghan and julie for your report. and i agree that this is a good investment but i would like to hear from the cbd staff on how you think things have gone and what can we do better? and are we going in the right direction? and i also want to know what are the plans for the future? how are we going to invest. >> my name is randall scott i'm executive director for fisherman's wharf cbd. how is it going? i think it's going very very well. i think we've exceeded our own

expectations for the pier party activation and murals. plural. stewards are ambassador, they're not safety ambassadors. when we come back next year and you want to see that, we can add that back in. we've done very very well, so we've, i have metrics, and i apologize i don't have them for you today. all the stuff weaved wiped down. we're very excited because it, you know, to use a word that

was use thed earlier, it elevates the space. and we specifically designed it so you cannot put a ten by ten there. i think the netted. i don't like to use the word hamet, it's a fixed hamock that you can enjoy the water front. those are going to be a big front. that is key for locals, locals moms, it's a great place to go. why not bring them down to the wharf, they stay and eat lunch

kids get hungry. so if we want to dream big, one of the things that we can't afford, that we think would be a fantastic hat and that would be a very significant structure at that plaza place. because, that is a very large open area, it's, right on the water front, it's just screaming for a playground of some sort. so, that that's the future in my opinion as well as the programming activation for the locals, we hire local bands to try to get locals down in here to realize, the wharf is alive, it's a fun place to be. i get comments all the way, hey i went down to the wharf and i had a great time, it's really nice down there. it's like, come more often.

it belongs to the san francisco and that's the message that we need to get out. this is your wharf, come enjoy it and i think with these new, it's new, it's fresh, there is a reason for locals to come and rediscover the wharf. so we're happy to put together, in fact our first vision, i think had a lot of things in it and i think it's 4.5 million dollars budget. our board, we can do it, we can execute on it. so we just don't have the means. >> i guess that's my next question. are we working together to figure out how to fund this coin further? are we working on grants, getting our tenants engaged? how are we going to sustainable

because, and they reallocate today make this happen. where is the funding coming from? >> well i think next year, meghan can answer this, we're looking at ways to partner and develop. the port side cbd is at its best. generating as you can see by this budget, that does not come close, it's about ten percent of it. so, we forming the port side cbd, now the way it existed previously as a business base, was a gross receipt tax with the revenues that were generated that would be closer to around 80,000. so that is really not a viable option, as far as funding future.

they worked with other city entities and other options as well. there are ways and mechanisms in which to do so and we're open in doing that. >> okay. thank you. i appreciate it. meghan? yes we have been supporting the second yae, of course we want to continue to explore looking at ways to supplement that, especially if we're being encouraged to think big and recognizing that we're trying to be typical court, you make every dime go as far as it can so we didn't include safety ambassador, because if i recall, the number around 700,000.

as we're getting this up and running with this initial request for funding, we'll be looking at year two and continue to look at sources and thinking about partnerships potentially thinking about, the future of the cbd and how, how we're all working together to get a our resource to see build a sustainable program. >> i think it's a great program and i think that we made a huge investment anywhere along the water front, into fisherman's wharf.

i thought it we were investigating so it could take a life of its own. because we are, you know, i would love to dream big all along the water front, i would love to be able to do everything we want to do, everywhere along the water front but we don't have those funds. that's why i'm asking what are we doing now to plan for the future? are we looking for grants or partners? would level love our tenants to invest in this regardless if it's 50,000 or 80,000 in revenue. with all of these vacancies, our tenants have a bit of an uphill battle. >> along the water front. >> and thinking about the city

convention trends, there are city wide impacts of declining conventions coming through, that means lower foot traffic in the wharf. for that intended purpose for helping generate purpose for them. >> which is why we're discussing approving allocation and additional funding. >> yes, in deed. >> thank you. >> the fact that we're not securing ambassador, i don't want people to get the impression that we're hoping that security is addressed. we've already made investments

with our detail to get them 7 days a week, so we have at least two officers, 7 days a week and we've already worked to get, basically daily staffing from public works to enforce on vending at the little embarcadero which we didn't have two months ago. and that's been a market up take. i think the ambassador and the staffing that we're going to see on the streets are not going to be engaging vendors, they're going to be eyes and ears and work withing the enforcement staff to enforce on permitted vending when it pops up. so i want to be clear that that's not something that we cut out for economics, we have a different strategy to do the frontline enforcement. >> so when the ambassadors go out, are they radioed? do they call? the roaming police officers or, public works people that are in the area that come and take

care of this situation? >> so they all talk, they all have radios to the management. and in management would engage with, if they decided to escalate the call to dpw or the heart team or, the manager makes the call not just the individual down the street. >> so have you tracked the response time? i'm curious, okay, they see an illegal vendor, call it in. >> we don't engage with illegal vending at all. >> no, i know that, but you can radio the enforcement officer suppose to be roaming the area unless other departments are not there. this is just inquiry, i'm not trying to blame anything. >> usually anything that escalates, i get a text with a picture and i send it to cal. >> what is the response time usually? >> i'm not there to, we have not tracked that at all. >> so i would like to know, the

communication if this is how, we cannot you cannot put it in your budget, it's too expensive but the port tenants and everybody who is concerned about this thing, evening having ambassador with three quarters going dwards through, there is got to be a better communication. you can beautify the place and if you're not getting people to feel safe, you're not coming back. if we can tighten it up a little bit or however, they're allocating public works, i would like to know how your ambassadors can engaging so we can protect the tenants and also the public so they know, hey, they're right on it.

if we can push the other departments to help back you up. then that maybe that's what we can do as this commission to tell the other commissioner, the commission to try to step it up a little bit because againstinger no matter how you beautify the place, if we don't have foot traffic, it's not going to work. >> and i will work with kyle on the chain of command on how that is going to work. >> okay, thank you. >> i have a question too, and then for meghan too. have we reached out to a tate assembly member to ask for some help or senator wiener or leader pelosi's district to try to get some funding to try to get help, and i see brother chung, so i'm sure rodney knows where a lot of money is at.

have we tapped into those resources? as we said president brandon said, getting funded but all of those people mentioned, especially laetder pelosi, scott wiener and even our former commission, new lieutenant-governor elani who spends a lot of time down at the water front, and there is money in the budget, i'm sure sacramento and what the prestige and power that leader pelosi has to try to get some funds, the port is putting up so much but we need other people to help us. >> yes, i will say that one of the biggest pushes along the lines was to secure federal stimulus funds that were then appropriated through state lands and we have put the stimulus funds to work, fully stim lited funding but i think moving forward, to the extent

that, i agree with you, we should looking at other options for funding and tell our story and we can work with you know, court staff to plan for the out reach efforts for seeking more funding. >> if i verify, so we are supplementing of the cbd was the water site about not vote to continue. and we are over funding what was available before, because we need a lot of work. this is leader pelosi's water to make this water front a better place. and we're doing it in an emergency short-term concept, we're not going to fund the cbd, that's the businesses and cbd's job to figure out. further we take care of security, so if we've got problems, we have our security tragedies.

so we don't have anyone that if we don't have enough money, we don't believe that to be the case, we have a different strategy and it's working well. i wanted to clarify, my staff has been directed this is our last time as the port, this is the stimulus money we have. so we've been asking the cdb and working together to say now what happens next. i want today make those clarifying comments. >> director forbes, i was just curious and if we need to have this under new business, i understand that i need today practice that. but do we apply for community project funding, congress just released those what we call, they all got released i know from my day job not from san francisco we applied for them. i'm curious if the court applied for an infrastructure

project in general and if we thought applying for this, that's just a question for new business not for right now. and so randall and his team, and i don't think it's a place for us, i would hope that you would be looking to foundations, to fund, like the play learn, from the current we just set up shop on the other side of the water front for your great ground design, that's an excellent opportunity for foundation to come in or education institute or i don't know if the parking lines still exist but i just want to say, that's in some way not a porto bligation, but i want to encourage your team to look and maybe the chamber can help you with that as a way to supplement what we're doing. >> any other questions or comments? then i'll finish. i also think it's interesting

that you're going to put the kiosk out there. can you tell me a little bit about that rfp process and selection process? >> hi commissioners, amy cohen. it was not an rfp so this is a pop up and it's meant to be a prototype see what works well, these containers are not going to be have kitchens, they're not going to cook but there is a command as everybody can see, there is a demand to buy stuff out there, especially by the wheel. so, they put out a call for interest, they received each proposals, it's a range, it's between some retail, some take away food and drink and some experiencetial stuff like tickets for experiences in the wharf. and it's all from, san francisco based wharf base or very close to the wharf base

businesses. >> so only to wharf base businesses not to the greater area? >> oh you mean where did the call for projects go? it went through out through the cbd's network, so it went through the general wharf area but beyond court tenants including but beyond port tenants. >> did it go to the various chambers? did it go or was it just limited? >> i don't think so, we knew we only had four containers maximum, and there is a lot of stipulatelations with this brm where the vendors are going to be sharing the containers with games we didn't talk about the gains. so we're really trying it on a small scale right now, and if it works well, the initial agreements will get extended and it will be become for of a thing and maybe we can get more containers if we can set them

in. >> i hope it's successful and i hope in the future, we can be equitable and open it up to more diverse communities and organizations. so with that, it is time to vote. if there are no other questions or comments. all in favor? >> aye. >> aye. >> any opposed? motion passes unanimously. resolution, 2431 is adopted. next item please. >> item 12 a is informational presentation on the san francisco water front coastal flood study draft integrated feasibility report and environment impact statement draft report and city and regulatory agency comments on

the draft report. for callers who wish to make public comment, please dial star three to raise your hand to comment. >> adam barret for deputy planner. i'm joined by my colleague louis who is our senior planner work that we've been doing as it relates to the army corps flood study draft plan. i'm going to give a brief overview on the plan sort of refresher, you've seen this before in early february. i'll talk about the what the comment have been and what we've been working to address. so as a background. the flood study is a between

the army corps of engineering with the lead agency, we're studying the impact of sea level rise on the ports water front along the 7 and a half jurisdiction over the next 100 years. with released the draft plan for public comment. huge mild stone we were really excited, had you know, a very great engagement program which louis will share and that kicked off a informal engagement period through the economic analysis as well as, on the draft report and draft planning. so, as you may recall, the dpraft plan proposes a set of adaption for the shoreline that has a cost of about 13 and a half billion dollars and this would go before u.s. congress and if it were approved, congress would pay up to 65 percent of the cost with remainer coming from non

federal state and local sources. so a refresher of where we are in the study, we're now towards the end of the but not at the end of the faes abilitied study phase, we release the plan in january and february as i mentioned and working towards a recommended plan to congress by the end of 2025. that would then go before congress for approval and authorization and appropriation of funding through the water resources development act in 2026 and move into more detailed design and engineering phases. and this is a massive undertaking is not something that would necessarily be funded or built in one step it would be kind of built and phased in multiple stages over decades. here's the overview of what is in the plan which you've also seen before, and essentially,

the plan proposes, elevating and adapting the shoreline along the ports most of the port's water front from about pier 27 to hairgs park using a combination of ray sea walls, flood wall, levees and byrne, we would also be adapting and elevating the historic building, and the wharfs that they sit on. including the ferry building and we would be adding flood proofing of select building in the fisherman's wharf area which is a little higher elevation more protected than the other areas as well as around historic finger piers. so that's a refresher with the plan and with that, i'm going to turn it over to louis to talk to the engagement. >> thank you, adam. good afternoon, president brandon and commissioners, i'm louis ba rata senior planner.

i'll talk about what this engagement took over during the months of from january to march 2024. and, i want to start by saying thank you to other community members who participated in this effort of the community organization that's worked with us all the, career advisory councils, we also worked with the agencies and i want to says thank you, we have champions to see some of them, actually volunteered on some of those events and also to our report staff and our consulting team. so, the engagement included about 14 events that were open to the public, including community workshops. water front walking tours, sem

laers, we had over 50 briefings to the community organizations, that committee of advisory council, agencies and port tenants and about 970 people that participated across those events. we also updated our website, with store maps in multiple languages including we also had social media, we had post card campaign, and we had also applied to the, to the department of human resources for corporation with their san francisco fellows, so we got four san francisco fellows that came to the port over ten weeks and they, worked with the san francisco unified school district, climate action fellows, we did a workshop of

them and they also prepared a career pathways in relation to adoptation work. this is, this two tables show, the overview of those, 14 events that the events that they had, and those included walking tours, the community workshops across other geographies that we worked op two in language and one in spanish and one in chinese. and also webinars and also the table to the right shows all the board and commissioners hearings so we had about 12 of those boards that extended from, you know, here park commissioners, and mta, buc across different departments, b.c. dc and others. and, so those workshops was the idea was to go to the community

and talk about the both of flood study and the address plan, so we presented the plan to them and also get comment, and public city back on those, on the dpraft plan. and, basically, we indulleding our workshop we had on oral presentation and then we had tables with different sections of the water front. and in our science fair style, so people can go and ask questions and provide comments. as part of the, we also had a court reporter where people can provide comments with them and be recorded. so across those workshops, we had about 400 people that attended those workshops. and we also had the walking tours and walking tours were one of the most affective ways

of reaching out to the community as we heard from the community, they enjoyed going out and seeing, the water front and seeing, how the work is going between back them so we had, we hosted four of those walking tours across the geography. and we also had two royal walk tours which is king tides, that was partnership we have them with those and those tours, they often opportunity for the public to experience what a water front can look like in the future with sea level rise. in addition, we, you know, had city department support in those tours. so, i will provide, you know, it's a very summarized

collection of those comments, we had a lot of conversations and received over 150 written comments that they received. and here is some of the, some of what we heard. so one of the things that we heard is there is a strong support for nature base solutions across the water front as mentioned in this work. this preserves and expand the uses, request for opportunities for local businesses and workers and and contracts. we heard a lot of concerns about the helping back from contamination and flooding. and we also heard about concerns from the jurisdiction of justice plan. so what the city is doing beyond both to the park and also to the west of the

aquatics park. and we also used comment regarding the funding how the city is going to come up with the 345 percent match, of course the disruptions, and also tenants disruptions and tenant locations and all of those economic impacts. so this is a very brief some of the comments where we received in each of those areas, fisherman's wharf, support for the solutions. preserve those recreation swimming and voting that is very important to the area in particular. commission of the across all of those projects and concerns about the fact. in the embarcadero, we heard about the impacts in our district, also concerns of disruption of the work, preserving the ferry building farmer's market that is

community that the community values. and think about the opportunities to rethink the future of embarcadero. again, support for the nature base solutions with the water quality and the creek and how, the project could have some mitigation on the impact. and also, those recreational uses in the mission creek channel. and concerns about race water impact and with the all the infrastructure that are on the creek. in the less creek bay view, some of the concerns were about the limits of the port study area, what is happening, again helping impact regarding some of the contaminated heights a big concern, concerns about the combined sewer and overflows to

the bay and desire for job creation. for the inland workshops, we heard about an opportunity to increase investment in areas that has been historically, not included in the investments, concerns about contamination, funding and professional funding and opportunities for the city. we also heard about, concerns about preserving nature and opportunities for job creation and the construction impacts on tourism and traffic. but also highlighted the importance of increasing public awareness about this project. and i'll go to adam to talk about the city next steps. >> thank you, louis, and i want to point out that louis is in every photo of the public out

reach. >> i saw that. [laughter] >> so we also have received a number of comment along with army corps, in addition to the public comment from the regulatory and public agencies which were included as part of the packet, i'm not going to go into the details but you can see some of the agencies, as well as the city put together an comment letter on the draft report, sort of saying, here are the things that the city is concerned about as we go through the process, of refining the plan and finalizing the report to recommend a congress, here are and as we move to future steps here are the concerns and consideration that we atz a city care about and see a lot of overlap with the comment can as well as what we heard from the commissions including yourself. you can see some of the topic,

main topic that we focused on in the city comment here, they were less about specific changes and more about fundamental approaches to the proj sxekt how we may expand or revise the revise the project. i'm going to touch on tlaoef these, any plan, when we look at it from the army corps lens, i want to see how this is reducing costs and increasing benefits across that benefit framework, or decreasing environmental impacts. so any revisions that's the framework of thought that we're using. is louis touched a little bit about the public comment. it's a appreciate comment that we hear and have heard over the last several years is what happened south of the project study area? in particular when we due out reach of the community, what

happens? so we have been working with other agencies as well as army corps of engineering so at this i didn't area. a lot is doptation plan as part of that project. there is one gasp which is the i don't yosemite corps area, so we're exploring for future study so there is an adaptation plan for that area as well which shares a lot of interest with the creek channel. one of the other issue is the ininland drainage, sub issues related to this, right now, the study looks at if you buildup and adapt the shoreline you create this path tub affect where you trap behind the newly

elevated and you need to do something to address that with you know pumping and other storm water. so we really need to refine that and design an element between the port sfpuc and the corps of engineers. and also studying matt has a changing issue as climate continues to change, storms welcome more extreme and what is the impact of sea rise in general on the inland drainage system. that would be an area of further study that may also become a spin off study to this one without going down this tud' --study that we're in discussion with the army corps about. and finally, as luis mentioned, another thing we heard about and it becomes a community

issue as well as implementation is the contaminated sites that are present in the study area. wiier continuing to work towards developing that information base so we can address it. >> so those are the highlights from the letter and more

technical engineering issues, just overview to close out on where we are in the flood study process and where we're going from here. so you can see we're going to have the draft report publication and major mild stone in january and 60-day comment period that ended in march. as well looking at technical and agency comment sxz talk about how we're going to refine the plan and we're going to hit another major mild stone called agency decision mild stone at the end of june where you sort of say, okay, this is the path towards getting to a final report, here's the final analysis, here's the major changes based on all of this comment and then go do that and develop the final report which we expect by the end of next year and then it will go before

congress, sorry by the middle of next year and then it will go before congress in the form of army chief's report in 2026. so that's the next step of where we're going and with that, i'll close out. >> thank you, great report, great report. okay. is there any public comment on this item? >> speaker: good afternoon, again. president brandon, commissioners, directer forbes, i'm alice rogers current president of the drink hunt neighborhood association. and i'm just here to corroborate the many many many many out reach opportunities that we're were provided to our, swath of the water front and we're just one portion and

i know that we were not favored necessarily but at every turn, there was another presentation and in deed, luis was not only in every photo but i think he was at every presentation as well. the walking tours were particularly successful and the community open houses were very, very fun, very interesting, wonderful staged with a lot of materials. so i want to say, this is very successful out reach. thank you. >> thank you, any other public comment? is there anyone on the phone? >> there is nobody remaining on the phone wishing to make public comment. >> thank you, public comment is closed.

>> thank you for all the work that has gone into this. the three items that you picked are the ones with most interest. that's the same language under environmental contamination as half of that under somebody's slot. >> typically the army core has looked at rivering flood risks and they will look at congress adopted the development act

that under approval by the assistance act of the army these studies can start to look at combined flood risk in a more solis tick way. >> it would not be 20-40. >> it's not in the next year. obviously, so when we people are asking about this, what we're saying is we'll come back to you in three years, five years.

>> this is an issue that really is a puc type of issue, so we need clarity, that the puc is at the table and wants to pursue and wants to be an accounting partner this this kind of study. on what is the needs as it results to the project. in terms of inland and getting to a realistic cost estimate and needing more details and that is happening through this study.

>> so thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. commissioner adams? >> oh yeah. >> great report. a couple of questions. he's had sfaf so robin, calisimo attended the plan meeting and is scheduled to attend this meeting that is coming up later in june.

we're trying to get a meeting with her staff to get better educated about this provision of law. so they came out to san francisco on a boat tour when we had our selected plan meeting, they really appreciate the multi benefit approach in the study. i notice that you went to different areas like they like if you went down to hunters point, they were worried about, sewage, back up waste and job opportunities. so i'm really glad that you

broke that up. was there a theme that you found in all the areas that connected? so people want us to use a solution as much as possible, everywhere we can to one of the things that we are looking and working on is the project for instance here in the embarcadero which is an area that we don't have a lot of space, it is one way, that can be implemented. so we have a little bit more space so we're looking for other opportunities to have space for natural habitat. that's one thing that we heard strong lea cross. --strongly across.

and disruption to tenants, businesses and residents, that's something that we heard across all the geographies. >> thank you, madam president. >> thank you. >> commissioner lee? >> no questions, i just want it applaud you for such a thorough out reach. the whole thing is to get this done quickly, and i can see by all of these reports all of these months, you guys do such a great job and the only comment i have is you have great meeting spaces. those are good looking spaces. good job and thanks for all the hard work. >> thank you, vice president gilman. >> i want to echo the community out reach.

it's how they should be doing their community input. is the port responsibility for it? >> port owns some property

around, there is a former rail right-of-way, that intersects the creek that the port owns. there is other owners and state park zones land, in that area. puc has been working for a long time on super fund designation for the site. if does seem and they're interested, we need to get other city agencies to be part of this process, the planning department has gotten a grant from the state of the grant.

whether they're doing feasibility has a fuel if you have adopted plan, not going to come in and replan it. so that played out on port property as well with the mission rock projects that had adaption in them. the plan that we're talking about tonight, connects to those areas but didn't replan the sea level rise same is true for the shipyard and candle stick but it's the gap that

wasn't plan for adaption purposes, okay. great. great. >> so we have to make sure that cpw steps up. >> reaching out to them now. >> thank you, thank you. i appreciate the report and i appreciate all the engagement that you have received during this entire project and that you know, as i always say we're so lucky to be at the for front of this planning process. thank you all for your hard work. thank you very much. next item please. >> item 13 is new business. >> i've recorded three items for you. the first is for staff to look to see fish processors, we can add those fish processors to our program of relief and we'll get back to you in a future meeting.

possibly the next meeting. second item is to update on past and future funding requests made and my final one is we will look for equitable approach to the kiosk with the cbd and come back to you on director's office report, is there any new business? >> any other new business? seeing none. i can have a motion. >> motion to adjourn. >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> aye. and happy fathers day. >> and juneteenth. >> and juneteenth. music moofk y

african-americans migrated to the san francisco bay area, but bayview hunter's point to work as part of the ship yarding culture and tradition. that is how the black community got its root in this incredible city. a lot migrated to work at the hunter's point shipyard and on the water front >> my family came to san francisco lead my by my great grand mother in 1941. she came like most of the african americans out of the south to the bay area to work in the shipyards during the second world war. overnight years, we people prospered, homeowners it was

thriving for the african-american community. where bayview became the center points for african-american homeownership. >> with the shipyard closing, a lot of jobs left and with the maritime shipping leaving throughout the state. african-americans moved out of san francisco, which was the population is 4% or less of african-americans where 20 years ago it may have been 20%. here the port of san francisco we tried to create many opportunities for are african-americans to participate in contracting in development and jobs. i'm kay book the founder of coffee company. recently opened the flagship coffee shop. this is a full circle for mow to have opened a new cafe here at

the port. also like being welcomed back home again. >> port is the first place they was able to bid and win an opinion contract as a small business owner. when we think about the business of the port, and the maritime, right, that history is really continuing to extend itself in the way they engage with black businesses, black people and other diverse communities that are situated along the waterfront and as we move inward. >> we are looking now at the port of rejuvenating the community. bringing back a kind of economic sip lutz so that the people can go back to the lives they were so well adopted to and building homes and creating families and having churches that were filled. >> i toured crane cove park it is absolutely amazing. this will be a wonderful addition to san francisco. >> i think it is amazing after

having conversations with folk who is live in the community and have been excited and waiting for this p to be realized for years, walking around, seeings the connections to history. the opportunity for folks to utilize the water here is going to be an amazing opportunity for all the families and community and i can't wait for the diversity of opportunity we will see here. >> i'm in the crowd and i'm the owner and founder of spin out fit knows. port reached out to me recently and said they would love to spin out fitness a per of this plan going to 2025. that will be the beginning of you know, this redevelopment of this southern part of san francisco. which is going to be a fantastic. i'm excited about that. >> mission rock is 13 years of city planning and community input to transform a surface parking lot south of the park to a new neighborhood.

it will transfurthermore this area into 1200 homes 40% will be affordable and this is something this we are all excited and proud of. >> having been in the industry for 17 years and seeing a lack of diversity when i joined the port, that was the first thing that i saw that there is a lot of diversity and leadership from the commission. and down through the executive team and then throughout our port. director forbes, commission they have done a good job of making sure the port team reflects not only the city but the people of san francisco and those who visit our water front >> the community. city and private cities working together we with bring the port back to the economic stimulus for people who live here. >> it is important that --

everyone have a role at the port of san francisco and everybody feels welcome [♪♪♪] >> i just don't know that you can find a neighborhood in the city where you can hear music stands and take a ride on the low rider down the street. it is an experience that you can't have anywhere else in san francisco. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> district nine is a in the southeast portion of the city. we have four neighborhoods that i represent. st. mary's park has a completely unique architecture. very distinct feel, and it is a

very close to holly park which is another beautiful park in san francisco. the bernal heights district is unique in that we have the hell which has one of the best views in all of san francisco. there is a swinging hanging from a tree at the top. it is as if you are swinging over the entire city. there are two unique aspects. it is considered the fourth chinatown in san francisco. sixty% of the residents are of chinese ancestry. the second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. there is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the flowers. not only for san francisco but for the region. and of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden gate. many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our.

every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. where we are right now is the mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city. you smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise café. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood and how you can help and support your community. >> twenty-fourth street is the birthplace of the movement. we have over 620 murals. it is the largest outdoor public gallery in the country and possibly the world. >> you can find so much political engagement park next to so much incredible art. it's another reason why we think

this is a cultural district that we must preserve. [♪♪♪] >> it was formed in 2014. we had been an organization that had been around for over 20 years. we worked a lot in the neighborhood around life issues. most recently, in 2012, there were issues around gentrification in the neighborhood. so the idea of forming the cultural district was to help preserve the history and the culture that is in this neighborhood for the future of families and generations. >> in the past decade, 8,000 latino residents in the mission district have been displaced from their community. we all know that the rising cost of living in san francisco has led to many people being displaced. lower and middle income all over the city. because it there is richness in this neighborhood that i also mentioned the fact it is flat and so accessible by trip public

transportation, has, has made it very popular. >> it's a struggle for us right now, you know, when you get a lot of development coming to an area, a lot of new people coming to the area with different sets of values and different culture. there is a lot of struggle between the existing community and the newness coming in. there are some things that we do to try to slow it down so it doesn't completely erase the communities. we try to have developments that is more in tune with the community and more equitable development in the area. >> you need to meet with and gain the support and find out the needs of the neighborhoods. the people on the businesses that came before you. you need to dialogue and show respect. and then figure out how to bring in the new, without displacing the old. [♪♪♪] >> i hope we can reset a lot of the mission that we have lost in the last 20 years. so we will be bringing in a lot

of folks into the neighborhoods pick when we do that, there is a demand or, you know, certain types of services that pertain more to the local community and working-class. >> back in the day, we looked at mission street, and now it does not look and feel anything like mission street. this is the last stand of the latino concentrated arts, culture and cuisine and people. we created a cultural district to do our best to conserve that feeling. that is what makes our city so cosmopolitan and diverse and makes us the envy of the world. we have these unique neighborhoods with so much cultural presence and learnings, that we want to preserve. [♪♪♪]

a city like no other, san francisco has been a beacon of hope, and an ally towards lgbtq equal rights. [♪♪] >> known as the gay capital of america, san francisco has been at the forefront fighting gay civil rights for decades becoming a bedrock for the historical firsts. the first city with the first openly gay bar. the first pride parade. the first city to legalize gay marriage. the first place of the iconic

gay pride flag. established to help cancel policy, programses, and initiatives to support trans and lgbtq communities in san francisco. >> we've created an opportunity to have a seat at the table. where trans can be part of city government and create more civic engagement through our trans advisory committee which advises our office and the mayor's office. we've also worked to really address where there's gaps across services to see where we can address things like housing and homelessness, low income, access to small businesses and employment and education. so we really worked across the board as well as meeting overall policies. >> among the priorities, the

office of transgender initiatives also works locally to track lgbtq across the country. >> especially our young trans kids and students. so we do a lot of work to make sure we're addressing and naming those anti-trans policies and doing what we can to combat them. >> trans communities often have not been included at the policy levels at really any level whether that's local government, state government. we've always had to fend for ourselves and figure out how to care for our own communities. so an office like this can really show and become a model for the country on how to really help make sure that our entire community is served by the city and that we all get opportunities to participate because, in the end, our entire community is stronger.

>> the pandemic underscored many of the inequities they experienced on a daily basis. nonetheless, this health crisis also highlighted the strength in the lgbtq and trans community. >> several of our team members were deployed as part of the work at the covid command center and they did incredit able work there both in terms of navigation and shelter-in-place hotels to other team members who led equity and lgbtq inclusion work to make sure we had pop-up testing and information sites across the city as well as making sure that data collection was happening. we had statewide legislation that required that we collected information on sexual orientation and our team worked so closely with d.p.h. to make sure those questions were included at testing site but also throughout the whole network of care.

part of the work i've had a privilege to be apart of was to work with o.t.i. and a community organization to work together to create a coalition that met monthly to make sure we worked together and coordinated as much as we could to lgbtq communities in the city. >> partnering with community organizations is key to the success of this office ensuring lgbtq and gender nonconforming people have access to a wide range of services and places to go where they will be respected. o.t.i.'s trans advisory committee is committed to being that voice. >> the transgender advisory counsel is a group of amazing community leaders here in san francisco. i think we all come from all walks of life, very diverse, different backgrounds, different expertises, and i think it's just an amazing group of people that have a vision to make san francisco a

true liberated city for transgender folks. >> being apart of the grou allows us to provide more information on the ground. we're allowed to get. and prior to the pandemic, there's always been an issue around language barriers and education access and workforce development. now, of course, the city has been more invested in to make sure our community is thriving and making sure we are mobilizing. >> all of the supervisors along with mayor london breed know that there's still a lot to be done and like i said before, i'm just so happy to live in a city where they see trans folks and recognize us of human beings and know that we deserve

to live with dignity and respect just like everybody else. >> being part of the trans initiative has been just a great privilege for me and i feel so lucky to have been able to serve for it for so far over three years. it's the only office of its kind and i think it's a big opportunity for us to show the country or the world about things we can do when we really put a focus on transgender issues and transgender communities. and when you put transgender people in leadership positions. >> thank you, claire. and i just want to say to claire farly who is the leader of the office of transgender initiatives, she has really taken that role to a whole other level and is currently a grand marshal for this year's s.f. prize. so congratulations, claire. >> my dream is to really look at where we want san francisco to be in the future. how can we have a place where

we have transliberation, quality, and inclusion, and equity across san francisco? and so when i look five years from now, ten years from now, i want us to make sure that we're continuing to lead the country in being the best that we can be. not only are we working to make sure we have jobs and equal opportunity and pathways to education, employment, and advancement, but we're making sure we're taking care of our most impacted communities, our trans communities of color, trans women of color, and black trans women. and we're making sure we're addressing the barriers of the access to health care and mental health services and we're supporting our seniors who've done the work and really be able to age in place and have access to the services and resources they deserve. so there's so much more work to do, but we're really proud of the work that we've done so far. [♪♪]

when i shoot chinatown, i shoot the architecture that people not just events, i shoot what's going on in daily life and everything changes. murals, graffiti, store opening. store closing. the bakery. i shoot anything and everything in chinatown. i shoot daily life. i'm a crazy animal. i'm shooting for fun.

that's what i love. >> i'm frank jane. i'm a community photographer for the last i think about 20 years. i joined the chinese historical society. it was a way i could practice my society and i can give the community memories. i've been practicing and get to know everybody and everybody knew me pretty much documenting the history i don't just shoot events. i'm telling a story in whatever photos that i post on facebook, it's just like being there from front to end, i do a good job and i take hundreds and

hundreds of photos. and i was specializing in chinese american history. i want to cover what's happening in chinatown. what's happening in my community. i shoot a lot of government officials. i probably have thousands of photos of mayor lee and all the dignitaries. but they treat me like one of the family members because they see me all the time. they appreciate me. even the local cops, the firemen, you know, i feel at home. i was born in chinese hospital 1954. we grew up dirt poor. our family was lucky to grew up. when i was in junior high, i had a degree in hotel management restaurant. i was working in the restaurant

business for probably about 15 years. i started when i was 12 years old. when i got married, my wife had an import business. i figured, the restaurant business, i got tired of it. i said come work for the family business. i said, okay. it's going to be interesting and so interesting i lasted for 30 years. i'm married i have one daughter. she's a registered nurse. she lives in los angeles now. and two grandsons. we have fun. i got into photography when i was in junior high and high school. shooting cameras. the black and white days, i was able to process my own film. i wasn't really that good because you know color film and processing was expensive and i kind of left it alone for about

30 years. i was doing product photography for advertising. and kind of got back into it. everybody said, oh, digital photography, the year 2000. it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody. everybody on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant, it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in.

i shot the supermarket. you know, and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant, it's 50 years old. i said, yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography, that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive

it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they don't care. >> i want to see you. >> it's not a keepsake. there's no memories behind it. everybody's sticking in the cloud. they lose it, who cares. but, you know, i care. >> last september of 2020, i had a minor stroke, and my daughter caught it on zoom. i was having a zoom call for my grand kids. and my daughter and my these little kids said, hey, you sound strange. yeah. i said i'm not able to speak

properly. they said what happened. my wife was taking a nap and my daughter, she called home and said he's having a stroke. get him to the hospital. five minutes later, you know, the ambulance came and took me away and i was at i.c.u. for four days. i have hundreds of messages wishing me get well soon. everybody wished that i'm okay and back to normal. you know, i was up and kicking two weeks after my hospital stay. it was a wake-up call. i needed to get my life in order and try to organize things especially organize my photos. >> probably took two million photos in the last 20 years.

i want to donate to an organization that's going to use it. i'm just doing it from the heart. i enjoy doing it to give back to the community. that's the most important. give back to the community. >> it's a lot for the community. >> i was a born hustler. i'm too busy to slow down. i love what i'm doing. i love to be busy. i go nuts when i'm not doing anything. i'm 67 this year. i figured 70 i'm ready to retire. i'm wishing to train a couple for photographers to take over my place. the younger generation, they have a passion, to document the history because it's going to be forgotten in ten years, 20

years, maybe i will be forgotten when i'm gone in a couple years but i want to be remembered for my work and, you know, photographs will be a remembrance. i'm frank jane. i'm a community photographer. this is my story. >> when you're not looking, frank's there. he'll snap that and then he'll send me an e-mail or two and they're always the best. >> these are all my p

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thank you for watching and for doing your part to serve with effectiveness, transparency and integrity. >> in case there is is a as a society we've basically failed big portion of our population if you think about the basics of food, shelter safety a lot of people don't have any of those i'm mr. cookie can't speak for all the things but i know say, i have ideas how we can address the food issue. >> open the door and walk through that don't just stand looking out. >> as they grew up in in a how

would that had access to good food and our parent cooked this is how you feed yours this is not happening in our country this is a huge pleasure i'm david one of the co-founder so about four year ago we worked with the serviced and got to know the kid one of the things we figured out was that they didn't know how to cook. >> i heard about the cooking school through the larkin academy a. >> their noting no way to feed themselves so they're eating a lot of fast food and i usually eat whatever safeway is near my home a lot of hot food i was excited that i was eating lunch enough instead of what and eat. >> as i was inviting them over

teaching them basic ways to fix good food they were so existed. >> particle learning the skills and the food they were really go it it turned into the is charity foundation i ran into my friend we were talking about this this do you want to run this charity foundations and she said, yes. >> i'm a co-found and executive director for the cooking project our best classes participation for 10 students are monday they're really fun their chief driven classes we have a different guest around the city they're our stand alone cola's we had a series or series still city of attorney's office style

of classes our final are night life diners. >> santa barbara shall comes in and helps us show us things and this is one the owners they help us to socialize and i've been here about a year. >> we want to be sure to serve as many as we can. >> the san francisco cooking school is an amazing amazing partner. >> it is doing that in that space really elevates the space for the kids special for the chief that make it easy for them to come and it really makes the experience pretty special. >> i'm sutro sue set i'm a chief 2, 3, 4 san francisco. >> that's what those classes afford me the opportunity it breakdown the barriers and is this is not scary this is our

choice about you many times this is a feel good what it is that you give them is an opportunity you have to make it seem like it's there for them for the taking show them it is their and they can do that. >> hi, i'm antonio the chief in san francisco. >> the majority of kids at that age in order to get them into food they need to see something simple and the evidence will show and easy to produce i want to make sure that people can do it with a bowl and spoon and burner and one pan. >> i like is the receipts that are simple and not feel like it's a burden to make foods the

cohesives show something eased. >> i go for vera toilet so someone can't do it or its way out of their range we only use 6 ingredients i can afford 6 ingredient what good is showing you them something they can't use but the sovereignties what are you going to do more me you're not successful. >> we made a vegetable stir-fry indicators he'd ginger and onion that is really affordable how to balance it was easy to make the food we present i loved it if i having had access to a kitchen i'd cook more. >> some of us have never had a

kitchen not taught how to cookie wasn't taught how to cook. >> i have a great appreciation for programs that teach kids food and cooking it is one of the healthiest positive things you can communicate to people that are very young. >> the more programs like the cooking project in general that can have a positive impact how our kids eat is really, really important i believe that everybody should venting to utilize the kitchen and meet other kids their age to identify they're not alone and their ways in which to pick yours up and move forward that. >> it is really important to me the opportunity exists and so i do everything in my power to

keep it that. >> we'll have our new headquarters in the heart of the tenderloin at taylor and kushlg at the end of this summer 2014 we're really excited. >> a lot of the of the conditions in san francisco they have in the rest of the country so our goal to 257bd or expand out of the san francisco in los angeles and then after that who know. >> we'd never want to tell people want to do or eat only provide the skills and the tools in case that's something people are 2rrd in doing. >> you can't buy a box of psyche you have to put them in the right vein and direction with the right kids with a right place address time those kids don't have this you have to instill they can do it they're

good enough now to finding out figure out and find the future for >> hello everyone i'm san francisco mayor alondon breed and excited to be here with members of the board of supervisor and different commune taiz to talk about the healthy, safe and vibrant san francisco bond! [applause] now, just to give you some perspective, these bonds, the way that our sit ahas been very responsible with the capital plan, we go through a process to insure that our crt