inside of that lease. you wore this fiduciaries. that building is your responsibility, that concession is your responsibility, and if you put out the least that i read, you will regret it, because it is full holes. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. >> next speaker, please? >> good evening, commissioners. first, respectfully, the 115,000 they offered is a canard. i will offer $315,000 under the same terms and conditions. however, that would be bad for the community and bad for san francisco. but if that is what the city once, we will raise it $100,000. that is a canard.

aside from that, i think you. thank you very much, and i would like to submit this long list of people who say we represent truth, justice, and the american way, environmental organizations and that sort of thing. >> thank you. >> is there any other public comment on this item, please? if there is anyone else, please come forward now. >> good evening, commissioners. i have a variety of comments. >> is there a market of trading minutes out there i am not aware of? >> absolutely. >> go ahead. >> i sat through these meetings. i am surprised, there were only

a couple of commissioners there who were interested in landmark status. i think what the staff has presented is not quite accurate. second, you have a letter from the golden gate audubon society about the international audubon, which apparently is not a good organization to listen to. they supported the golf course that killed federally listed endangered species and i hope this organization will be taken off the list. the truth about talking about letters that you get, i am very concerned, one of the letters was from the fisherman's wharf wax museum. what is that? i we talking about the modification of the boat house? -- are we talking about the mummification of the boat house? >> you cannot control where the letters come from. >> i know that staff is beating

the bushes to get these letters. i think it is weird. >> be nice to the staff. >> it is their job. >> my last comment, this points to the trend to make golden gate park a tourist attraction, letters from the visitor's bureau. idoes not what golden gate park is there for. all of the testimony that you have heard today is people's love for their parks and the institutions. you are taking a course that i think is affecting us in a very unfortunate matter. you will not have any money next year. you need the people's support and you need to think about this very carefully. thank you. >> thank you. >> is there any other public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner lee?

>> i want to back up to the gentleman who just spoke. just a moment ago, you offered to increase your guaranteed minimum right to $300,000, which would be double what the minimum rent is on this. >> what? i don't remember that. i offered $315,000 straight on exactly the same terms and conditions. if you allow me to sell cost of food and have boats that are 60 years old, if you allow me to run it in the same way, if you tell me you did not what the store renovation, you don't want me to take the oil and jumped and everything out of there and return it to the historical integrity, if you don't want us to implement all of the environmental measures that make

it something special and raise the level and standard for all national parks at, then yes, i am raising the ante. i am telling you what the mcclellans are offering. he looked like a really smart man. just look at their offer. you will know that what we're offering is something totally different and much better. respectfully. >> nick, have you study this proposal? and what mr. ortega is considering. is there some halfway point, perhaps, where we can increase the guaranteed minimum rent and also have the type of concession that we as a commission want? >> yeah, so just to back up, the rfq the commission approved in december of last year poor air

ties capital improvements of the building -- prioritize the capital improvements of the building. there were no financial terms included in the rfq because we wanted to get a concessionaire that was willing, able, and committed to restoring the historic stow lake boat house. we negotiated a contract with ortega that while we think certainly meets all of the commission's request regarding the improvements it makes the improvement and renovation and restoration of the still like boat house also has an aggressive right package. we would see a year one increase of 33%. the direction staff has consistently received from this body is we should prioritize the capital investment there. the idea of reducing that capital investment and

increasing the capital needs is not one that staff has pursued. commissioner lee: this is the first i have heard this offer from mr. ortega. that is why i have asked if when discussing bill weast be discussed the possibility -- when you were discussing this police you discuss this possibility and are we getting the best deal? >> we evaluate whether we are getting the best deal that we could, and we feel that staff firmly believes that would follow the commission's direction the negotiating a contract that has aggressive for rent coupled with not only upfront capital improvement costs but also ongoing maintenance budget, a dedicated budget. >> let me interrupt. i think what is being said by mr. ortega, if he matched apples to apples with the existing

operator, that he could offer more moneyb. itut the rfp and the direction from this commission was to upgrade the food and the building and the service. he is saying having done that, he is giving to proposal that is in front of us. so i think that is a fair statement. we are improving from our own edict certain aspects of this, and i don't think it is a smart idea tonight to try to renegotiate the lease. commissioner lee: i am not suggesting that, but -- >> but that was the point, you are comparing apples to oranges if you think his number and their number are the same. commissioner lee: for clarification, i did vote against the rfq for that reason, because i felt that when we took the vote that emphasis should be placed on the rent.

that is why when we take a vote, i intend to vote against adoption of this, for that reason and others. president buell: thank you. are there any other questions? the three motion? it has been moved and seconded. all of those in favor? >> aye. president buell: opposed? commissioner lrr id oppodrf. -- commissionlee is opposed. >> we are on item number 13. public comment.

president buell: we're going to have some public comment. >> to so i don't have to keep repeating myself, if he could direct staff that future agenda items include discussion of the status of the environmental review in every action that comes before you, and if there is documentation, whether it is eir < whenever the documentation, that is included in your packet and properly before you as the decision

makers on discretionary actions within ceqa. that would be quite helpful. president buell: we would expect nothing less than the staff informing us of any ceqa or environmental implications on in the decision. there is a great dispute by everybody about what projects require it what type of ceqa review. it is not the intent of the commission to ask the staff to address that on every particular issue, but only those that are applicable from the staff's if you point to have ceqa review, and i would expect that we get it. if we are not, i would say we're not getting the staff service we deserve. >> i agree, and there may be a change in local law that would actually required that more specifically. president buell: make us aware of it and we will ask our attorneys to inform us what is

appropriate. >> i appreciate the dialogue on this. although you have had a very long meeting and many people did not agree with decision you made, i felt this was conducted very respectfully and that you were a liberal in terms of time and in gauged in some dialogue, which not all commissions do. the past has not always been that way, and i appreciate the work all of you are doing. i would not be surprised, however, if the charter amendment to restructure this commission comes back if there is further debate about the merits of your decision. it be that as it may, i just appreciate the manner in which your deliberations were conducted. president buell: i appreciate your comment. thank you. >> anyone else would like to make general public comment? item 13 is closed. item 14, commissioners matters. and the commissioners matters?

any public comment on the item 14? seeing none, 14 is closed. item 15 is new business agenda setting. commissioners? vice president harrison: i would like to have placed on the agenda at a discussion on community gardens and oversight. >> ok, is there any public comment on this? singleton, 15 is closed. 16 is communications. is there any public comment on 16? seeing none, 16 is closed. at 17 is adjournment. president buell: so moved. >> second. president buell: so moved and secondeded. thank you, one and all.