being under way and being worked on. there will be a flurry of activity and a large team of people working on this to bring this to you in september. >> if i'm not mistaken, you submitted another design in march. do you have a sense of where that is going to stand or shift dramatically? clearly at some point you have to come up with the final design. >> what we did is we took 18 different site plans. we turned things around and thought of different levels of office and different types of office and different levels of residential and so forth. we played around with the site plan to keep the values intact that were well endorsed by the public. but what different configurations could we make if we moved from a million square

feet to 1.5 million square feet? what would it look like if we had one office campus? what would it look like if we had three? we invited the port staff to look at the different iterations and began to whittle down some of the ones that were not favor them look at the different aspects of the ones that had promised. what we intend to do this summer is produce a site plan that is the best of all of them, but also indicate that there will be variants in that and we will have to make certain assumptions and have a flexible entitlement situation where we might study more than one vision or a greater envelope than one vision. those divisions are based in certain assumptions that might

change because of the market conditions. we have an entity interested in 500,000 square feet of office, we would work with them to incorporate their vision, so it is an ongoing process. in september, we anticipate a vision on paper that everyone can understand and the assumptions we can understand with the caveat that things may change relative to more office, less residential or vice versa. but the value and retail thinking will be maintained in the project. >> we are trying to be responsible about how we're going forward with that look at different types of iterations based on a different -- based on different market forces. >> once a project is entitled,

do you get with ballroom within those entitlements? >> it depends on how we approach the rezoning. it is currently zoned open space from an earlier version of the plan. we envision a comprehensive rezoning effort. we have not fully determined which path we are going to follow. there are various zoning methodologies we could approach that could form based zoning that are flexible. the point is well taken that what ever resoundingly pursue on that site will have to be flexible because it's such a large site that the concept of master plan issues worried have flexibility to adjust. >> just all little addition to

respond to your question -- you say you are holding to the streets and we want to have a certain amount of open space that can be shared by all. but then we get someone who wants a small grouping of office buildings. there is a way within the plan they could get their own private spaces as well as the shared spaces and different sizes of the configurations and if we had three quarters of this street that are absolutely said that another quarter might have flexibility, that's the kind of thing we need. in terms of program, a model might be treasure island. we have a program for that area and there has been flexibility as to how you can build some of less behalf flexibility but you know what the total volume this. there are a number of models in

the city used to allow for justice long term development potential. >> i had to other questions. the 2600 parking spaces, how many are currently considered? >> we have about 3500 parking spaces for the ballpark. we opened with about 5500 parking spaces. the total of 2650 was based on having 2000 available for all park patrons because there and other users on the site, residents that have parking and people who want to use retail. there'll be more parking available than just the 2000 dedicated for all park users. we anticipate the garage will be used for office users and

visitors during the night and it will be more economically effective. we will have less parking in the south than we do now and we are convinced this is an amount of parking that is enough that we can continue to attract fans to the ball games from santa cruz, sacramento, santa rosa and all the different places people come from that don't necessarily have the sea access by public transportation. we have 15 to 20 minute walk zones so people have other opportunities. we are keeping our eye on it and we lot parking resources to be used multiple times by office users and a ball park patron at night so that we could have the council responsible. it is based on a balanced approach where we encourage the use of public transportation resources but provide enough parking that people need to

drive, that is the pattern they choose. we do not have a huge negative impact on people's accessibility to the ballpark. it is a balanced, responsible approach that we have and we think we can essentially shrink the footprint of the parking to the size of the parking structure and enable us to build on most of the site and generate financial return and do it in a strategic way so that you can realize economic benefit because people are walking through and enjoying the experience is on their way to the ballpark, much as they do today. with all the other businesses and restaurants. >> it goes without saying there will be an eye toward following

the state of the art green building practices, energy efficiency, water reclamation? >> yes. we know that we need to meet the studies expectations with respect to sustainable development and that will be part of what we are about in this project. >> any other questions or comments? >> thank you for the update. i'm looking forward to the new concept. >> thank you. >> item number 10, new business. any public comment on new business? >> item 11, public comment? any public comment on public comment request or can i have a motion to adjourn? meeting adjourned at 4:26.

>> good morning, everyone. i am the president of the asian art museum foundation and vice chair of the asian arts commission. welcome to the asian art museum. the museum's collections and programs represent more than 40 countries in asia and span more

than 6000 years of history. our mission is to lead a global audience in discovering asian art and culture. so we are thrilled that san francisco will host the third apex senior's meeting in september. we hope to welcome many attendees to the museum and offer a place where they can relax and learn and feel at home. so please tell them about this wonderful museum and the wonderful programs going on at that time. we thank the city of san francisco, state of california, and other partners for bringing this event to the bay area and the bay area council for making this a success. we look forward to further strengthening our ties to asia. it is now my pleasure to introduce san francisco mayor edwin lee. mayor li was sworn into office in january and became -- lee was

sworn into office in january and became the first asian american mayor of san francisco. as a commissioner, i had the pleasure of attending a commissioners' meeting, and i have to attest, the meeting started and ended on time. so thank you, mayor. without further ado, please join me in welcoming mayor lee. [applause] >> thank you. thank you all for coming here today. it is actually quite appropriate and exciting that we are here at the asian art museum to make this announcement and let you know how excited i am, how excited the city family is to host the preliminary meeting before the apec conference. there will be a series of meetings and a number of delegates coming to san

francisco, and the most important part is the women's economic summit that will be launched here that will have gatherings of hundreds of people to advise on world economy and how we can reduce trade deficits as well as trade barriers to our partners, the 21-member apec membership. when you realize what the membership is, what it means, not only to our bay area, to the things we are producing now, but to the whole country, you realize it is so important at this conference succeed in all of its goals. when you realize the members of the apec members, the country they represent, 55% of the global close -- global gross domestic product. 8% of our own exports are

exported to these countries. literally, half of the top 15 partners in apec our major companies of the united states, and that we are trade partners with over half of them. when you realize those numbers, you understand why it is important and what the significance is that the preliminary meetings take place in san francisco. i am excited because not only do i get to be mayor during this time. i have been so fortunate to have met our president three times, but now to welcome our secretary of state as she launches one of the most important -- i have watched her career for many years and i know how dedicated she is about the world economy and what we can do better as a country. as secretary of state, i know she will greatly benefit from

the environment of san francisco and the bay area. we have met with the ambassador this morning, with the state department, in preparation with our bay area council partners. we have begun specific deliberations, in partnership with the business community and with departments. we are going to do this in a way where we are used to, and very high world-class events. make sure that the delegates now, coming to san francisco is not only a beautiful place to be in. it is also reestablishing our status as the gateway to the pacific. that has been a repeating a theme of my tenure here as mayor. we are not only doing things better locally, we are also positioning ourselves globally. that is why we are working more closely with our business

partners. most, if not everyone of them, do not want to be just a san francisco or bay area company. they want to be the global headquarters for law whole pacific rim that will lead them to other partnerships throughout the world. that is what being in san francisco is about. it leads to so many other great things. so i want to present to you today that our interests, our effort here will be top-notch. that we look at this as an addition to the biggest convention to be used to hosting, but we are also going to let people know this is the proper place for these kinds of meetings. when you look at the history of san francisco, how we have positioned ourselves in the early 1930's and signing the united nations charter, understanding our role in the world, as well as the status of

the economy today, we know we want to reposition ourselves again with a new, green economy. all the things we are doing in mission bay, all the things we're doing with businesses in silicon valley, the east bay, all is reflective of how important these meetings will be and how important the apec conference will be in november in honolulu. we look forward to working with our state department officials, all of our protocol personnel, and bay area council to raise the level of awareness. you will see me attending a lot of the events because i get excited. i know department heads will also be excited to work together to provide high level safety, but at the same time, welcome and create an environment where attendees will

submit the best ideas there are two further reductions of trade barriers and to make sure issues, including issues of women and their role in the economy, and the economy itself, as a world economy, begins to have high attention and san francisco will be a place where this can happen. it will happen in the most inviting and will come when a. i want to thank the state department for choosing san francisco. it is a unique selection for us, but one that we are ready for. i know all of you will be excited to participate and to sponsor all of the wonderful the events in september. thank you. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. i and the u.s. ambassador to the

asia-pacific economic cooperation. although i am based in washington and manage the operations, set the agenda for negotiations through apec to try to achieve our goals. but i would like to do this morning is outlined a little bit about how the u.s. views apec, the importance we put on this institution, and then plans for activities in san francisco. at the end of my briefing, we will hand out some slides that give that detailed information for you all to draw upon. asia-pacific economic forum is the premier location for discussion and negotiation and pushing the agenda for economic integration in the asia-pacific region. this is a critical for the u.s. government. the asia-pacific is the growth center of the planet. as mayor lee out line, apec

represents more than half of the global economy, almost half of the population in the world. the united states needs to link our economy more closely to the asia-pacific economy in order to experience the kind of growth we want to have in the future. in that regard, there is a very important aspect that i want you to take home and understand today. it is also the most open forum for private sector participation that exists on the planet. there are multiple opportunities throughout the discussions for private-sector people to participate directly in the dialogue that takes place within apec and also to provide ideas and have influence on the outcomes, which we hope to achieve through the course of the year. we have outlined three themes for apec in 2011. being host of apec also means

that we are the chair. that mean we set the agenda and the side what proposals are -- decide what proposals are put on the table and then tried to bring around the other economies to our point of view. they also offer their perspectives and we negotiate out, which will hopefully drive for the substantive policy agenda. the three we have outlined for the year are strengthening regional economic integration and standing trade. of course, the central purpose of a pack as an organization. green growth and regulatory cooperation. on the regional economic peace, the most important agenda for the year is deciding upon a set of next generation invest in issues. figure out strategies for pursuing those in the future. many of you are aware that the u.s. is currently negotiating a free-trade agreement with apec

economies. it is called the trans-pacific partnership. that agreement builds upon the u. s-career free trade agreement -- u.s.-korea free trade agreement. apec has adopted this next- generation trade agenda. we hope to use apec to socialize these ideas, get broader agreement about the importance of the agenda, and seek to drive the operations of regional economic operations. in the green growth area, we are also putting an emphasis on trade with specific proposals on trade and environmental goods and services, specific issues like manufacturing, and demonstration of vehicles. we are pushing an agenda on the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies, on combating illegal

forestry. a rich again on the green growth fund. finally, on enhancing regulatory cooperation, we are looking for economies to establish a framework with us for identifying all opportunities for regulations to be brought closer together on monday apec economies at an earlier stage in order to avoid the trade barriers. back to the meetings themselves. we have four rounds this year. the u.s. took a strategy of squeezing everything into four rounds. japan had over one dozen last year. we found that that resulted in a lot of travel. we started in washington. tomorrow morning, i will be going too big sky, montana for our second round. our biggest round, preliminary to the leaders meeting in november in hawaii, is the one here in san francisco.

two weeks packed with a number of important meetings, high- level meetings, and the degree of private sector participation is the highest in our set of san francisco meetings. we realize the bay area, in particular, has such a rich body of u.s. companies. it is also an area of great interest to foreign companies as well. we expect strong attendance from the private sector from overseas and also hoping to get a lot of for dissipation from the bay area private-sector. to outline the offense -- and you will get a hand out with this -- on september 13 and 14, there will be an energy transport ministerial conference, cochaired by secretary to from the energy department, secretary lahood from the department of transportation. this is a unique event. by bringing these two sets of government officials together,

energy efficiency and transportation officials, we hope to set a new agenda in the region for energy-efficient transportation. we have a lot of interest in this opportunity. from september 14 through 17, the women in economies summit. this is such an important event. my boss, secretary clinton, will be chairing it. but it is also a unique opportunity for apec to set the agenda for how the economies of the region should endeavor to increase women on entrepreneurship and women's participation director region. we expect this set of meetings to result in a set of findings which will then be in north by the leaders in hawaii to establish a new understanding throughout the region on how to pursue issues in this area.

lorraine is going to give you a more detailed briefing on the meeting in a moment. another one to highlight is the health systems innovation dialogue on september 16 and 17, which will also involve senior government officials as well as private sector officials, the focus on public health challenges, as well as strengthening health systems and how they operate. the secure trade in the apec region conference will be held on the timber 18 and 19 with a focus on supply chain connectivity and making trade secure at the same time as making its move and effective. high-level meeting on innovation trade and technology will take place on timber 19 and 20. it is particularly a corporate for the bay area because of the strong i.t. sector in this region. we expect a lot of private sector participation in this opportunity, which will focus on establishing a set of principles for the proper

handling, proper policies surrounding information technology and the asia-pacific region. there will be a senior disaster management officials forum on september 21 and 23. this will get above normal attention, i believe, because of the tragedies which recently happened in japan and other countries in the region. we are hearing a lot of interest from around the apec region to redouble the efforts of the organization on disaster preparedness and response. finally, i wanted to highlight the senior official meeting. this whole process of the senior official meeting happens on september 25 and 26, where we will wrap up all of these conclusions and try to package them up and have them ready for the apec leaders in hawaii. so really, a broad agenda. i hope i have been able to convey a sense -- private sector

participation is extremely welcome. a broad, long agenda. there are opportunities for all of you to get involved and participate. so thank you for this opportunity. thank you to the museum for hosting us in this location. i look for to discussion with you all later. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. i also want to thank the mayor and city of san francisco, as well as the state of california, for being the host of this briefing, as well as for the women in the economy summit, which we also call the wes. i am really a california girl, despite my new york accent and federal title. i spent 25 years in the bay

area. i worked with echelon. this is a great opportunity for me to be involved with all of my old friends and to make this event a world-class success. i am also pleased to be due -- joining our ambassador for women's issues. most notably, secretary clinton, who will be here to lead the women in the economy summit, which happened on september 13 through 16. as many of you know, secretary clinton, her legacy issue is women economic empowerment. we are really delighted to have her here, putting the power of her focus on this event. it is a unique opportunity. as the ambassador mentioned, in keeping with the increased focus on private-public

partnerships, wes will be the premier event to bring hundreds of private and public sector leaders focused on a dialogue that forces begin -- women's economic empowerment among the apec economies. wes will be developing a set of policy recommendations that will be delivered to the apec economy leaders meeting scheduled in honolulu. the wes forum will integrate women more fully into the planning of apec and policy development. the event is designed for private sector leaders representing multinational corporations, sme's, academics, civil society, as well as senior government officials responsible for setting the internio