developer's expect -- perspective they allow us to delay our funding of it. other times, it would be a significant hit. we have been under dress for the past seven months. during the past seven months, we have not been a bit too many of our housing activity that we would have been. as a result, it will really impact the future pipeline. the work we should have been doing in the past nine months, we are doing to prepare for the housing construction that would have been happening in january 2012. so we will see the bigger impact in the next coming year. i cannot say today that i cannot build housing that will start september 1. a lot of the critical that work should have happened by now --

redevelopment work that should happen by now. supervisor mirkarimi: other cities and counties looking to retain their read development designation. does that mean that the others are going to go away? >> frankly, many do not have the funds. san francisco does not take all our titled tax increment. we only bonn for products that we think will be immediate. we do not maximize on all of our abilities to get bond proceeds for tax increment. there are some -- i understand san jose had made some poor decisions and made some debt obligations to the city. there were some precarious market conditions that really excited their demise. smaller redevelopment agencies that do not operate like us would be entirely eliminated because they will not have the

funds available to make this payment. supervisor chu: thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. just one comment and question. in terms of the longevity -- and this is a conversation that we can have when items comes back to us. if we make a one-time payment, it will be substantial. one thing to consider is, does that mean make it to keep the development agency in perpetuity? in three years, could the legislature come back and abolish redevelopment? that is something that we need to address in the next presentation. finally, a question on a lawsuit. i know there is a pending claim by the state redevelopment agency. does that impact this proposal, going forward? >> a lawsuit that was found by the league of cities, counsel association is challenging the

legality of ab27, 26. it does lend itself to some uncertainty. as of now, some of the bond counsel is hasn't to -- hesitant to opine on whether we should be able to issue bonds prior to the resolution of the lawsuit. that further suspends some of the uncertainty we face. we will know a little bit more later on, the bending on whether it gets heard in the supreme court or not, how fast that is accelerated. it really is making a huge impact to our work and our ability to contract, and our existing contracts as well. given the additional time, we will have more certainty when a comeback in august and september, to have a more

detailed discussion. we will also have better numbers for you. at some point, we may also have better tax rolls, assessed values. then we will know the status of the lawsuit, and if any changes will be made to the current bill. there was some speculation that there could be some cleanup language. but we hope to have more information on those two things, and will go into detail discussion. supervisor chu: thank you. this item does not have a budget analyst thought reports -- budget analyst's report on it. i know we open this item up to the public. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? >> i just saw an item that looked just like you and walked just like you and i knew that it grew turn the city on its corner,

call out your name i knew it felt the same and it grew and it grew fix it up, won't you and all the schools fix it up, " you take my redevelopment away blues all this item, everything to me fix it up, " you please fix it up, won't you you will take away my redevelopment blues. supervisor chu: thank you very much. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor kim? supervisor kim: i am one of the

co-sponsors of this resolution but i think it is important that we move forward with our intent. and our commitment to continuing our rid of all the projects in the city. there are many important projects that are important to many of our neighborhoods, including district 6. so i am very committed to this. it is an unfortunate situation that we find ourselves in, but i look forward to seeing how this moves forward with all the moving pieces. i do think it is important we move forward and keep redevelopment, here in san francisco. supervisor chu: thank you. colleagues, can we send this item forward to the full board with recommendations? ok, that will be the case. do we have any other items before us? >> that completes the agenda. supervisor chu: thank you. i believe this is the last meeting until we come back from

court recess. happy vacation to everybody. thank you. we are adjourned.

>> is housed in a spectacular building described by the world renowned architect. it is the san francisco destination for provocative expositions and programs that explore culture, history, art, and ideas. the director of cultural affairs told us more about the mission and to give us a tour of the latest exposition. ♪ >> today we find ourselves of the contemporary jewish museum. with me is the director of the museum. >> i am so happy you are here

today. >> we're getting close to a milestone for the museum. it is your third anniversary coming up. >> it is. you were here to help cut the ribbon. it has been an extraordinary journey ever since. we welcome hundreds of thousands of people into the building. we welcome school groups, interests -- tourists. >> the addition of the museum to the cultural pantheons of san francisco has been phenomenon. you have fabulous exhibits. there is one i want to talk about, "seeing gertrude stein." >> gertrude stein is a local woman. she was raised in oakland. she was an extraordinary individual who helped create -- many people call for the mother of modernism. years ago, i was introduced to someone doing research on her. i thought it would be an

extraordinary exposition to take her and understand her at all for complexity. that is what we have on view during the summer of 2011. >> it is full of wonderful drawings, paintings, and sculpture. >> there is incredible art on view. we have photographs. we have sculpture. we have a lot of different things. we have a little something made for her by picasso. there are five different ways of looking at her life. it is not in chronological installation. it is looking at how she is portrayed in help artists, painters, and photographers presented her and how she

thought about her own style and presentation. many people think she always had short hair. it was not until she was 52 that she cut off all of her hair. the second element is called "domestic stein." alice b. toklas was her lifelong partner. they had several different homes. we know about their home in paris, the famous salon. you get a taste of what their domestic life was like. >> one thing recreated is the fabulous wallpaper. the black-and-white photos do not convey the color. >> in doing a lot of research, you discover a little tidbits. with an exhibition, at the find ways to make it come together. we found beautiful photographs of the interior of their home. then we found a tiny scrap of the wallpaper.

we saw how blue and vibrant it was. we had a designer recreate the image of the wallpaper. we had it made into wallpaper so we could all experience what it would have been like to be in their home. it is dynamic and fantastic. they seem very monochromatic because you only know them through black-and-white photographs, but they had such a vibrant life. that is what the exhibition is also trying to show. the third one is the art of friendship. picasso and matisse were part of their second family. there were people she admired and worked with. we introduced the visitors to her second family in a sense. the fourth story is called celebrity stein. what a lot of people do not know is when she left united

states in the early 1900's, she only came back once in 1934. we also have a section of every single first edition book she ever published. >> it is incredible to see all the first edition books. >> it is really impressive to realize not only was she a grand dame of paris, but she had an incredible writing practice. she was a prolific writer. the fifth level really looks at her legacy and how artists continue to be inspired by her image, work, and concept. >> this is a compelling reason for people to visit the jewish museum. you also have life and theater. >> we are a non-collecting

museum. any time you walk in the building, you will always be treated to a range of very different and wonderful exhibitions. in our first floor exhibition space, we have an exhibition on the work of charlotte sullivan. she was a young artist in berlin. the nazis came into power. her parents sent her to the south of france to live with her grandparents. she put herself in a room for about 18 months and created 1200 small paintings telling her life story through a kind of reflection. it is another example of the way we try to bring a wide range of art and experiences to our public. we want them to find something meaningful to them. >> your institution has been in this neighborhood for three years. how do you like the neighborhood? >> this is the best neighborhood.

we are the luckiest city in the world to have this kind of cultural district, to have so many museums and cultural institutions. the center of our tourist life is here because this is where the convention center is. people from near and far can be introduced to the richness of the bay area. it is so wonderful and unique. >> the city thanks you for providing such wonderful leadership and vision. >> we're so happy to be part of the city and so honored to be part of "culture wire." >> to learn more about the exhibition and other upcoming events, visit the website. thank you for watching "culture

>> meeting is called to order. >> [roll call] >> i into, approval of minutes of the july 122012 meeting. >> seconded. all in favor? >> please be advised that the

ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound- producing electronic device. please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent public comments on each agenda item unless the port commission adopts a shorter period on any item. -for a, executive director of report. >> good morning, members of staff. please except our gratitude for making time for this meeting. unfortunately, it could not be held of the regular meeting time, so i want to thank everyone for changing their schedule on this early monday morning. thank you very much for making that effort on behalf of the port and our agenda today. on the executive director's report i have a couple of items

that are very important. it has been an incredibly busy summer and we will roll right into a very busy fall. i think you are aware from the publicity, on thursday, the city planning commission had a hearing on the draft environmental report for the america's cup 34 of that and if your 27 cruise terminal and the northeast wharf project. the open comment period is ongoing and there are multiple ways to review the draft eir, one of which is on mine, the second of which is in the lobby of port offices at pier 1. many members of the public have come in to take a look at that, to take a look at their own area of interest. that has been terrific. my compliments to staff for making that an opportunity. as you know, we are not the

regulatory entity that is doing the in our mental impact report, so any comment on that need to go to the office of city planning, either to the environmental review officer and director of the environmental planning division of the city planning department, or to the eir coordinator. she can be reached at her e- mail. the public comment period closes on august 252011. at the hearing last thursday there were approximately 40 speakers. oday, there were six from the environmental council that is working with the city on eir. a number of issues were raised. one of the port is supportive

of, reflects the impact to the aquatic club and the ability to mitigate impacts so there are not interruptions to the ability to swim there. we were pleased to hear those comments and look forward to working through them. there were other comments as well, many of which were reported in the press. we appreciate everyone's willingness to work with us further, commitment to these projects, which are pretty big milestones for the port. a number of those concerns had to do with the impact of the shoreside power system at pier 27 come offline, as well as the difficulty to analyze the long term development rights as currently drafted, since we are still working on those. the high school academy proposal, which you all have written about, has been presented. there were comments about problems for ferry building and

other businesses, if the embarcadero were closed to vehicular traffic. it was a very informative discussion. i believe the planning commission spend a lot of time on it. they are also interested in finding out more about how to proceed going forward so that they do not have approval rights on the projects themselves. i think there will be more discussion coming and i am sure we will update you at the next port commission meeting. just wanted to make sure that you were aware of that, and for anyone that was here today, following this online or on tv. thank you so much for helping us with this complex issue. august 25 is right around the corner, so we look forward to working with everyone. next on the report is the blue green went public comment period. we decided to extend that through the end of the month. the due date has extended to august 31, 2011. this week, there was a meeting.

there will be a discussion of comments on the blue green way plan. that meeting is being held at 6:00 this wednesday at the eco center at parents had park. finally, a bit of press on this. we just want to make a special effort to recognize the passing of one of our former and a long serving members of the port, mr. eugene gartland. he first served as a port commissioner from 1972 through 1974. you then became an executive director. unfortunately, he passed away this past july 23 after a very long illness. he is survived by two daughters and four grandchildren, and numerous friends throughout the city.

at his request, a very small funeral. you may know that he was appointed by mayor dianne feinstein. at the time, he was a maritime attorney and was the senior partner at a law firm. he was then general counsel for a major maritime organization. during his tenure as the port director and at the commission, he did a lot of amazing things. first and foremost was the purchase of the bethlehem shipyard, which is now our longest serving west coast shipyard, which we are extraordinarily proud of. by doing this, he was able to ensure we had a thriving ship repair industry here in san francisco. it has obviously gone on for decades after that purchase, and it employs approximately 400 skilled union workers. so that is a great and lasting

feet. in 1986, he negotiated a new agreement with the national shipping co. of the philippines at pier 80. this increase our revenues substantially. he negotiated a lease with the chinese province for 30,000 square feet of space at the pier 27 bulkhead. and he negotiated an agreement to serve a long and other countries, bringing in an additional 100 teu's a week. he was involved in the purchase of the bethlehem shipyard property at sea wall laot 349.

he was also presented an award of distinguished service for his efforts in the success of our mandate 1987. army day was a holiday to draw attention to national defense. i just wanted to take a moment to praise him and remember him for all of his great efforts. we have probably long gone up some of the things that we are working on today started many years ago. i do not think i see any members of his family today, but our condolences and gratitude for all of them have sacrificed for the city and port. thank you. >> is there any public comment on the executive director's report? >> item 4b.

informational presentation on assembly bill 418 delegating to the california state lands commission the authority to realign public trust restrictions at pier 70 and turning public trust restrictions on sea wall lot 330. >> good morning, commissioners. special projects manager for the port. dianne is passing out to you some maps of pier 70, which will be used in the presentation. just bear with me while i get this launched.

i am here representing the port team that has been working on pure 70 for many years, the master planning process. many others in the planning development group. there was a key component of the master plan that looked at realigning the public trust designation at pir 70 in a way that will help promote the master plan. the core of the master plan is to have revenue-generating uses on the waterfront development site. commission has awarded an exclusive negotiating rights to the force city development team for that right. that will be the economic engine to save a lot of historic buildings, build the parks, do the other thing that we all hope peer 70 can be.

assemblymember ammiano has come to the port's aid again this year. he has offered ab418, and today's presentation goes over how this will facilitate the trust exchange and also how we can facilitate one of our major part requirements under the host agreement with the america's cup event of poverty. -- authority. in anticipation of getting force city on board as a development partner, trying to further the entitlement process at your -- pier 70, much of the staff reached out to the california state lands commission january and started talking about legislation to a effectuate the eugene gartland trust swap -- pier 70 trust swap.

anytime there is a trust swap, the agreement needs to be authorized. assemblymember ammiano introduced the bill in february, sailed through without problems. this morning, it is up in state senate appropriations and is headed to the suspense file. we are optimistic about it coming off and being voted on the senate floor. over the past month, we have been negotiating a series of technical but important amendments with the california state lands commission staff. i will go over those in the presentation. for the public who may not be familiar with the public trust, the public trust is -- represents the port's mission as enshrined in law. the doctrine originated in roman law, transmitted through the