got through to lafco, made sure that hearings happened to stop what was going to be a monopolization of our local wireless service in san francisco, and part of that discussion was -- if we are not going to do this city wide wireless, what are we going to do? during that discussion, it came up that the obvious answer and much better answer is to do city-wide fiber optic broadband. at least start with a citywide luke that people can hook into with wireless and eventually build broadband out to every single home. if we do it right and use revenue bonds, it would not take a lot of tax money to do that. i e-mailed some of you, and i could e-mail it again, a study that was done early in the decade about the possibilities and how to rollout fiber optic broadband in san francisco. based on the conversation i had with mr. wolf and based on what a lot of us have been observing

with corporations really moving hard in this last year to get control of the internet from various corporate angles, i do not think -- i know i have been kind of quarterly bringing this up, but i think it is time for us to start really hitting this again. i do not think we can wait much longer. i would urge you to agendize this session so we could talk about the possibility of fiber optic broadband as a public system so we no longer have to deal with just getting our service from comcast and at&t, which, from personal experience, has been held for me. i am sure some of you have probably had problems with those sort of duopoly carriers as well. there will be a key component with how we build howcca and -- how we build out cca and smart

birds. i think it is time for lafco to take this on. -- smart grids. commissioner campos: any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. we will come back to this in a future meeting so that once we have a fuller discussion, we can take action in terms of adopting a set of goals and objectives. commissioner avalos: i had been looking at fiber and -- i think looking at fiber and broadband is worthwhile. i just do not know if we can bet that within our year, given our timeline and scope of work, but i think it is a worthy thing to look at. we can continue the conversation when we have a fuller contingent of people here. commissioner campos: i think that makes sense. commissioner pimentel. commissioner pimentel: [inaudible] in with maybe in october, closer to the end of the year? commissioner campos: ms. miller?

>> i think what we will do is keep it on the agenda for our next meeting so that our newest commissioner, we can talk a little bit about if there is any additional point of interest or subject matter. then we can talk about timing. we will have a better idea then, i think, about timing, for some of these issues, particularly the voting worked -- voting were--voting work. commissioner campos: as we come back to the idea of setting goals and agendas, the staff to think about the timing of when these agendas could be taken up. maybe you have some suggestions for us in terms of how to plan out, you know, the different things that come up, including the issue of fiber, which i think is actually a very good one. commissioner, anything else? if it is ok, can we have a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair?

i will make sure that we put it on the next agenda. we have a motion by commissioner avalos, seconded by commissioner pimentel. we will take that without objection. please call item 8. >> item 8, executive officer's report. >> there is no report. we can move on. commissioner campos: public comment on item 8? seeing none, public comment is closed. if you could call item 9. >> item 9, public comment. commissioner campos: public, not at -- not on the agenda but is otherwise within the jurisdiction of the local agenda agency commission? public comment is closed. item 10. >> item 10, future agenda items. commissioner campos: be on the items we have identified, any future agenda items you would like to bring up? is there any member of the public who would like to speak on this? seeing none, public comment is closed. last item. >> item 11, adjournment.

commissioner campos: meeting adjourned. i want to thank everyone for coming up to the meeting. we look forward to our follow-up meeting cca -- on cca and setting up a joint meeting with the public utilities commission. again, thank you to the members of the public, to puc staff, lafco staff, commissioners. thank you, madam clerk.

>> i have 2 job titles.

i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915, the building was complete. it opened it's doors in january 1916.

>> it's a wonderful experience to come to a building built like this. the building is built as a palace. not for a king or queen. it's built for all people. this building is beautiful art. those are architecture at the time when city hall was built, san francisco had an enormous french population. therefore building a palace in the art tradition is not unusual. >> jimmie was an incredible individual he knew that san francisco had to regain it's place in the world. he decided to have the tallest dome built in the united states. it's now stands 307 feet 6

inches from the ground 40 feet taller than the united states capital. >> you could spend days going around the building and finding something new. the embellishment, the carvings, it represents commerce, navigation, all of the things that san francisco is famous for. >> the wood you see in the board of supervisor's chambers is oak and all hand carved on site. interesting thing about the oak is there isn't anymore in the entire world. the floors in china was cleard and never replanted. if you look up at the seceiling

you would believe that's hand kof carved out of wood and it is a cast plaster sealing and the only spanish design in an arts building. there are no records about how many people worked on this building. the workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language. and what happened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have this masterpiece to show the world today.

>> good morning. and everyone here me? thank you very much for coming up today. this is such a big day for the city and the port of san francisco. it is a milestone day for a lot of reasons, which you'll get to hear about ad nauseum. i want to welcome you to the back of pier 27. as a result of the america's cup and the new cruise ship terminal, we expect to see thousands of people back here for everything from a recreation two weddings and other great activities. we are very proud. we are again leading the forefront of projects in a highly urbanized city, across

the street from a business center, yet still doing the quintessential project. we could not have done so without a host of partners, many of whom are behind me today, many of whom are going to speak. i will introduce them shortly. as i looked into the crowd, i think every other person has played a role in this day in some fashion. i want you to know from the bottom of my heart and all of us at the port and future generations, thank you very, very much. you can clap. [applause] you can dance. it is my honor to introduce our first speaker. this is a man who was raised in the waterfront city of seattle, went to college in the waterfront state of maine, and came here to the great bay of san francisco. they are heckling me already, and i am introducing the most important man in our city.

how can that be? he got his degree across the bay at berkeley. he came here and has had an illustrious career in san francisco, all of which has prepared him for this day, when we are going to be celebrating the world's largest, most elite sailing race, and the most beautiful cruise terminal in the world. i want to introduce you to our very own mayor, ed lee. >> wonderful. first, i want to welcome everyone here to per se -- to pier 27 and 29. as a former director of public works, i get excited when we start work. this is, to read, and exciting

part of the kickoff. you see contractors and public works beginning to see real stuff getting done. we are not talking about the promises that have been made. we are implementing them. i have always said i like to get stuff done. this is where it really gets done. the excitement has to always appreciate how we got here. last year, throughout the years, as interim mayor, i was focused on getting things started so much with america's cup that i really did not think about the day we would actually part -- start turning the spade. it is refreshing to do that. there are great people working on the event authority. the organizing committee are there. i see ms. mcclellan out here as well.

their efforts to redraw the vision for what we are going to do -- that will bring in over a billion dollars of economic impact. but starch right now, this product itself. 600 workers. it is a $92 million project to demolish and rebuild on the james herman international cruise ship terminal. it is something we look forward to. it does not look like a terminal yet. i think the excitement about that vision is going to become more a reality. they have 20% local higher goals on here. there is a high percentage of local businesses evolving, along with a great company and work ethic. they are going to get this project done on time. we look forward to opening a

cruise ship terminal, as well as the northeast plaza, two legacies that were promised to everybody in the city, including telegraph hill dwellers. they are here, along with many others who participated in a very transparent, very involved, very long eir process, one guy did with a lot of thought but our planning department, working with the port. i want to thank the port commission, and the help of the whole port commission, who involve themselves. public works is here with their engineers and staff, working alongside turner to make sure this construction project is done. i also want to thank david chiu for guiding the eir and appeal process through the board of supervisors. the whole process was miraculously done with the

planning commission. it is 10 times better than when we first started, because of that impact. as a planner, i was an impatient person, because i always asked my staff, "why does it take so long to plan?" i want to get this on the ground. mohammed is all any of it -- is one of the people who really had to hear me out. this is an international class iran we are hosting. it is also important legacies we are establishing with the cruise ship terminal and the open plaza, about 2.5 acres more of public space that will be openly accessible as another part of this important legacy.

we have a lot to look forward to on this project. i am excited about it. i also want to thank everybody who has been involved so far. they actually were sharing with us the vision that our peers would also be reestablished, and would not be abandoned for many years. for years, the longshoremen workers said, "how are we going to revitalize?" we are using this fantastic opportunity that the america's cup is providing us, thinking them and all their opportunities, and saying, let us revitalize our port. let us give the foundation it deserves. let us honor james harmon and what he did with the union leadership for many decades. but as honor the current people by doing this with them. i want to thank them.

i also want to thank the existing tenants, helping with our economy. i want to thank our intelligent and transport. we have personal opportunities to work together with the port staff, to help relocate them in a comfortable way. they have been invaluable business partners with the city, exciting assets to our travel and tourism. they are going to be part of the port on an ongoing, long-term basis, increasing our tourism. when cruise ships come over here on international status, they will start making this a really active port again. you'll see a lot of happy faces. there will be neighborhoods that

will benefit -- the war, chinatown, north beach, south market, and even hunters park. they will benefit from a very good maritime experience. you'll see the greenest cruise ship port ever designed. we're putting a lot of effort into great design in this cruise ship terminal. it starts this year with louis vuitton. the world series is this year. i am getting ahead. i like the words "louis vuitton." my wife keeps repeating it to me. she wants this and that. the world series starts this year. the excitement of this race is worth repeating for everybody. there is going to be so much benefit out of it. the economic impact is one.

just to host this contested race -- it continues remarkably. i am not going to squander it. we are going to use it in every single way. it is the greatness of san francisco as a city, the bay area, the state, and the country. it is an international sporting event. hopefully, i have explained everything i am supposed to, except to unveil the thrill i think the whole team has been sharing the opportunity to work together, to collaborate in every way possible. i will make sure we continue the collaboration with the board and financial institutes. thank you for everyone showing up. [applause] >> thank you for all of your

energy and support in jumping right into this. and thank you for recognizing the men and the women to work this waterfront, and have for almost 150 years. it is an honor to be here with you today and to know that not only will we start, but we will finish. next, and get to introduce another waterfront dive. he does not know who he is, but i will tell him. not as great as ours, but working hard as it. he got his b.a., m.b.a., and j.d.. then he found something called the grassroots enterprise. that is bidding for our project to date. this project has been decades in the making. decades to having the america's cup back in the united states and a new cruise ship terminal at the port of san francisco.

it has gotten done because young people, old people, middle people -- individuals have come together. it is that leadership that got him elected to be the district 3 supervisor and now the president of the board of supervisors. without his support, we would not be here as happy as we are today, and would not be able to deliver such a great project. please join me in welcoming the president of the board of supervisors, david chiu. supervisor chiu: good morning. i want to congratulate all of us for coming together the way a great crew does on a ship. we each play a pivotal role, starting with our mayor and the direction that you set with your city departments. many folks have been saying they want to add their thanks to everybody in the planning department and report, who helped to work with us of the

board of supervisors. i am very proud of my colleagues at the board. we move forward with the rest of the city, all the approvals we needed to make. we still have some work to do. i look forward to that getting done very quickly. i want to thank the men and women behind the. when i first came into office, a privately thought to myself, "what is the future of labor among the waterfront?" we have some answers. i am going to look forward to the work of those of you who have been part of making san francisco a very important port town we have been for over a century. but for the america's cup was just a blip on the horizon, we had many visions about what we wanted to do here. we wanted to turn this peer -- pier into a destination for the world, to bring in tourists to

see the city every day, for what will be the most amazing cruise ship in the world. i want to thank all of you for being part of that vision. my colleagues and i supported this project not just because of the events in 2013, but because we are looking to create a legacy. we want to build a 21st century waterfront. we want to make sure we are leaving a place in san francisco that is better than we left it. that is what this ground breaking is about. thank you for being part of it. >> it has been a wonderful experience for all of us to work with you. we look forward to being back here for many celebrations in your district. our next speaker is a seasoned executive with 35 years of financial-services experience,

which makes her perfect to be here helping out with these immense projects. she has been involved in everything from small business to retail to corporate finance. she was a correspondent for time magazine. she speaks mandarin and chinese. most recently, she is the president of the port commission. please welcome her. >> thank you. i am very pleased to be here. my association with the port is relatively short. it started in 2010. i have learned a great deal. it is an amazing experience. this board is such a vital asset for the city and community of san francisco. i am pleased and proud to be part of the exciting developments going forward. one thing i learned in my briefing is that while we are not a traditional part, we do not move things.

we move people. the move more people than any other port. this today is really exciting. this is another milestone in our movement of people, with the establishment of this cruise terminal in san francisco. i also want to acknowledge my other commissioner, leslie. we work for a revolt of the commission. i want to say we have a female executive director. we only have one male commissioner. give us a lot of credit. this is exciting for all of us, and the commission is very excited to work on this. while i was not hear from the efforts that started in 1998, this is the fourth attempt to build a cruise terminal. this time, it is going to succeed, which is very exciting. i want to give credit to the port staff, who have never given up.

you have heard from the mayor and president chiu about what the cruise terminal will do and the benefits to the city, the waterfront, our labor, our jobs, and everything it will do, as well as the wonderful space at the northeast plaza. we will formally acknowledge all the people involved in making today possible. first of all, mayor lee, president chiu, and my fellow commissioners on the port, for their ongoing support, as well as the planning department, rec and park, and those who have been involved in the planning process. i also want to but knowledge the senior staff that advocated the development of this project.

having learned the history, it has been amazing to hear after some of the decade we are finally here. there also was a cruise terminal advisory panel led by frankie lee that recommended a terminal at pier 27. is frankie here? we also want to acknowledge our close cooperation with the bay development commission for this needed improvement. the cruise terminal designing steering committee, of port waterfront committee, review board, and advisory board, the department of public works, the joint design team, the kmd architects, and the wide number