>> hello. thank you for letting me speak. i attended high school that during the vietnam war in suburban virginia, a high school mostly white middle-class, very few immigrants, certainly no muslims. one day during the war, during our mathematics class, a young marine came in to speak to us. the first thing he said was, if anyone says anything against u.s. government, i am going to throw them out that window. and our teacher, instead of standing up and saying, how dare you come in here and threaten my students and intimidate them while wearing the uniform of people who are supposed to protect us and our rights, he said on his hands. i just so san francisco does not make the same mistake now and sit on your hands.

you know, stand up to protect us for who we are. thank you. [applause] supervisor kim: thank you. is there any other public comment? >> ok, we will close public comment. >> [inaudible] >> sorry , we will reopen public comment. >> thank you. you never called my name. i am a native american and, for those who do not know and many do not know these days, we're said to have been on this continent for at least 25,000 years. and we have been the victims of genocide by the european colonialists. i, personally, am subject to surveillance and harassment of a

most unusual form that i cannot believe myself. i really doubted my sanity when it first began back around 1997. i started hearing snatches that my personal conversations with friends that i held in my car or my home, subject matter from my e-mails, being discussed, believe it or not, on national public radio and kqed public radio. as i said, i had a hard time believing it was real when it began. but now, many years later, it has continued and even intensify. i was not a political activist or an activist of any kind until

around the run-up to the iraq war. so it was really strange that i was being harassed in this most unusual way, and it all began, strangely enough, when i rebuffed the advances of an old man who still lives in my neighborhood, an old jewish man named dave. i do not even know his last night. he is a writer and is apparently directly or indirectly connected to people working at national public radio and kqed radio. after i rebuffed this mans' advances many times in our local favorite cafe, martha's on 24th street, i began hearing parts of my conversations, subject

matter in my e-mails and more, discussed. [bell rings] and it continues to this day. the latest example being yester day -- yesterday. i e-mailed a scientist, a friend, a biotech inventor about pursuing perhaps ucsf as a potential partner. this morning driving here -- [bell rings] on npr, they had a guest talking about ucsf and their bureaucracy that made it very hard for them to be a good partner -- >> thank you. >> and this is a daily -- >> thank you. that was three minutes. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> [inaudible] >> any other member of the

public who would like to comment? if not, we will close public comment. >> [inaudible] supervisor kim: thank you. i know that many members could not stay. i want to appreciate everyone who came in at the middle of the day when many folks are working and have other obligations, to sit with us through the last three hours of this hearing. it goes to show how important this is for the community and how much safer everyone would feel if all of our civil rights were in short and it investigations that took place always had a basis of reasonable suspicion, a criminal predicate, or other activity. thank you. also want to knowledge the hours and months and years of work that went into what we are seeing today, this is not something that was urgently brought forth, but this is been an ongoing issue for many years. really over the last 10 years in this country in terms of its

impact to the muslim, arabic, south asian community. of course, historically we have seen racial profiling and other types of profiling for decades here in this country, and this is a continuation. it is a different target, a different community, but many of our communities have been targeted by the fbi under the guise of national security and keeping our country safe. but what is instead happening is we have been making people feel unsafe as residents of the city. that is why it is is so important that we have this ordinance. i want to thank my colleagues for cosponsoring this. we do have six co-sponsors for this. i want to appreciate our colleagues for coming out so early in support. supervisor olague: i just wanted to thank supervisor kim for taking the lead on this and responding to the concerns of the community. i was raised in the valley, a daughter of an immigrant family,

and among farmworkers. i grew up watching the raids on the fields from the ins. so nothing like this ever surprises me when i hear about it, because i kind of have flashbacks to when i was growing up. an arm of government was used to terrorize immigrants or human beings. so, recently, i was asked to attend -- it seems like i am going all over the map, and i apologize for that, but i was asked to attend an event later in the month commemorating archbishop romero, and it sort of reminded me -- i sort of, you know, googled searched and was reminded of all the human rights violations that have been exerted against people of goodwil will. my heart is heavy after listening to all the testimony.

i am exhausted, not by the length of the testimony by the content. i am sorry that people have to live with this type of fear and excited the every day of their lives, you know, constantly looking over their shoulders and just not being certain whether or not they will be the next one targeted. as many people mentioned, many of their friends have been randomly assaulted by this sort of terrorism on behalf of, you know, our government agencies. i am just really sad and to hear that people have to live with this constant threat. having grown up during the 1970's, during the cold war, it seems like the government has the tendency to -- you know, we went from the russians, being this soviet threat of terror, and then after 9/11, it is that sort of venom that has been

projected onto the middle eastern-arab communities. i think it does not take much to convince us of that. even as recently as -- i think it was a reality tv show where a certain corporate sponsors removed their name because it focused on an american middle eastern family. so we see this constantly. i think this is but a small gesture. so i want to thank you all for being here and showing so much courage in the face of this. because it is scary in a way to have to live with this type of thing hanging over one's head. again, i want to thank supervisor kim for her leadership and to all of those who had the courage to cry and to really share the experience

of what it means to be middle eastern and living in this american culture right now. because i just cannot imagine this. people talk about ptsd. well, i think you are all living with it really, in fear in this country. yeah, i fully support this. [applause] >> supervisor mar. supervisor mar: thank you. i wanted to also say i was deeply moved by the testimony. thank you for everyone for coming out and educating us as a board of supervisors on the important issues. i also wanted to say that the arab-middle eastern-muslim-south asian communities being united like this is something that is very important, so keep building the unity. i heard tremendous solidarity from other communities that have been similarly affected. and also, people that know about

the history of targeting political activism historically, not just from the 1960's movements but also to today. i appreciate those connections. i also wanted to say that, not to be too light hearted about the issues, but i am a big fan of "portlandia," the tv show, and i expect san francisco to be ahead on the issues, but i expect -- was going to say that i was shocked by how great the police chief from portland in the memo that came to us yesterday where he states that the portland police bureau is committed to a model of community policing in which a positive connection between the police in a community contributes to the well-being of our city. that is speaking about "portlandia." it goes on to give a very good statement. we need as values in san francisco. we need to reestablish that. thank you, everyone, for

protecting civil liberties and civil rights for everyone, for creating safer communities, as supervisor kim asset, and respecting san francisco's values for protecting these interests and making our communities safer. thank you very much. [applause] >> i wanted to thank supervisor jane kim for bringing this legislation forward and also to the human rights commission for having their original hearing a couple years ago on the experience. members of the community. of course, i want to think folks who came here today and spoke of their experiences over the past many years. its banks of a lot of paranoia and -- if it speaks of a lot of paranoia that is driving out we're doing our police practices and fbi practices in this country. in a more ideal world, there would be a lot more bankers and

wall street executives who would be under surveillance, not educators, artists, teachers, students, and engineers, doctors and lawyers. we do not have that kind of world. because the experience israel, the experience of discrimination, the experience of oppression -- because the experience is real. these involve government workers, government agencies. we have to make sure we are creating a more level playing field to protect ourselves and ensure that government is playing -- not playing an active role in the kind of oppression. this is a good tool for doing that. i want to support it. i am a co-sponsor of it already. it is something that i think we can all be proud of moving forward. because we are ensuring that we are making our government, putting a firewall between abuses of our government and real protections for people. i want to thank again a supervisor kim for bringing this

forward. thank you all for being here and sharing experiences. i knew -- i know it's a great deal of courage. i know with the type of unity you have, you have a sense of power as well to see that we can get these changes made here at the board of supervisors and elsewhere. thank you very much. [applause] supervisor kim: i just wanted to thank a couple of people personally. i appreciate all the things you have given to me, but i want to acknowledge that i have played a very small role in this. the committee brought this to us and helped to write it. i want to a knowledge of john from aclu, nasrin from asian law caucus, zahara from council on america islamic relations , islamiclilyu from the arab

resources -- center. i want to thank my office who worked so hard on this. i know you had a weekly friday conference calls and we're really organized around this issue. i know an immense amount of time when into it. i want to acknowledge everyone for doing that. so thank you. [applause] supervisor campos: do we have this item like before us? do we have a motion to move it forward with recommendations? motion by supervisor olague. we will move it forward to the full board with a recommendation. [applause] do have any other items before us? >> no, mr. chairman. >> we are adjourned. thank you.

>> shall recall the meeting to order? >> [roll call] item two, approval of minutes of the february 14, 2012 meeting. >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? any public comment on the executive session? sorry, going to move to executive session. >> public comment on executive session, item three.

>> ok, i think we have a quorum. let's reconvene. >> i move that we reconvene in open session. >> second. >> all those in favor? i move that we not disclose anything discussed in executive session. >> second. >> all those in favor? ok. >>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 of or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic device. please be advised 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.

item 7 a. -- item 7a. commendation for robert bryan, port legal counsel. >> thank you for joining us today. i have a fairly quick executive director's report. i will take it in reverse order. the first is to announce the sunday streets program will be starting up again. it will commence first at the port of san francisco property from fisherman's wharf and the north down pass the ball park and south to where it meets with the illinois st., right around pier 66. that is always a great event for the city and port in particular. we are looking forward to that. since 2008, sunday streets has grown from two events to attend events and free its miles of free space on the roads. it was the third city in the nation to enact something which

is a free community oriented initiatives. since then, it has become galatians -- the nation's largest. it was one of eight programs in the country to be selected for inclusion in first lady michelle obama's let's move anti-obesity campaign. sunday street brings thousands of people out over the course of the year and brings them to places where they may not usually go, such as the waterfront. so we are happy to participate in the program and always happy to read it off. that will be saturday, march 11 along not embarcadero -- along the embarcadero. >> you said saturday, march 11? >> sunday. my apologies. sorry about that. sunday, march 11.

thank you for the correction. for most of the time i have been at the port we have been blessed to have robert bryan as our general counsel. he is an employee of city attorney dennis horace -- herrera. one of the few departments to have our counsel hamilton office with us. given the complexity of the business, it is quite a blessing but only for us, but for the attorneys, who would be on duty constantly going back and forth. robert is now being transferred and moving on to bigger and better things. he has asked to be counsel to the newly formed oversight board of the city, which is the board responsible for deciding what to do with the assets of the redevelopment agency, adhering to their contract. it is a newly formed position for a newly formed commission

for a newly formed mandate. not nearly as exciting as the port's business, but it will be a challenge for him. we have really benefited tremendously under robert's leadership. he arrived in the first couple of years and spearheaded a number of relooks at our boiler plate contracts, memos, licenses, to bring them up to the best possible standard. he has helped us through numerous complex issues and litigation, as well as spearheaded a couple of projects on his own. most notably, as it relates to some legacy issues of pg&e at the power plant site. once the transfer was made, there were some of lingering issues that roberts took the lead on resolving on the port's behalf. i am excited for robert to have

this great, new opportunity for the city, an opportunity which likely has an impact on the port. it is nice to have someone representing in some fashion our interest, but it is sad to see him leave in the middle of everything he has started. robert, thank you for everything you have done on our behalf, and for your great professionalism, the way that you have raised the bar on our standards of contracts and leases. we will always be indebted, at least for the term of the leases. >> i would like to say on behalf of the commission, thank you. you have given us good advice and have kept us on track. thank you for your dedication and professionalism for the commission. i think we have a plaque to commend you. hopefully you can put this in your office. [applause]

i have a lot of help here. i would like to read the plaque. the port of santos go with gratitude and french ship, robert bryan, port of san francisco, february 2012. [applause] >> thank you, commissioners. i really do not have much to say. i have not really prepared anything.

i really do not think i deserve this, actually. i am just very grateful and thankful for the opportunity to serve you for the past six years. i must say, it has really been a pleasure. you are definitely very professional and it easy to get along with commission. that is a bright spot in my life here. i would also like to say to the staff, from monique, down to everyone that i have worked with, we have become somewhat of a family. i am glad we had the opportunity to work through some things. we have some tough spots, but that is what happens with families. we get close and we try to beat it out. we have done that. i really enjoyed working with you. i wish you all the best. there is never a good time to go, but it is nice that the port

is as busy as it is. that is merely good considering where rich are in the economy with the country at the time. i have reason to check and from time to time, legitimate excuses. i am happy for that. thanks to everybody. [applause] >> monique, would you like to introduce robert's replacement while she is here? >> thank you. eileen malley will be the new general counsel at the ports. you can do -- see she is very athletic, so she should be able to keep up with us. i should probably do more than

that. she is the deputy city attorney on the administration of the city attorney dennis herrera. most recently assigned to the treasure island development authority. we are really happy to have here -- heard here today. she has some experience working with us on prior projects and has a breadth of knowledge and experience on the real-estate side. how about that for your resume on the fly? >> that concludes executive director's report. >> public comment. >> good afternoon.

susan reynolds, deputy director of real estate. we are going to miss you, robert. you want to thank you for all of your help. i know we have had a lot of struggles, but that is how we proceed, and we have made a lot of progress in the last couple of years of your guidance. thank you very much. you will not be able to shake us because we will be getting some of those redevelopment leases back. we look over to a continued relationship. thank you very much. >> robert, i want to thank you so much for the past couple of years at the port. i think you have done an amazing job getting us better at contracts. we have always needed that find attention to detail that you brought to that effort. i think the port is much safer for it.

on a personal level, i get to wander into the city attorney's office on a fairly frequent basis. brainstorm new ideas. i wanted thank you for not laughing the out of the office on a regular basis, but instead taking seriously the concept that we come up with as a team to benefit the port. with respect to the redevelopment agency, that new position you are headed into. you are uniquely qualified with the development experience here at the port, your best contract experience. they are very lucky to get you. we wish you well in helping to shepherd that agency into new life. >> thank you. my office door will always be open. [laughter] >> is there any further public comment on the executive director's report? >>item 8a.

request approval of the port's biennial operating budget for fiscal years 2012/13 and 2013/14. item 8b. request approval of the port's proposed $22.4 million capital project budget funding for fiscal years 2012/13 and 2013/14. >> so moved. >> second. >> any public comment? hearing none. all those in favor? resolution 1215, 1216 are approved. >> item 9a. informational presentation on the port's proposed 10-year capital plan for fiscal years 2013-2022.