i'm the america's cup director. since january of t2011. this is starting july 4th. my role is to give a little bit of a context of the road this has taken to get here today. this stems from the ongoing partnership from the city's organization committee. so to take a step back in terms of context what i have felt throughout this effort is to not only put on american people event that saves what people see as a san francisco values kind of event in terms of

environmental responsibility and to people who invited but also how this event can create legacies. so beyond this 3 months of excitement we're going to see this summer. i've been really gratified by the types of and it brings a lot to the thinking it's not just a fleet moment in time but will go beyond that. back when the host agreement was first signed there was a blue print in that host agreement that the city's costs were going to be put off. and we continue to analyze this

going forward. on the capital side one source for the crew ship terminal the port was going to pay for those costs. then there was a eels project and the capital was going to be used to upgrade that project. during - so that was sort of the blue print but we've moved forward from that and the picture has changed somewhat. but we've tried to uphold those pillars of how those were supposed to come together. now the final project has been approved and at this point there was no longer a real estate project but we had reconstituted

the project around the pillars that remain. so an ongoing tax revenues and the port seeking to do the appropriate upgrade to a be able to host the events. i think the port expanded the cycle of their activities. and that was evaluated through the improved use of the ports facilities. at that point there have been a number of agreements about how certain things were going to be paid for during the events and preparations for the events and then on the capital side for narrow improvements that weren't

going to be paid for by the ports. those are around pier 29 facility. so together and this is going to be used fulfill looking it now we've seen approximately $3.3 million of costs that the general costs were going to pay from lost rents from lost tenants and other consulting costs. of that amount $300,000 has been paid to the port and has been compensated. so what's the next step? after the america's cup events in 2012 we learned what with

your not only what with your doing with the fundraising but to bring people to san francisco. on the fundraising front the mayor lee in particular and his staff really sort of working with us and the america's cup committees to understand ways to really enhance the fundraising program. we've seen the needs of the event sort of consolidate as this number of teams and spectators have come down but we hope to showcase san francisco for and the mayor looking forward to how this and other opportunities such as this event like the national conferences

other thin that bring people to san francisco and how can we learn how to do this whole thing better. what we're focusing on is this new civic engagement. rather to the extent we can we can use this to how we want to get out of this and with the next bid this type of fundraising has been a real boon. no longer do their questions revolve around this.

so with this in my mind we want to oil something we've been working on with the members of the mayors staff and the city attorneys office. and the donations that we have gotten we're hoping to get assigned as the host city. the mayor made some comments after question time as this idea was coming together and people let their minds go are we now having companies sponsor those events? we're looking at generous donors

from other parts of the cities. i want to pause there for a second. through the course of this role i see the port as this great place but it's a cultural and social history of the city. and i want to say, you know, because the port could use this as a legacy to create its own program to help with the preferred maintenance and with open is that a and people learning more about the port i'd like to see those two legacies. with your feedback we would like to work more on the idea and

come back for more action later. perhaps i've said fwooch i'm going to hand it over. >> thank you very much. good afternoon, commissioners and exclusive director. i'm the organizing committee. we were last on the train when the america's cup turned into town and here we are trying to build on that. i'm going to expand on what we were talking about which is s f

joining in between san francisco and to support the city to host the cup. my tried to detail some of this in the staff report that explained the organizing committee is a non-profit that was formed out of the bid to bring america's kidnap here. we have a series the obligations really are helping the city to host the world and principally among that is to raise fund. those ducktail the more people know about how san francisco is capital listings on this opportunity the more inclined they're to support the project. we're using 3 funds. from the first two years one is

the individual charities that have made donations. we've realized a little over $6,000. we launched at the end of 2012 and earlier 2013 we've launched more opportunities for corporation to support this effort. and we're here to talk about donor location. this hasn't been done at the port northerly necessarily in this form and we want to capitalize on this opportunity to see if we cannot create this as a legacy. it's done in many places in san francisco. you don't have to look very far in our public parks to see see

facilities named after individuals, families or in some instances local companies that point to support that particular facility. many of you have been to the many exhibit that again bear the names of many san francisco's most generous families. many employ that task to raise the fund. and it can take many forms from any think i have that articulated in exactly what we're looking at. specifically we're looking at pierce 27 and 29 as this is going to be the site of the americans cup this summer. those facilities are going to be leveraged for the cup.

and we'll have the northeast plaza and park and the other amenities. we're talking about perhaps a staircase or an outpost that would be to be recognized as a donation point. and then sites within the northeast plaza i think there, there are into 50 or 60 benches. there's going to be a walkway at setting we're looking at ail those assets to see what would be appropriate and what would the market be interested in supporting. we're having this as a pilot recognition program. we want to capitalize on the

interest. again, the port and city have done so much in preparation for the america's cup. there are assets that are going to exist beyond the cup itself for the legacies live beyond that and it creates a place for investment. if it's successful we would apply those lessons learned and replicate it at other places on the port. we've been in communications with the port staff. we'd like work to develop the pilot program guidelines. we'd come back and get formal

approval the program. this is a pretty important anniversary and it's a great opportunity as well to get the installation of any donor recognition principally would come from the plaza when the the property comes back into the ports control and they initiate the port at that time. i welcome the opportunity to take our questions for me or mr. martin >> is there any public comment on this item? >> good afternoon, commissioners tom.

my understanding is that the northeast plaza at pier 27 was paid for with the bond measure. so if the public is building it they should be acknowledged not the city. i think there's a more appropriate location on parks that's built with public donations. >> public comment? step up to the mike >> my name is katherine hooper and i'm supporting the maritime activities in the port of san francisco. i was curious have you put your toes in the water at all to see if any donors are really

interested? >> commissioner adam. >> a couple of questions. one in terms of the timeframe and being more specific about the site potential assets and site location will that be coming back to us at you're next commission meeting? >> we'll bring it back and i'll work on the exact meeting. >> i was wondering about the offer lap of the timeline. and could you articulate a bit more on the legacy benefits to the city. you alluded to them >> i'd be happy to. i think what i've learned in defining legacy is that the legacy starts with the brick and

mot motor . i want that's the easiest touch and feel legacy. but there's a lot of really exciting working relationships like with tarantula sit and opening up in partnerships there that were working relationships with the coast guard. work with frankly neighborhood organizations to link them to the waterfront and sort of reintroducing a new group of people to both visitors and locals to what the waterfront has a to offer. i think this is one of those

tangible projects that can go forward >> do i have there been any reimbursements from the committee? >> there's been an ongoing program and that program has paid $6.8 million towards the global amount of city costs. of that amount i think that thousand have come to the port with other xhinlt - consultant work. we obviously will have additional management activities going forward that will have to defray. there's a number of we're not

resting on our laurels. we're trying to take the burned off the public for this event >> thank you. commissioner >> just looking at my notes to see if there anything else? >> i appreciate our presentation by i'd like to say that i've been only on the commission for six months but there's a renaissance happening. pier 70 and pier 50 the san francisco has a new idea to it. i call it the bay area.

donald trump said it best think big. i like that. also to see you made some mention of the democrats maybe in 20 years from now san francisco will hold the olympics. the eyes of the world is open to san francisco. i want to say one other thing about the america's cup. have we really reached anti to the community? that i want to make sure that it's for kids and anybody can come down to the port and this port belongs to every citizen in san francisco and wow. how do we engage them? you need to come down and engage this. that is one of the things i want

to say we're celebrating a hundred and 50 years. a lot of people don't know about this anniversary. i would like to tell many others about this. i want the community to be more involved i want them to say i can get my head around the america's cup and what it can do for our community 5, 10 years from now. i like what you were saying about the benefits down the line >> i think most point - what is this bringing to my constituents. to link all the city's neighborhoods to this

waterfront. the great improvements we've seen here. to reintroduce the city. as part of this job i've learned a lot about this port. a couple of weeks i sat down and watched all the great things that have been done in the port of san francisco and what they've done. i'm excited about the history and how this place came to be. we want to tie everything together. i'd like love for the olympics to come. there's no place like the san francisco area. no one can compete are san francisco.

>> commissioner also with respect to the community opportunity and inclusion points you raised. one of my points is to celebrate the cup is to promote the opportunity to participate in this event. we're trying to put out to the public it's open free for 55 days of racing. you don't have to buy a ticket you can go to the america's cup facilities and watch the racing for free. we need to further promote that, create an invitation for people to come down and participate. we have a partnership with the treasure island people and they work with a number of nonprofit

with san francisco and get kids anti to learn not only about sailing but to teach them new things. we're using this as a way to get the capital to get more boats and that's our efforts not only to raise money for the facilities but also for the larger community. it's a slice of it but i think the event will offer more opportunity >> i appreciate your feedback and due diligence. at you terminal will it be known that the port of san francisco that it has been the moving force and it need to be known. that the hardworking men and

women working here have pushed this today and i want 80 that to be recognized that the port of san francisco is front and center that the whole world knows >> we have a whole host of government agencies that we see as sf partnerships we are going to feature the work of the police department. definitely within the one sf we'll be featuring that and the benefits. and a you were mentioning making the event more assessable to people in the city is lesson learned from the prior razes and how the plans changed to expand

opportunity to the upcoming razes to see the activity a focal point. >> absolutely. we learned certainly there's an transition you can see the event under a number of places around the bay. because of the larger patio boats we're racing this year the finish lines will finish off lanes 28 and 29 it will be near the golden gate bridge. we're going to create more

seating opportunities. to marine green are going to be expanded so we're working with the f line to make sure it makes it all the way to motorbike man's wharf. and i certainly am existed for the port to sort of put it's best foot forward as the commissioner mentioned. i oversee the opportunity to talk about the amazing port and it will be within budget. >> thank you. >> i have one question. as to what extent have you

reached out to the businesses downtown and what have been their response? >> thank you commissioner. we just launched the local partner program without belaboring a two year history. we rolled out the one sf program. i'm hopeful we'll be announcing some partnerships but i'm going to name-drop yet. but we've had a great response and you wouldn't be surprised it is around a local donor program. it's independent of the donor program we're looking for the facilities for