knocked it down and finally to the top side, and we've got the sea walls that are cast in place concrete. we have finished concrete -- i don't know how that got -- waterproofing within the planter area. soil making its way -- and this is a special -- lava rock soil mix. we have shallow planted area so it has to drain very well. it is an engineered soil mix. some of the completed architectural concrete work. it would look like farming out there for a little while and here the shade structure being flown in and attached and the america's cup boats are back. more concrete, lots of concrete. coconuts. this is a coconut mixture that was placed on top of the

soil. a shot from the water. all coming together. some of the last architectural concretes. there goes the grass and this is what it's looking like today. there's actually quite a more work to do by wednesday so we will be working around the clock but it's looking fantastic out there, and we are meeting our local business enterprise requirements on the job. for construction we had a 9% goal and which is low and marine work but we're up at 14% and we have the 20% local hire for construction contracts. we're at 25% overall. some of the trades are low. they worked to improve that but actually we couldn't hire local for some of that but anyways it's working out l we are seeing good

local participation in this project, so with that dan and myself can answer any questions. >> is there any public comment? commissioners comments? >> thank you for the great presentation. i can't wait for the groundbreaking last week and thank you for exceeding the time. did this project come within budget? >> this project is within budget. now, i say that kind of tongue and cheek because there was a component, a float component that was envisioned as part of the project and we included it -- we designed it and included it as an alternate in the bid. we didn't have the money to add the float into the project. we figured we didn't have the money to do it, so it was expected, but it has been removed from the project. otherwise we are on budget.

the demolition portion came in with very few changes and this construction project we are still under our 10% contingency. i do not anticipate coming back to the commission to ask for more money, so it's really quite a success. >> great. thank you. >> i think we're all very excited and can't wait to go to the opening next week and thank you very much and i think this also rounds out some of the things we heard earlier in terms of the plans and this is one getting executed right now so thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we're back to item 9c and in celebration of the port's 150th anniversary and of the open space system.

>> again good afternoon president woo ho and commissioners. dan with the boarding planning and development division. we changed the order of the presentations a little bit. i was hoping this one was going to go first because it would have set the tone a little better but thank you for your understanding on all of the items and what a wonderful overview we had with our planning director and the message he had and the coordination and i think he even did a little bit of my presentation on the public's public space system. this was intejded to be comprehensive and

i hope to show you about the water use plan and some of the things driven in that. it's my honor to describe during the last 15 years the port has taken 10% of the property and grown it into a collection of public spaces that san francisco visitors and residents are using intensely and coming to love. i will briefly explain how it is being developed, how the port is paying for it, and then provide a quick tour on your screen show what has been accomplished and what is in the pipeline. okay. this commission's adoption of the water use plan in 1997 provide the port with a blue print to be one of the public waterfronts in the world. the plan identified range of uses along the waterfront but also policy as to where and how public spaces should be developed. i can sum up the spaces for this and in a few

words and continuity and environment and bringing the city into policies and the san francisco trail and their efforts to have a loop around the bay. sequence means having a series of open spaces at five to seven walking intervals along the entire waterfront and variety means there are many types of open spaces and many recreation options. types of spaces may include recreation, parks and water landings to name a few. another key policy was to locate open spaces in major waterfront destination at streets that connect back into the city's neighborhoods something you heard distinctly from the city's planning director. the goal

of doing this and adjacent to major development sites and enhance the viability of the projects and in front of the cruise terminal and adjacent to the warrior's stiedium or pier 70 and helping the park to distribute the spaces equally along the waterfront. this graphic shows where we find -- i'm sorry. this graphic shows where we regularly find a major public space along the length of the waterfront. you see the ups and downs in the sequence of spaces as you go along. the port -- it helps us when we did the plan it helped understand how much open space should go in what area, how we treat each neighborhood in an equitable neighborhood and how to develop those and differentiates what exists and what is coming on line and street space and

other uses as well. the port now has about 86 acres of open space which is 10% of port property. plans call for increasing this amount by 28 acres or 30% within the next eight years. providing open space at or over the water is expensive like you just heard. many projects include pile supports over the water and repair to the sea wall and public spaces are being built for rising tidal conditions as i described earlier. the ability of the port to build this space is dependent on public support and through bonds and capital and to a limited extent grant funding. in the past 13 years the port has spent $109 million on public spaces. the port has been able to do this due to the support of san francisco voters through the approval of two

general obligation bond measures. in 2008 for $33 million and in 2011 -- excuse me -- 2012 for $35 million. in addition to these bonds since 2000 the port has committed about $41 million of public funds which include revenues and grants. the port has also assuming the maintenance and liability responsibility of many of these new open spaces. to hold costs down the port spends more up front to build sturdy projects that with stand the maritime environment and hopefully requires less day to day care and hopefully you saw that in the presentation on the last project. now i would like to do a brief tour of the waterfront. what are some of the spaces? the first one that comes to mind is the embarcadero promenade and probably the most developed piece of the continuity and a public place but meets the maritime uses whether

unloading to take passengers on a cruise ship or crossing it with some of the industrial and cargo uses but a successful and loved space within the city and about 3-miles in length. i'm going to move quickly through these. the jefferson street project which was opened a couple of weeks ago and of course fisherman's wharf and looks very successful and predict from last night and getting praise. we opened the promenade here and a project funded by the 2008 general obligation bond and successful and enjoys the best views of alcatraz from anywhere around and the ferry arch. one that is up and coming that will start construction in november what is known as the plaza in front of

the cruise terminal a 2-acre addition out there. this will accomplish many things. one will allow non cruise passengers to enjoy a cruise experience in the city as ships pull up to the space and servesace the court to the cruise terminal building and buffers the transportation functions of a cruise terminal. we are looking involve to bring this on line. funding comes from the general obligation bond of 2012. pier seven and one of the public spaces twped in the late 80's, very popular. you see it in travel magazines and always an icon in san francisco. the plaza and another plaza space and serves a civic function. many events are held there and we traverse it back and forth on a daily basis. more public space is planned for around the cruise terminal. this is part of the plan for

expansion of the downtown ferry terminal and create an open space and doubles as the space here and meets the transportation goals. this pier was featured in the chronicle sf gate this week as a favorite structure with style. it has been a 637-foot public access pier. it's been very popular, and public spaces are also -- can add a vitality to the waterfront from art and as we change art out and make the waterfront dynamic and changes on a regular basis and not static and of course we do that with all of the events as well. rincon park and opened in 2004 and with an arrangement with redevelopment agency and how the land was

transferred. i won't go into the detail of that and can go into it another time and this park and by the redevelopment agency and features the 700 berth harbor and a park and including a couple years ago -- a few years ago the addition of a play ground in it. china basin park just across the channel and i would like to talk about the blue green way which is mentioned in the director's report. the blue green way starts at china basin channel to the edge of the city. in the last years the port lead an intercity effort negotiated by mayor gavin newsom and spur to create blue green way and it's a new waterfront system as i

described. like the embarcadero promenade the blue green way has a system to expand the area with the southern waterfront. midst the operations the blue green way enables the public to see the ships and deep vessel operations. it also promotes regional recreational employmentment from the bay area water trail. the development requires close attention to the needs of maritime operations and the cooperation of recreational water enthusiasts to maintain navigational water safety so the china basin park is probably the first of those that fits into that description and this one would be -- it was developed in 20zero -- 2000 and part of the plans for the development there and a

featured space there. it reaches back to mission creek and there are water access points back up in here as there are at pier 52 boach launch which is a very popular facility and on certain days it crowds up and serves as one of the port's maritime functions and a valuable recreational opportunity. down from that is aqua vista park and a nice green space and also has a fishing dock on it. there will be a modest amount of improvements associated with the bond that will bring that park up a notch and bumping on down to pier 70 and the park and will be the port's largest and significant new space next to the dry dock and adjacent to the other development opportunities within the pier 70 area and the planning process is under way and you had regular updates

on that and exciting interesting public space. going a little further south where there are many hidden gems in the waterfront and one is warm water cove at the end of 25th street -- might be 26th. i lose my geography. the cargo bicycle lane a couple years ago opened up and providing a value connection and part of the blue green way and part of the port's effort to work with the city and our regional partner bay trail in providing these connections all the way down. we have isle creek and landing and a group that maintains that. the gateway park and at illinois and cargo and third and surrounded by the creek. we have been through the concept design,

the community concept design and in construction drawings now and hope to begin construction after the first of the year and funded by the 2012 bond and i building you are aware of hereon's head park and in the 90's and expanded with the bond money to provide a gracious entry to it and that is an image of a number of our officials including our esteemed port director opening it. what we just reviewed is the work of many staff from most departments within the port. it's staff from our regulatory agencies that work with us and developing the spaces and bcdc and staff and the citizen plan and securing the

funds and stewards of the facilities as well. we couldn't have done this without that support. the demand for open space continues to grow and probably out growing port's resources and it will depend on the ability to generate revenue from the port and leasing property and facilities and public support. in conclusion the port's open spaces have been a primary reason for visiting the waterfront, have made the port's major commercial destinations more attractive, and have become a model for other cities in the united states and around the world. that concludes my presentation. thank you. >> thank you. public comment? paul nixon. >> [inaudible] >> okay. corine woods.

>> governor commissioners. my name is corine woods. i have been engaged in land use and open space transportation planning, port projects, open space for way too many years. dan did briefly mention the mission bay park system along the waterfront, but what he didn't really mention is the fact this is mostly on port property. it's being developed by the redevelopment agency as part of the mission bay plan but the parks will revert back to the port like south beach has so

it's part of that continuous and stretch of open spaces. the bay front park isn't built yet, but it will be, and the port has put in a lot of money to do the bay edge on that property. you will see the pier 52 launch which is the only boat launch in the city and county of san francisco. we have a kayak boach launch in mission creek. the bay area trail is an important part of the green way. the blue is the water and the green is the land and it's a project that the port has been incredibly wonderful about taking the lead on. david has spent many, many meetings with his daughter [inaudible] as he has on the eastern neighborhoods planning. the port -- the

planning department, the redevelopment agency have all worked together on all of these projects, and that's why we are where we are now, and getting the bond money into 2008 and 2012 definitely helped a lot, but it has been a combined effort, an effort of more than one average, a lot of different people, and. >> >> we are very grateful for having this, and we will get to the southern waterfront. >> maureen g ag ny. >> good afternoon commissioners. i am with the san francisco bay trail project. as you aware it's a 500 path around the san francisco bay for hiking and bicycling and also serves as alternative transportation corridor. 330-miles are complete and you may have heard recently about the bay trail

trekker, your city's own curt [inaudible] that walked the whole trail and starting and finishing here at the ferry building downstairs. if you would like to check out his very cool blog we have a link on the home page www bay trail .org and a new set of bay trail maps that are very cool and i'm going to work with david to get each of the commissioners a set of those maps because we're really proud of them and they're flying off the shelves since curt did the walk because we got press on that and we are excited about that. i wanted to provide a few comments and complements over the efforts over the last couple years. as noted in the presentation these areas are part of the system. we partnered with the port with

these projects and [inaudible] illinois street bridge, cargo bridge, pier 43, fisherman's wharf or speaking in support of projects we didn't fund but adored and the bicycle lanes and vista park and [inaudible] wharf and many others. efforts on the blue green way segments of the bay and water trail and we look forward to seeing continued progress. as the bay trail inches towards being between there is more work to do and partnerships are more important than ever as the low hanging fruit is picked. we have no doubt that the port is committed to completing their parts and we are grateful for this relationship. thank you. >> thank you. is there

anymore public comment? >> thank you commissioners. matt o grady executive director of the san francisco parks alliance. we're the independent partner to the entire city for things to do with parks and recreation and open space. i want to stress with you that the park alliance shares a very strong partnership with the port on multiple levels. i want to draw your attention to two key components of that partnership. all of these aimed at supporting the port's mission for public access and recreation as appropriate and best uses of our waterfront. the first of course is policy in nature regarding the 2012 clean and safe neighborhoods park bond. as you know the parks alliance contributed significantly to

the bond measure and a sponsor to get passage of the bond last november. president woo ho it was an honor to work with you and thank you for the leadership on that campaign. sorry dan it was only 34 and a half mill million that went to the projects and the of course the biggest part is renovation of pier 70. the other key partnership that includes the port as you heard is the blue green way. everybody loves the glue green way and for very good reason. it's an incredible opportunity that has involved a partnership of dizzying array of government agencies and private entities. i have been in this town for two years and i can't get them all and regional and state and federal agencies involved for turning that vision into a reality. it is a huge win for san francisco that is

playing out. i should just mention to you on a couple of key points about the blue green way. immediately south of the southern end of the port's jurisdiction when we get to the next part south of the city there are a couple of parcels of the last remaining parcels of privately owned waterfront in san francisco with the exception of pg&e properties and the parks alliance is currently collaborating with the parks and rec department with other agencies to pursue public acquisition of the parcels to complete the entire vision for the blue green way. keep your fingers crossed. we are working on that. the parks alliance enjoyed a strong partnership with the port that we look forward to continuing. it's an honor and pleasure working with people like david and dan in pursuing the blue green way and

the other projects that are transforming the city's southern waterfront as well as the entire port jurisdiction so we thank you for your leadership and for y efforts and i look forward to continuing this process. thank you. >> thank you. commissioners any comments? >> once again i want to thank you dan and all the others. i think this is one of the things that will make our waterfront that much more special. corine thank you for the work on this and clearly a labor of love and highlight to you how important it is to have members of the public to come and really support projects and pay attention to that and to interested parties that is what makes things turn out so successful and you heard in other presentations earlier and corine has been on every citizen's advisory committee that we have talked about today. >> [inaudible] >> but thank you. yes, i

think it is very exciting and this is what is going to draw people to our waterfront. i do want to highlight once again i think -- to sue's point earlier it's important to recognize the impact of climate change and the rising sea wall rise, and note how we have accounting for that and to the extent when we are presenting it might be helpful to point out to the public because it is a good opportunity to reiterate that climate change is here and we do recognize it and take it seriously and it will have significant impact on all of us, and that has been taken into account in our planning efforts so again i want to thank everybody and look forward to seeing more and more of it. >> l i just want to mention again we had a lot of big picture presentations today and this was another important component because we talk about the big

projects and we are balanced with this and this open space is important and what 10 said and have 10% and hopefully get to up 30 frs and i love the three words and i'm going to adopt that going forward and i think we hear for the other projects people think we're just reacting to a lot of requests for development and i don't think they think there is a very conscious plan to keep the open access and i think we're fortunate in this city compared to some of the other cities in the country that we have so much -- not just programmed open access, beautiful access. it is variety and we're pro-active about it and not react to it and today we wanted to remind everybody and including ourselves that this actually is a very conscious effort and i want to applaud

everybody on the staff in terms of bringing this back to our attention and make sure it's in the public mind this is an important part of what we do here and all of the other things that we do that we get attention and notoriety and this is an important part we're providing to the public and we work on. it's planned and not just happens by accident and i think it's important and i want to thank you all for the effort and to give the big picture again. >> item 11b enter into a memorandum of understanding for the municiple transportation agency and fee waiver period and license number 15684 with alta bike share the regional operator for waterfront locations for the