respond to since that was a bigger space. it is office, obviously but what is happening to that space? >> that is class c, office. >> sorry? >> class c, it is in the south. and we are negotiate and work withing a city agency to take over the balance in the entirety of the building and we have experienced the high vacantcy rate there and what happens is we have gone through the several film companies that have gone in there and they are in there for six months and move out. and so, it is a tough rent. and it is because the building, it is not in good condition. >> okay, it is in good condition and we maintain that it has a parking lot and competitive rates and, modified, full service for $1.25. and you know, i want to say that it is a contractor's space. not where maybe an architect,

or someone who wants to be in proximity to downtown would want to be but we have had three or four stable tenants in there, muni was the anchor tenant and moved out about five years ago and we have had trouble, except for in the intermittent film groups that we have had in there, and i was hoping that we are working with the city real estate with a city agency and to hope to take over the entirety of the building. >> this will be a city agency >> yes. >> it will be a city agency. >> so hopefully it will not show up as 42.4 percent vacant >> we hope not. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> to answer my questions, and thanks to commissioner woo ho, and several others that i had not thought of. thank you very much. >> thank you.

>> so, call for a vote all in favor? >> aye. >> aye. >> opposed? >> budget passes. >> item 10 a, request approval oflease no. l-15771 for the ecocenter at heron's head park and surrounding 6,058 square feet of non-exclusive license area, located near the intersection of jennings street and cargo way, with the bay institute aquarium foundation, a not for profit california corporation for a five-year term with two two-year. (resolution no. 14-13). >> and that title, longer than my presentation. >> good afternoon, commissioners i am happy to be back today to for your approval of 15771 with the foundation to lease the eco center. at your last meeting on february 11th, you heard from the bay institute aquarium

foundation and its two partners, city college of san francisco, and the aphillip institute regarding their plans for how they propose to work together and each bringing in the different but complimentary strengths as you heard from these organization and from the public, the eco center, presents a truly unique environmental education opportunity. and it was born of a community driven initiative to help connect people in south east san francisco with the natural beauties that is provided at park and also to demonstrate the sustainable building technologis that reduce the environmental impact. and the bay institute aquarium foundation and partners are committed for the original intent of the eco center providing a hub for

environmental education and a treasured resource for the south east san francisco community. the key lease terms are consistent with the port's standard form lease and there are some special conditions, including a five year term with two possible two year options to be offered at the port's discretion, rent of one dollar a year provided that it is a non-profit organization and operates in accordance with the approved program plan and the port is assuming building maintenance obligations and costs. since the commission approved the award of the lease two weeks ago, the bay institute aquarium foundation and the partners have had the opportunity to flesh out the opportunity and plan in further detail. and that plan, is going to be an exhibit, and it is an exhibit to the lease, and it is also an appendix to your staff

report and provides additional details for the three partners plans for programming at the eco center, as required by the initial, rfp, the tenants will support, ongoing environmental education that the port funds and provides through our partnership with the recreation and parks department. and those programs have been serving well over 1,000 students each year, and generally from the san francisco k-12 schools and they also support the dream teenagers which is a program for the teenagers who live and go to school in district ten and they are interested in the service learning or the environmental issues. >> new programming, that the bay institute aquarium foundation, and they are bringing into the center include, starting day one, the center will be opened four days a week for schedule programs and also, for park visitor to drop in. and they will be creating a community advisory committee, which will be established by

the bay institute aquarium foundation, and apri, and establish and co-chair on an ongoing ba sis by the two organization and that committee will help inform the development of new programming and insure, that it is engaging the local community. and apri, is bringing one of its existing after school youth programs to the eco center, to operate out of the eco center as a home base and that after school program, helps the youth identify and apply for jobs internships and other, skill building, opportunities. and the bay institute aquarium foundation is also initiating a new weekly program at the eco center called science saturdays and science saturdays will be a mix of volunteer opportunities to work in the park. and hands on, environmental education programs, that might be of interest to kids and

families, lecture based that might be more for adults or working academics and the center will also be made available to city departments and community groups to use as meeting and assembly space. >> the bay institute aquarium foundation and the partners plans for these and other activities are documented in the operations and program plan. the bay institute aquarium foundation will report quarterly to the port, on its implementation of the plan. either the port, or the tenant may suggest revisions to the plan, in any case, the revisions will be subject to the approval by the port's executive director or her desingee, and upon the commission's request we will hope to come back in a not too distant future and update you on our progress towards implementing the plan. and that concludes my

presentation. >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. >> any public comment? >> seeing none, commissioners? >> i notice within the mlu, that there is a termination for the rpi, and and 90 days so, if either party were to terminate, >> if either party were to terminate, that will constitute a change to the operation and program plan so the tenant, the bay, institute will have to propose that change to the report, presumably at that time they will propose some substitution or something that would supplement the loss of that capacity. and that would be subject to

port approval. >> okay, thank you. >> and then, just going through the operation's plan, i know that when this insally came forward, we talked about crafting it so it will be available for the other non-profits to use and that i missed that, but, this is just a slight reference to it but i understood it was not for any charge and i assume it is carried over in the official plan. >> that was something that we talked about two weeks ago, and that remains part of the deal, and so far, the bay institute aquarium foundation has not identified any of the programs that they are offering for which they would need to charge any sort of fees, although the lease does allow for that at some point in the future. and that also would be subject to port approval. so it is their intent to make the eco center as widely available as possible as long as the uses are compatible.

>> i was also getting to if another non-profit organization wanted to come in and that similar would fall under that. >> absolutely. >> commissioner adams? >> i would like to say thank you for all that you do diligence and as i am reading through all of this and bringing the three parties together and able to work it out. because this is a win/win situation for the xunt community and for my fellow commissioners i have made a commitment to go there myself in 26 and to see the center and understand it and hopefully some of the kids from the community will be there and i think that it is important for us as a commission to be hands on and to actually go down there and appreciate it and i appreciate your hard work and the three partners that came together and they need to know that the commission and the port really supports this work and i think that it is a good work, thank you. >> thank you, i appreciate the comments and i am looking forward to having you out at the center to visit, and i have on say that really the credit

for these three parties being able to work together as they have, is due to them, but i appreciate the comments, thank you. >> so, all in favor? >> aye, aye. >> opposed? >> it passes. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> item 11, new business? >> okay, commissioners, a couple of items that i have on the new business from our meeting today, one is to expand our out reach on the pilot retail program, and explain what we are going to do when we come back to you for approval on that. and two, is to analyze, and come back and report on the rate of return for that portion of the foreign trade zone fee and three is to analyze the cost and opportunities for the pile removal. >> and pier 70. >> okay, good. >> and then, i just wanted it point out because it has been pointed out to me twice today that our meeting on april 8th is also the same day as opening day of the giants.

and right now we don't have a very big agenda, but to bring to the informational item on the development and transaction, with an action item to follow there after, so that if for some reason you can't be at the meeting and you want to entertain changing meeting let us know. >> okay, thank you. >> could i just make one comment on what you said on the new business. >> i think that i just want to amend or augment, what we were talking about as far as the retail space, i think we need to make the distinction of bringing in an lbe as opposed to a start up company and a small business, the space itself is not going to allow, and i don't think that it will be interested and it is not big enough to attract somebody that is of the size and i think that we need to make a distinction between a company that is small, and it has been

operating verses someone someone who is trying to get go as a start up but i don't think what the intent was but i would be concerned if the intent was to encourage a start up lbe which is different than trying to get an lbe that has some experience into the site. >> i think that as a understand it, the way that it is written, they already have to have, i think that it is three years of ongoing percent so that addresses and it would not be start ups but they will be businesses that have already been operating and functions and giving them an opportunity to come to the port property. >> which i think that i 100 percent support and since we emphasized the component and the technical assistance, it gives that feeling that these are businesses that are not on their own, and i don't have a problem with businesses always need help, so it is always nice to know that they have somebody, but i want to make the distinction between and i would say if there was a three

year operating experience requirement which is the normal for anybody looking at a small business and particularly from a landing standpoint and this is similar that we will be leasing space and we want someone who is viable financially. >> and i think that is written into the requirements. >> yeah, it is on page, 3 of the staff report, that each respondent will have been operating for a minimum of three years and each will have to have had a developed businessman and a financial proform a and prove their access for additional financing and we do have some, minimum standards that i think, would discourage, the selection being with the start up. >> but, your point is well taken commissioner. >> okay. >> and i am probably going over board here, but just in the interest of making sure that we do get and i think that the interest is going to be, and it is going to be enormous and i think that we will have our pick. >> good, good. >> and then i want to follow up on some of the public comment

earlier about the 15-year review of our water front lender's plan and i am not sure when that was schedule for, but i do think that is well taken that... >> yeah, and so, i think that unfortunately no one from planning was here for that comment, but it is the sport's staff position that we have been updating the water front plan as we go, with each of the various, master plans that we have done and so for example, the master plans, for pier 70 and we consider that an update to the water front land use plan and so within this very building, region we have talked to you a lot about the conformance with the water use plan and there have been other projects that have been an update and i think that what miss woods was getting at was to public the document that was more comprehensive instead of having the documents that constitute the plan but are not located and i expect that she was getting at to check the boxes whaf we have done and so

for example, the prominade was in the plan and of course it was been in the existence for now and i plan to speak with byron and diane about what that would take, but i think that is what she was getting at as opposed to reconvene. >> right. >> the community effort and the bill planning. >> i got that and as i understand it it is a review and a report on what has been accomplished. >> if you could get an item on that. >> yeah, so i would like before i commit us, i would like to figure out what that means because she was very clear about wanting to see if we could do it in the next 90 days and i will have to figure out what it is and we will definitely make sure that we get back to you on that. >> thank you. >> and this is all a comment and we have been working on kind of some strategic visioning and so at some point, the question of when that will be coming back to the commission. >> agreed. >> yeah. >> i will put that on the list. >> but it is on the list but informally. >> any other new business?

>> any other public comment? >> and the motion to adjourn? >> so moved. >> second. >> the meeting is adjourned. thank you. >> and thank you.