recover, just 15 million being recovered. be used in one of three ways or a portion of it in all three ways. one, you should be paying down the debt on the general obligation bond so that the voter can have some relief. two, reserve the 15 million for [speaker not understood] problem at laguna honda. they have been eliminated in [inaudible]. >> thank you. good afternoon, supervisor yee and tackvthv. i'm jim rubin, rubin, junius and rose, and i am the attorney for contest promotions which is

number 8 on your calendar and matter that mr. hanky spoke about. i wasn't intending to speak unless somebody spoke on this matter. so, here i am. this is the settlement of a lawsuit that started in 2008. the city frankly was losing that lawsuit because the law was pretty clear that these were on-site advertising billboards. the city attorney recognized that. we've negotiated a settlement that took over a year. i find it hard to believe that the planning department wasn't available. they've always been available to answer any questions that anybody else wanted to ask. dan sider is the primary person that's been handling this and i know dan to return his calls and provide information. there is nothing that's been secretive about any of this. it's on your calendar. it's been properly noticed and san francisco beautiful could have called me or anybody else. this is the first i've heard of anybody paying any attention to this settlement at all and it's a last-minute. so, i urge you to proceed and

recommend that the settlement be approved along with all the other settlements that you have on your calendar for next tuesday. thank you. >> thank you very much. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> is there a motion to convene in closed session? >> so moved. >> okay. no objection. [gavel] >> member of the public, we will now be convening in closed session and we would ask that you please leave the committee room. thank you very much. >>please stand by - meeting in closed session >> [inaudible] the session the committee voted by a 2 to 0 vote to forward items 4 through 17 to the full board with recommendation. >> can i have a motion to not disclose what happened in

closed session? >> so moved. >> okay. no objection, that motion is passed. [gavel] >> madam clerk, is there anything else on the agenda? >> no, that concludes our business for today. >> okay. so, the meeting is adjourned. [gavel] >> hello, i'm nona along with the legacy of voters in san

francisco i'm here to discuss 19th street only june 3rd the city and county of san francisco through it's port commission mfrtsz 3 and a half miles of waterfront along the bay and it currently regulates the maximum allowed heights they run from 40 to 84 feet they usually need approval by the planning commission and the board of supervisors those changes don't currently require the voters to approve it prop b has height limits in effect unless the city voters approve the height limit any ballot question to there

those must specific the proposed height limits in you vote yes. you want to prevent the city from port property to exceed the heightened limits unless the city voters have approved the vote limit increase in you vote no. you don't want to make the change. i'm here with lewis former city attorney and proponent of prop b 82 >> thank you. >> and joined by on opponent of the measure thank you. i'd like to start with opening comments that from each of you ms. renee your opening statement. thank you to the league. i think we all agree the san francisco waterfront is a truly special place. and if you do we're asking the voters to, yes on b and, yes open b is support by is sierra

club 78s be neighborhood alliance and affordable housing alliance and others citizens. prop b is simple and scared u straightforward it says waterfront height limits should be enforced and when the planner of the ports want to exceed those limits they should put the question to the voters. the yes on b campaign is really part of the out growth full only 8 washington we'll have a high-rise twice the size of the old embarcadero freeway and fortunately over 67 of the voters said no, we don't want a wall on of the or high towers but proposition g or b says if the planners seek to exceed the

height limits then the voters have a changing chance to say yes or no it's a vote and choice by the voters and mr. valenzuela 10 a statement >> thank you to the league for having you will say here today first of all, i'm a volunteer in and out a developer no are developers are involved in our support of the no on b campaign we're a coalition of community activists my environmentalists and small property owner and housing advocates. we're in the middle of our greatest affordability in san francisco and the problem with prop b is takes the complexities of the balance and boils it down this is a concern we should be discussing how to build more affordable housing but we are talking heights limitsthanasia

that's an important discussion but it leaves out the public benefits that may come out of the progress one or two tall buildings may gives a significant amount of affordable housing this proposition could kill 6 hundred affordable housing units and 20 millions of housing fees and cause significant problems for the ports so far as developing and fixing the problems with the port lands. we're in the enforcement of the nova valley club and the indemnification and a host of others >> mr. valenzuela 10 bring up the perspectives of job how do you feel about that. >> there are 3 issues that were brought up first, the ballot box

planning no, it isn't if the planners don't exceed the height limits no problem only if they do if you look at san francisco history since 19th street 68 when the bureau ton act there's been 18 other ballot measures effecting the front the ball was effected and the hunters point shipyard we're talking about port property that is owned by the public. and if you take a look at port property it's held in public trust and the housing agreement is a red herring because as a matter of fact, if port property is held in publicly trust you can't build housing there and number 3 if that were done there's nothing in prop b that

says you can't have a project being approved so the howard's altering argument is truly a red herring and we've seen the kind of housing the port as proposed high-rise luxury condo and now they're saying only building low income housing a i'd like to see it and b that's not going to happen >> mr. valenzuela 10 any comments. >> yes. the housing is not a red herring, in fact, if you look at what the port is considering and the project in the pipeline if you follow the draft sheets that's inclusionary housing on site the problem is this is getting boiled down to if the voters like it that's great but developers can come to the ballot box with a specific

or gentle thought and in the 0 voters sigh yes, no chance for mitigation under sequa or the planning process to hopefully get parts for example, an increase in affordable housing in exchange for heights when it the park going to be developed at the front of the process or backdoor back is the affordable housing going to be done in the beginning or at the at the end e end so there's quite a few of the challenges we're not talking about the of her building or them changing their bulk and height but off the waters edge they use the word welfare because they want people to think that. >> last year the decision for the height is washington project

should the voters be asked florida the height be waived on this project. >> we're saying on port property publicly owned property not privately but on public property which for the most part under our state constitution mass been held in the public trust yes, the voters have is a say because unfortunately, we we have fined and i'm sorry to have to say this is the port and planners are not listening not people 8 washington was clear evidence of that clear evidence where a good project is proposed i have great confidence in the voters for example, at&t park was approved by the voters the of her building the hunters point shipyard critical

waterfront projects. but what worries me about the current trend and i've gotten involved there are too many people out to make our unique san francisco waterfront look like miami beach and if so, i think this would be a shame isn't it a fact i think it would be a really bad sign for the economy we're unique it's a our waterfront that makes us unique >> mr. valenzuela 10 should the voter be asked about the height. >> i think once again when we focus on the height we don't get into the discussion of the complexity of the getting the mitigations on a project and i mean folks there could be a tall building on this parcel the proponents make it out this is miami beach and it's not there's

no proposal anywhere in san francisco that looks like miami beach. there is a community process in plays that's you figure out hard to make sure that the cultural your current proposals in place have articulated buildings where we have maybe a few tall slender towers in shorter blocks and integration with affordable housing on site. they're creating an enormous distraction and pushing things into one or two word to wall and miami beach those are not the projects that anybody's it interested in seeing again, we're talking about rental housing and the projects the port needs to have the income to fix the problems they belong to all san francisco as well as the

sea level rise this is not jew just about who the developers are >> we have a little bit of time left i want to get our final thoughts ms. reigning. >> i think yes on b is extraordinarily important 0 so san francisco doesn't look like miami beach. who wants to see all along our waterfront those wind tower type buildings you see as you come across the bay bridge and interestingly enough when the voters wanted to take this off the ballot they said they explicit is have to pay attention to the height limits they can build whatever they want 10 empire state buildings it's critically important that the citizens of san francisco have a say on what happens on

their property. yes on b applies to public property. public trust property and the citizens villaraigosa a right to have a say we have in the past why not now. mr. valenzuela 10 any final remarks >> sure once again there's an numerous distraction by focusing on miami beach no one is talking about miami beach and the current process has not produced anything in prop b passes tall and short everything is going to focus on tall because they know that folks are going to be against that we could get short buildings no park and no affordable housing. and possibly not solving the problems at the port at this time. so i think i think so that we

have a big challenge to our waterfront what p that looks like the public process is open and prop b is a political campaign to focus on heights to challenge the developments that could be creating parks and affordable housing and bring people to the waterfront and do good for the city. thank you both for your comments we hope this discussion has been forgive for more information please visit the san francisco sf elections.org remember earlier vociferating is at city hall and you can vote on the two weekends before elective days please vote on june 3rd if i don't vote

. >> (roll call). >> item 2, approval of minutes. >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> opposed? minutes approved. >> item 3, public comment on executive session? >> so moved. >> move into executive session. staff not present for that can vacate the room. thank you. >> did you vote? >> is there a motion to move

into into pars3 we go ahead and -- i move to reconvene in open session. >> second. >> all in favor? opposed? reconvene in open session. we have a motion. >> motion to reconvene in open session. possible report on actions taken ph closed session. in closed session, the commission voted 5-0 to approve the simon identity sluice open mediation agreement described in agenda 5a >> and nothing else disclosed in executive session. >> second. >> thank you.

pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >>. >> 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 the chairman ordered the removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager or other similar sound-producing electronic device. a member of the public has 3 minutes to comment unless the board adopts a shorter

period for public comment. item 8, any public comment. >> any public comment? seeing none. >> 9a, executive director's report. >> good afternoon, commissioners, members of the public, port staff, thank you for joining us today. apologies for the drapes being closed on such a gore just dais, it's really unbelievablely beautiful out there. we need the drapes closed so all of you can be on camera and look your best. apologies for that but thank you all for joining us. i have a few eye items. it is my honor to introduce our new chief harbor engineer, eunejune kim. he is currently the engineer of the city of san bruno where he has managed

extensive capital improvement plans for their public buildings which includes their water, storm water systems as well as many road ways, pedestrian access ways, i think he has an amazing knowledge of utilities, particularly gas utilities at the moment from his tenure in san bruno he's also worked for a total of 5 municipals in the state of california so over time he's become extremely familiar with the crucial role that a chief engineer needs to play in balancing the infrastructure management practices with the communities and the type of infrastructure needs and long-term planning needs each community has and lord knows the port has a lot of infrastructure needs and long range planning needs in the area of infrastructure. eunejune is a san francisco native, has his engineering degree, has his bachelors from uc davis and his masters from

the san jose state university. he is registered a civil engineer, a traffic engineer, which will be great for us, and a land surveyer and just for purposes of the public record at the port commission aexecutive closed session on april 22 the port commission unanimously confirmd his appointment as chief harbor engineer pursuant to the city's charter. so i would very much like to introduce eunejune and invite him to say a few words, if you will. if you will stand, please, and maybe go to the podium. and i didn't mention but he is very dedicated to his public service. he's going to help the city of san bruno transition and he will be joining us at the end of june so we'll really looking forward to that. >> thank you very much, monique, good afternoon commissioners and public. i'm very happy to be here. i was born and raised in the bay

area, living in san jose san francisco was always the place you would come to for activities, events, wedings. so i'm familiar with san francisco but i never knew there was a separate port entity even though i run along this area and enjoy the parks but when i first found out about this job it was a cold call while i was at my office in san bruno and i didn't, i was forwarded information, i didn't really respond, then they called back again and said you should consider this. it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. the more i looked into it, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. it's one of the last developable areas of san francisco and has so much to offer and so much to give to the culture and the community that i am very excited and i can't wait to start and be a productive team member. >> well, welcome. we're thrilled to have you joining us. you haven't heard me say

this before, but i often say that i think the port has amongst the best staff in the city, no offense to some of the other department heads who are here, and i think you'll be pleased to find not only is it a wonderful area here but a wonderful team to be working with and i know everyone is very xuetd to have you joining the team and we look forward to working with you. >> thank you very much. >> great, thank you, eunejune. i want to say publicly once again our thank you for euday, who has had the pleasure of serving the dual role as ak *r acting chief engineer as well as head of our chief structure group. his work and his institutional knowledge has been unparalleled. he is a very large reason that we have, we perform so valiantly on all the different attributes we needed to deliver for the america's cup including the ability to come out of the box

and generate some savings. i think he now more than anyone has studied pier 30-32 20 or 25 times and is probably the best, the most knowledgeable on piers 30-32 and has been terrific on his leadership and dedication and the long hours it took to do both jobs. i know his port staff colleagues adore him so please join me in thanking him publicly. (applause). >> thank you. >> so moving on, some more exciting news. i can't believe it, but this may 1st, on mayday, the high dive restaurant down at pier 28 celebrated its 10th anniversary, i can't believe how fast time has flown. i don't know if any of you were able to be there for their opening, but i will never forget the image of owner john

cane diving off a diving board into the bay in recognition of the high dave name. just last year it was named one of the top 15 dive bars in sf, which is an interesting dead case to its history. it was boonedocuments two years before it opened as high dive, the owner retired, sold his business, the new owners came in, renovated the high dive, rebranded it as the high dive, but boonedocuments was a well known dive bar at the port of san francisco. it had gotten its start during the building of the bay bridge, much like red's had. so it's an institution and we're really proud that john and his partners have been able to main continue it as a best dive bar in all of san francisco. so my thanks and congratulations to john, pat and brett and also they hold a 10th anniversary

party and raised funds for the lukemia and lymphoma society which john is very active in. john and his family are native san franciscoans so congratulations to high dive. also going from best dive bar to the nation's best restaurant, just la last week the john berd awards were announced for restaurants nationwide, the john beard awards -- sorry, james -- are the authors for restaurants in all kinds of categories and slanted door won for the nation's most outstanding restaurant, which according to the james beard foundation, means that they serve as a national standard bearer for consistent quality and excellence in food, atmosphere and service and they have to qualify to be eligible tough to have operated for at least 10 years or more, consecutive years. we're really very proud of the slanted