>> roll call, commissioner willie adams. >> here. >> commissioner kimberly brandon. >> here. >> item two will provide the minutes for november 14, 2017 meeting. >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favour say aye. >> aye. >> opposed? >> item three public comment on executive session. >> there any public comment on executive session? being none, public comment is closed. >> item four, executive session. >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favour say aye. >> aye. >> opposed? >> we're n

>> all in favour say aye? >> aye. >> i move not to discuss anything closed in closed session. >> second. >> all those in favour. >> aye. >> aye. >> madame secretary? >> the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge of 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 the use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advise that the chairman ordered the removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager and other sound-producing electronic device. please be advised that the

member of the public has up to three minutes to pertinent public comments on each agenda item unless there is a shorter period on any other item. item eight on public comments not listed on the agenda. >> i don't have any cards. is there any public comment on anything not listed on the agenda? being none, public comment is closed. >> ok. item 9-a, executive director report. >> good afternoon, president adams. vice president adams. members of the port commission. happy new year to you all. the item i'd like to update you on is the resilient by design competition. this is a non-- not-for-profit led rockefeller foundation sponsored year-long collaborative design challenge, bringing together residents, public officials and locals, national and international experts to develop 10 innovative community-based solutions that will strengthen

the region's resiliency to sea level rise, severe storms, flood, etc. the teams -- there are 10 teams if 10 locations. our location has been defined as islais creek. the port is very pleased that it was selected. the city really recommended between three sites -- mission creek, fishererman's wharf and islais creek, but that was our favourite so we're very pleased that it was selected. we will learn january 11 who our design firm will be. when we do, it will be posted on our website. this will be a very collaborative process with local residents and community organisations. these design -- these conceptial designs will be innovative and will allow us to really think about ways in which we can adapt to sea level rise. so we're really looking forward to this. we are a key stakeholder as the

landlord of this area, of this location. and we're working closely with the resill -- resiliency by design competition staff. the next item is on pier 70. i'd like to let everyone know that the port has made the decision to reissue the r.f.p. for the shipyard at pier 70 and we have a target of coming to this commission for approval february 27 of the year. so, very soon. as you will recall, we issued an r.f.p. august 15. we received three proposals, but only one was responsive and that was vigor of portland, oregon. as we work to clarify the response with vigor, we saw that we would need to repackage the r.f.p. and put out, broaden the scope of the r.f.p. in order for a firm to -- for the facility to be economically viable. and given that we learned this, we wanted to put it out again to offer the other shipyard operators who did not come in

with the responsive propose told think again and perhaps bid again. so that is the reason for that decision. we remain very, very committed to seeing the shipyard up and operational again. and hope that this new r.f.p. will yield a very good, responsive bidder. as you all probably woke up to know, on january 4, we got an early morning earthquake out of berkeley. it was initially reported at 4.7, but was downgraded to 4.4. though we knew right away, given the size on the richter scale that probably we did not suffer damage. we did deploy our staff, full -- did a full deployment in order to test how we inspect and respond to earthquakes. we know this is something that will be in future and we want to be prepared. so by 7:30, we had 10 teams out. five in boat and five on land.

really the entire port staff participate from engineering and maintenance participated in the exercise. it was a really, really high tide that day. so formally we would havened whated to go under the piers to inspect but because of the high tide it was not safe so we did perimeter reviews. the thaied was at 2.5 feet and by 11:00 a.m. it was at seven feet. so it was impossible to get under the pier. we did learn that perimeter inspections are excellent. we were able to get all of our results in by 1:30, which we felt was a very, very good result. we identified nine issues, none of which the earthquake caused, but were very, very good issues to know about and we also realised that we are getting good at deploying our staff. but prioritizing what work to do first is something we need to work on with protocol and i'm thankful to rob iwashda and tom carter of our executive team, our chief arbor engineer and deputy director of

maintenance who ran the maintenance and diana better tram. it was very well done. there were 34 staff involved. and i just want to remind the public to please also practice your emergency response. there is lots of good, cognitive research that says if you don't practice something, you don't know how to do it when you're worried, people will dial 4-1-1 in a catastrophe instead of 9-1-1 because they're used to dialing 4-1-1 so practice, practice, practice. i have the great privilege of aunderstand noing that our own deputy director of maintenance tom carter has won the mvac award with paul defreidas. this special event for the awardees will be march 21st at 5:30 p.m. in city hall rotunda. and they won this award for the warm water cove encampment resolution and the navigation centre at 25th street.

so, as most people familiar with the port last year, we were going through quite an unsurge ens and we were seeing more and more people on port property and our commission wanted us to do something positive and respond with compassion and this group of folks got the work going. first we did clearing of the encampments and focused on compassionate services to people. then we identified the navigation centre as city policy is the best of breed in providing care to the homeless population and we found a site at 25th street and we even got the local neighbourhood residents and the community organisations to support the navigation centre. it was a long process, but it was a very, very rewarding one.

and the awardees spent many, many hours doing the hard work that is involved in encampment removals so we're very proud that they were given very prestigious award. i would like to announce that we're having a special meeting january 30. this will be at the -- the open session will be at 3:15 at pier one in the bayside conference rooms. thank you very much. >> there any public comment on the executive director's report? any public comment? being none, public comment is closed. commissioners report. >> are we showing these slides? >> you want to start showing them now? yes. >> go ahead. >> staff has prepared some photo images of our be loved mayor edwin lee. we know the port commissioners would like the say some words about our former mayor. >> why don't we have the slide

show first to kind of just -- is that -- you wanted to show the public, right? >> i was just goinging to go through them as you were talking. >> oh, all right. ok. fine. i guess i'll start, president adams. thank you for giving me the privilege of going first. i have two parts to what with i'd like to say about mayor ed lee. first is the personal. we've known -- my husband and i have known ed lee since 1989 when he joined the government and when my husband joined as deputy mayor with art agnos. and they also -- they also lived five minutes away from us so we were in the same neighbourhood and we frequently got together over the years and certainly when he was mayor for dinner. so, we have a very, very close, personal association. and along the way there were other intersections, it's funny how life is. there's always six degrees of separation. ed lee is an alumna of boden

college and my son attended boden so they had that connection between them. and my son-in-law then went to high school with breanne fa, his daughter. so, we had that connection, too. so, this loss is very, very personal to us. not just for the city, but personally. and he was such a humble man and i think we all remember his tremendous sense of humour and his corny jokes and none of us remember his corny jokes, we just know that everybody would start laughing because he would start laughing. he was enthusiastic about his own jokes. he was -- i have traveled with him and i guess talk a little bit about on the civic side of what you know of him and the public side as far as the mayor is concerned. i know when he asked me to join the port commission, which i accepted and as we can see over the years he was a tremendously

vibrant supporter of our waterfront and all of our projects and i think all of that is known and documented with starting with all the things that he believed in first with the warriors and pier 70 and mission rock and all those projects which i don't need to -- and i'm sure the other commissioners here may talk about. but i think that i still remember, too, to make sure that as he transitioned to be mayor and at the time with monique moyer, we had several breakfast meetings and at the tomb i was president and he wanted to ensure a smooth transition. as i recall, he was probably more involved as a mayor with the port than some of the pred se sorts. -- predecessors. he wanted to make sure that we were on the same agenda. and he also had people from a city hall standpoint and i think it was very important that he took the time and we used to have a few breakfast meets toing talk about what was going on at the port and that worked out well and i think the

transition worked out well. the other part to me is related to one of my other activities in the city. i'm on the board of the san francisco opera. one of the things that ed lee was honourary chair of the chamber as a bridge between asia and china. a bridge between american and asian culture and he was a tireless champion. he traveled with me at least three times to asia to make sure that we were able to get it not only presented here in san francisco as a world premiere, but also in hong kong and eventually last september in beijing. it was an absolute first to get this to china given the state of china's very nationalistic to get a foreign import to talk to them about one of their great classic stories. but he went to beijing. he talked to the mayor of beijing. we talked to the minister of culture. the minister of cultural visited san francisco.

these are all absolutely revolutionary firsts. the fact when the flags were held half-mast not only here in san francisco but in washington, d.c. and other places, i think speaks to the respect that ed lee had across the country and internationally. i know that within four hours of his passing here, the news was flashed in china and all of a sudden my husband and i started getting text messages all over the place. my husband was in the hospital room with anita the night that he passed and was very, very sad. unfortunately i was in minneapolis at the time. but it was something so unexpected, as you know, and i think we just it is very difficult. i'm still trying to comprehend that loss and ed lee saw the dream of the red chamber and relates back to how he saw san francisco. he saw it not just of his chinese heritage, but as san francisco's cultural gift to the world and it is a gift that will have a legacy that goes on and not only hopefully in asia,

but other parts of world. he used to champion those things. he saw san francisco as the gateway to the world. i think through what he did in technology, in san francisco, enhanced the city's international reputation and we had such respect from other places in the world and, as you know, on the domestic front, i'm sure the people will talk about how he was the champion of housing in the city and the mayor that has achieved the most units of affordable housing than any other mayor in the city and that goal still hasn't been met. he's only been 11,000. i just want to say that he was a quiet, unassuming man and i know there was a lot of criticism on issues in this city. as soon as he left us, i think we realised how great he really was and the legacy he left us is an amazing legacy for city of san francisco. and for me personally, a tremendous loss. and my husband loved to have dinner with him and one of the things that they used to like to do, which if you knew ed

lee, he loved to smoke a cigar. so, as my husband said at one of his. ss, he lost a buddy to spoke a good cigar with after dinner. thank you. >> commissioner katz. >> i think many of us in this room go way back with mayor lee and it certainly came as a shock to me when i served on the board of supervisors. i used to call him my go-to eds. ed lee and ed harrington. that anything i wanted to do i went to one of the two of them because no matter what it was, even if it wasn't in their official area of duties, they thought it through and they understood the impact on the city and cared about making a difference. and i remember having many conversations with then director lee at both the human rights commission and at the

department of public works and then later when he was city administrator. about issues impacting the city that went far beyond his scope that he knew how the city is all intricately intertwineded and he cared so much about it. it certainly was a shock to all of us. i know at countless event and whenever i would see him, he would ask about some small detail about the port. when we were having dinners, at other functions, he always came over and asked something specific and wanted to know what was happening here and he paid a great deal of attention to the port and i think he cared very deeply about the city as a whole and also what was happening at the port and this is one area that he saw as a significant legacy of his in terms of what's been transpiring athrong waterfront. i also know he took it upon himself when we selected a new port director.

he really took it upon himself to mentor elaine as a new department head and we certain have seen how well that's come out. i think we owe him a great, great deal of things for taking that extra time to go above and beyond and make sure everyone was successful throughout the city. that's something he fell very strongly about, working with people, to give them the opportunity to be their best selves and to soar. we can all tell a lot of stories and i certainly have quite a few about something that i personally appreciate. he didn't have to do this, but he spearheaded erts with the u.s. conference of mayors to support the lgbtq community. so much so that the human rights campaign sent out a press release regarding hises paing and what he's meant to the community nationally and

how he spearheaded those efforts to bring other mayors to fight for equality for all communities. and i think that speaks volumes of the kind of person he was. i know as many of us look back on his legacy, i think we will appreciate even more how he quietly got things done. it is often an ungovernorable city but he managed to push things along and it will all reflect well on a lot of the work that he did during his ten your. -- tenure. and he will be missed. again, i said the before, but our hearts go out to his wife anita and his two daughters, losing a partner and the father at such a young age is really hard. so, we thank them for lending him to us? for as long as we had him.

>> vice president brandon? >> it's still so hard to believe that he is gone. i think i first met mayor lee back when he was with the department of public works and i would see him at different events throughout the years. and then when the opportunity for him to become our caretaker mayor happened, i thought he was a perfect person because i thought that he wasn't political. he just, you know, wanted to do the right thing and create a fair and level playing field for everyone. and then when the run ed run campaign started, i jumped on the bandwagon because i thought he was perfect. although he said he wasn't going to run, i was happy that he did. working with him over the last seven years has just been absolutely wonderful. he has been so engaged and so involved in our port activities. and just from the creation of

the bond measure that will be ton ballot in november and from everything that we've needed, he has helped us with and he has just been there to guide us and as commissioner katz said, regarding our new director and taking her under his arm and making sure that she is successful, he has just been so wonderful to work with. and we're all going to miss him very very much and we all had the opportunity to attend his memorial service at city hall which was done so elegantly. so wonderful. so lovingly. which was just his character. all of what he recommends. so it is really hard to believe

that he is gone and we're definitely going to miss him. >> thank you, commissioner. executive director forbes. >> i think mayor lee was an exceptional human being. he was just such a good man. and that really did come through more after he passed away, what we lost. because truly good people, they are not impossible to find in politics, but they're not everywhere. and he was somebody who wanted other people to do well. and didn't take credit for things. and didn't blame other people for things. but really, truly just wanted us to do well and that was how he governed. and it was just such an exceptional gift to have him in that chair. and he was clearly the father of two daughters and a loving husband because he was a great mentor to me as a woman and i

really think through all the times i would tell him thing and he would say, well, what do you think? s was your recommendation? tell me what -- and he had complete confidence that i could figure it out and i think that boded extraordinarily well for a young -- not terribly young -- but a younger woman coming into this role that i had his confidence and that is not easy to find in such a big job. and he gave me incredible gifts and i will also treasure those gifts. >> thank you. >> last year was a year of reflection. i thought about the state of our country. i thought about the fires that happened. sonoma, napa.

and then the death of mayor lee. i think mohammad ali said it best -- service is others is the rent you pay for your room on earth. ed lee did that. ed lee, like myself, came out of washington state. ed lee grew up in a housing project up in seattle, washington. officially coming to san francisco. i'm tacoma, washington. he and his friend gary lott. i think ed's life reflected the best of us. he transformed this city. if you watch and you look at this city, this city has changed so much. and it happened under the transformation of mayor lee. he was a visionary. he was a very, very savvy, humble, down-to-earth human being. and when you're the mayor, the chips are always down. always when you are a leader.

there are never no victory laps. but mayor lee, he understood that. his dad was a cook. i think i got that right. maureen? >> mm-hmm. >> his mother was a seamstress. very, very working class. he would talk to anybody on the street. clearly he nursed the soul of this city, how much he cared for the homeless issues here. and you talk about the powerer of modesty. that was ed lee. he was an unparalleled perfect servant. she was the perfect recipe for success and accolades. i read a article in the paper from suzy loftus, the former president of the police commission. ed lee believed in the power of women. he appointed a lot of women to a lot of different positions.

and when i heard oprah winfrey's speech the other night at the golden globes, i thought about ed lee. she talked about the women but also talked about the men. ed lee is one of those men. ed lee understood, and we're dealing with women, strong men don't hurt you. weak men do. and he understood that. and he lived his life by that. ed lee, he reached out to the labour movement, myself as a working class labour leader. he believed in the unions. he believed in the working class. and he threw himself in supporting this port. other mayors, they didn't engage themselves. he embraced this port whole heartedly. what do you wanted? what's going on? and he talked. i have to tell you something. he called me one time about you.

and he said i don't really know mike that well. he said he is a good man. but i always -- he always had something good say about people, to uplift people and to build people. and i wanted to say to the staff at the port here. i know everyone was shaken when mayor lee died. as this commission was. but we have work to do. his spirit is still with us. will always be with us. we have a busy year. we have to continue to have that visionary spirit, that compassion, that humbleness that mayor lee had. we have to get these projects done. this is what ed lee would want. and being at the memorial service, clearly to me from the dimness of eternity, his spirit was there that day from his daughter speaking to everyone who got up to speak about ed lee.

it's funny. some time in life when you want something so bad, you never get it. he never wanted to be mayor. but you know what? he will go down in history as one of best mayors that this country and the city and county of san francisco has ever seen. so i would say, as we move forward, let's have an upbeat spirit. ed lee will always be walking with us as we move forward. but we have work to do. this is what he would want. whether it's four city, the giants, whatever we're doing, he would want this port and the staff, the leadership of his to continue to lead. and we'll eventually get a new pay your and continue to move forward because san francisco, we're like no other city. we have a resilience and that is what we're going to do. just remember we all have a certain amount of time on this earth. we don't know how long. we need to make the most out of

every moment in every second we have on this earth. and ed lee did that. one thing about this. if you have cancer or an illness when you die, you get to say good buoy to everybody. if you have a heart attack or aneurysm that suddenly, you don't say good-bye. and when i went to city hall both times to see the casket, i thought about this little man who was big in statue, big in heart who had a vision. and it was about san francisco. so at this time, i would ask everyone to stand and we're going to have a moment of silence for mayor edwin mao lee.

thank you. mayor lee, may you rest in peace. madame secretary, next item, please. >> item 9-c, election of port commission officers. >> ok. at this time, we'd like to -- we are going to open it up for nomination for president of the port commission. is there any public comment? is there any public comment? being none, public comment is closed. at this time, i will relinquish the gavel and nominate kimberly brandon as president of the san francisco port commission. nominations are open for president of the san francisco port commission. nominations are open for president.

nominations are open. [laughter] >> nominations are now open. [laughter] commissioner adams has nominated commissioner brandon for port commission president. any other nominations? do we need a second? >> second. >> second for commissioner brandon to serve as president of the port commission? seeing no other nominations, nominations are closed. all right. do you want it to go back to you? >> all right. commissioner brandon has been nominated for port commission president. all in favour, signify by saying aye? >> aye. >> opposed? abstentions? congratulations, president brandon. [applause] >> thank you. >> oh, my goodness. huh? ok.

is there any public comment on nominations for commission vice president? any public comment? is there any public comment? seeing none, can i have a motion for -- >> to move nomination of commissioner willie adams as vice president of the port commission. >> there is a. nomination for willie adams as vice president of the port commission. any other nominationss? are there any other nominations? are there any other nominations? seeing none, did we have a second? >> second. [laughter] >> all in favour -- >> aye. >> commissioner willie adams is vice president of the san francisco port commission. [applause] >> well, i would like to thank

commissioner adams for his presidency over the last couple of years. he has just been a very strong, fearless leader. i don't think he has missed a meeting in the last two years. probably the last four or five years. but at least the last two years as president. and he has just done such phenomenal job for us. locally, nationally, globally. everywhere he goes, he has the port of san francisco at the top of his mind doing whatever he can to benefit us. and i just think that is absolutely wonderful. thank you so much for your commitment. >> thank you. >> i also want to thank my fellow commissioners because i think we with all are a great team. i think not only does the port have the best staff in the city, but we have the best commission in the city. i'm just looking forward to carrying out all the protons and activities that we're working on and look forward to

working with our esteemed executive director and all of our staff to continue everything that we have done throughout the years to make the port such a wonderful place for everyone to enjoy. staff, visitors, guests, everyone. it's just -- i mean, to see what has transpired over the last 20 years here at the port, i think everybody should be very thankful for all of your input, all of your guidance, everything that you do for the port. i look forward to continuing that legacy. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> can any of us make any comments? >> huh? >> can we also thank willie adams? >> thank you. >> i just want to add my personal thanks to president adams and congratulate president brandon and i want to say that willie has brought not only just the business of the port, he has given us the

perspective of the world and he is a man of principle and he has, i think, informally codified a lot of values that we believe in as a commission and i think that the city also believes in. but i think we actually not only talk the talk, we walk the talk at the port of san francisco and at the commission and i want to applaud willie adams for actually doing a lot to verbalize that at our commission meetings and i want to thank him for his leadership and i also have worked with kimberly before and i know she is going to be a great president and look forward to workinging with both of you again for these next couple of years. we still have a lot of things as willie adams said, we have a lot of legacy to continue to carry out under what was started at the commission here as well as mayor ed lee. and thank you to elaine forbes

for everything that she has done in her term so far. it has been a great team. i think that we, at the commission level, do our oversight. we don't rubber stamp what the staff says. i think we hope we give constructive feedback. but the staff really is very intelligent and gives us the best reports. very thoughtful. i think that it has been -- i think this iss a truly working commission on both sides and it is remarkable and that is the reason many of us are motivated and energized to come to our meetings every time. thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner katz? >> thank you. i wanted to take a moment to thank former president and current vice president adams. thank you, commissioner adams for all your hard work over these past two years. i don't think people realise how much goes into serving as

commission president. there are countless meetings with staff, with with other constituencies. with elected officials, with tenants that go on behind the scenes. and it is really a huge obligation. and a labour of love. and commissioner adams, i know you really guided us through to a stable point. we've had a lot of significant projects and activities taking place. not the least of which was selecting a new executive director to replaces a long-term e.d. and we're thrilled to have elaine serving in that role. and i think we've really moved into a very stable time period, given all that's going on around us. it's somewhat remarkable how stable the port has become under your stewardship, the stewardship of executive director forbes and also under former vice president and

current president, commissioner brandon. the amount of time and work that goes into serving as officers of the commission is significant and i just want to thank you for all that you have done to lead us through this. as the commissioner indicated, what we do -- what often may look like sometimes mundane work also articulating values that are so important to all of us as commissioners and as san franciscans and looking at this commission it sends a message that you can have a working, thriving waterfront and represent a tremendous amount of diversity in the leadership as well and that, by virtue alone, sends a strong message to others around about what we're all about, what can be accomplished, and the importance of inclusion for everyone. and so i just wanted to thank you and thank you for all of your inspiring words at all of

our meetings. it's really something quite special. and wishing you, president brandon, all the best and we will stand with you and be excited to serve under your presidency. >> thank you. commissioner adams? >> first of all, i want to thank president brandon. we've been teammates. it has been a privilege working with you. you didn't miss any meetings. you guys have been a rock. we've had a good team here. i want to thank director forbes and i really want to thank the staff, you know? day in and day out, you go to a lot of meetings in your off time when you get down here. sometimes you take your work home with you. the reason that everything rises from the bottom up and it is because of the effort of the staff. you were thorough and always ready and came out.

you know, i thought about last year when director had left, monique moyer had left. but we haven't missed a beat. we've gotten our projects done. we've worked very hard. we have a lot of veterans. mike and katie came in. director forbes put her own team together. this is the best staff in the city. i know sometimes you think the commissioners -- 345ib we are a little overbearing. i guess it is because we really care. we really care. and a lot of the issues -- it's like tom carterment you show up every day and we really appreciate it. and i want to say another special thank you to corinne. you know, we're nothing without the community. and corinne woods someone that's practically here at every port commission meeting. i will say this. some people only come when there is something that's self-serving that affects them. but you never see them any other port commission meetings. corinne comes to almost every

meeting because she cares about the port. and a lot of people will just come and then once their issue is done, you never see them again. i call them sometime people that want to come around and care about the port. corinne is consistent. she's always here. she always gets up on the mic and gets on us commissioners and elaine and the staff. but i like that because corinne is not a politician. she comes and she is active. i keep forgeting but corinne is on four or five different committees and you know she is donating her time. thank you. please keep coming. hold our feet to the fire. it makes us better having you and the community out here because we work for you. anyway, it has been a privilege. thank you very much. i look forward to 2018. it is going to be a great year. thank you. >> director forbes? >> i would love to see a few words. thank you so much for the

opportunity, president brandon. i'd also like the thank you very much commissioner adams. you were a excellent vice president. you helped widen our lens. you told us to go to washington, d.c. and we said why? [laughter] we don't get anything in washington, d.c. but we marched there and sure enough, we're getting things from washington, d.c. you told us -- >> shhh! >> oh. [laughter] >> for now. you told us to engage our port partners. you've been incredibly strong on building maritime business in areas where we have thought that maybe the future might not even be there. and you have pushed us and pushed us to imagine what's possible. i remember when you announced there was a renaissance in the southern waterfront and i thought what exactly is that? but you pushed us to think through what would that mean? how can we be bold? how can we look at our assumptions and say what would

it look like to really bring it in to the next generation and you've been very, very bold about the way in which you view the port and the port needed that lens. and to. step up and look outside of what was the day-to-day and president brandon is right. the sport has transformed itself over the last 20 years. but we are on warp speed right now and that is in large part to your leadership, to president brandon's leadership. you two are fine, fine officers as a new director. thank you so much. i think port staff feels like we come in to our seats and buckle up in the morning because we have a huge plate of projects. a bond measure in november. a ferry project. an r.f.i. end of the waterfront land use plan. the future is very open because of the leadership that you provided, of course the port needs to get a fair deal, earn

its economics. but you have said let's build this waterfront for everyone in a way that truly invokes possibility and not just what's come before. thank you so much for windening our lens and pushing us to d.c. and push us to sacramento and all these places because it has been very, very good for us. thank you so much. >> ok. does anybody else have anything to say? [laughter] ok. >> we have some flowers for you, president brandon. >> ohhhh. >> this beautiful floral arrangement was just delivered by mr. timothy simond. >> ohhhh! [applause] >> what about me? [laughter] equal opportunity! >> thank you very much.

>> aww. thank you. thank you. thank you. beautiful. >> ok. >> we're good? >> item on the consent calendar, request approval of memorandum and understanding mx334 with the san francisco public utilities commission for use of a portion of sea wall lot 345 at 855 terry a. françois boulevard to construct, operate and maintain the mariposa dry weather pump station for a period of 30 years for a lump sum rental of $502,294 with two options for a total up to 66 years. >> there any public comment? can i have a motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> there any public comment on item 10a? seeing none, commissioners, are there any questions or concerns?

>> consent. >> why? all in favour -- >> aye. any opposed? resolution 1801 has been approved. the first resolution of the year. [laughter] >> item 11-a informational presentation regarding the port's proposed federal and state legislation programme. >> there we go. good afternoon. president brandon, congratulations. >> thank you. >> vice president adams, congratulations. commissioners and executive director forbes. i'm the port special projects manager to present the port's proposed legislative priorities for 2018. i'm joined today by the director of special projects brad benson.

this is our annual presentation at the outset of the year and this is in follow-up to a mid year update in 2017. we beginning with our state legislative prioritieses on december 13, port staff, brad and myself, presented at the city's state legislation committee. at city hall and had this -- what is go follow this presentation, approved at that committee. it's chaired by katie angotti, the mayor's head of legislative and government affairs and also has other departments represented there. one update on some recent activity, there was some tax legislation in the news coming out of d.c. not too long ago. that legislation started off with an elimination of the federal historic tax credit. a change in law that would have had devastating impacts on the

port's development outlook. port staff together with our federal advocate, working with other partners across the country, weighed in on that effort and ultimately contributed to some amendments that restored most of it. what's remaining is that the federal tax credit staff to be claimed over five years but it feels like a big win based on where we we started. starting with the state legislative -- >> sorry. a question. when you say five-year roll out, does that mean it sunsets in five year? s >> no, i'll defer to brad on the details of this, but they have to be claimed over period of five years instead of all at once up front. and so time value of money over the five-year period instead of at once. much better than not having it at all.

so the items approved specifically by the state, by the city-state legislation committee are new in support of the sea wall resiliency project, new tax legislation to capture tax increment, cap and trade necessaryinging negs and to pursue funding in the state resources bond, authorized by sb-5 should it succeed at the ballot in june of 2018. in addition, they proved us doing the same, pursuing funds that will become available through rm-3. that is a increase in bridge tolls to fund infrastructure that takes pressure off of the bridges. so it is good target for our mission bay ferry landing. on the i.f.d. legislation, we're fortunate enough to have former waterfront supervisor david chiu who's offered to be

our sponsor. and port staff have been engaged with sacramento stakeholders over the last many months, looking to start off on the right foot. the biggest issue here really is a choice we have is whether or not we're looking at a san francisco-only bill, a district bill or something that is broader statewide. and the trade-off being the bigger coalition has more political support, but costs the state more money. so we are activically getting feedback even as of late last week. it is an ongoing conversation about what the best -- what looks like it is going to have best odds for success, how we approach that. >> are there other communities seeking similar kinds of i.f.d.s? >> not for resilient sea level rise type of project right now. one of the things that separates us from other communities around the state is that we're really farther along

than anybody else is for this kind of effort. we have other unique features that distinguish us from other jurisdiction. we would be first out of the gate. if that answers the question. >> if you could explain the difference if it were statewide versus for us only. >> well, this is also still in process. and we're looking at it in a couple of different ways to structure the statewide bill. in particular what the coalition would long like. two would be able to buy in. would it be ports only, like cappa, maybe cappa and their associated cities, since some of the ports themselves may not have eligible projects bigger than that. other coastal communities. we're still -- the coalition part of it is something that we're still working on.

and they would be able to apply and be eligible for the same kind of tool if it were a statewide coalition type of effort. if it's san francisco-only, then the appeal to the state is going to be a lighter hit on the general fund. >> thank you. >> sure. ok. so where do we go from here? we are working on a draft of the legislation, port staff has a lot of experience with abl-98 and the i.f.d. that we have to get into legislative counsel or get something into legislative counsel by the 19th. so, that is something that's very active and will be taken care of sooner rather than later. our discussions with

legislative officials are ongoing and we're getting feedback about what kind of cost the state's willing to endure. signals we're geting from other parts of sacramento. and then, you know, lastly depending on how we go with this -- how we brief our coalition -- potential coalition partners or look for support on the bill. even if it is san francisco only. another promising area of investigation are our cap and trade funds. this has been a more -- [phone ringing] recent -- that's not me. no. the cap and trade fundings were expanded in terms of scope and extended for how long they're eligible. last year, the last quarterly sale was a lot of money, $800 million. there is some small piece of that we we could be eligible for on an ongoing basis, that could have a huge impact so we're working through that. the main issue there is they are limited geographically in

ways that they are designed to be associated with low-income communities and how the project associates with those and how that makes us eligible or not eligible as a port. and then lastly just more -- the final detail on the legislative agenda for the state. are these two june ballot measures, sb-5 and rm-3, which we talked about a little bit earlier. sb-5, the resource bond will be administrated by the s.f. baconer is van si. theres a pot in there action $14 million. we won't get all of it, but we'll try for as much as we can. and rm-3 also if it's exceeded the ballot, we'll be working with weida on those funds. we had success there when that bill crafted, offering amendments that made sure that the mission bay ferry lining

was available and infrastructure was available because otherwise there was a risk it would go to the ferries themselves. i'll try to speed up here. on the federal side, similar of what we've been doing in the last year is trying to make sure that we are engaged with the army core of engineers, has big upside if it works. we need to be ready with a study. the goal is for a water resources development act 2020. that is our goal. so, we're continuing to work toward that end. same thing with cap 103, the small scale sea wall project. with respect to ward at 2018, we just had a call for projects and we have a few ideas about how we might be able to make some canings that will benefit the sea wall resiliency project long-term.

lastly t federal project for the dredging of the central basin remains a priority for the port. while we're waiting for results for the new solicitation, we're commited to continuing work with the army corps of engineer staff to preserve this benefit -- this project for the benefit of the yard and yard employees that work for us. so next steps, we're interested if your feedback, of course. and we will continue to meet with our state delegation partners and federal delegation partners as we try to implement this agenda and we'll be back as soon as we have something important and significant to update you on because we've been so wildly successful, we'll be back to report those things. hopefully soon. that concludings my presentation. brad and i are here to answer any questions. >> thank you, daly. any public comment on item 11-a?

no public comment. commissioners? >> ok, daly. i want to echo what was said earlier in terms of the port's effort to reach out and obviously we just talked about the fact that reaching out both to sacramento and is paying off and it is clear in this error. i appreciate that it is. because we are finding other sources of funds and support for the various things that we need to do just within the city and the region of san francisco. i can't disagree with any of the efforts that you are doing and applaud the efforts but i just had a couple of questions in terms of two areas. it seems like we we're dealing at the federal level and you do say you are going to talk to the federal delegation, which obviously means at the congressional or senate level. i'm wondering since we know that

potentially national infrastructure given the tax reform has gone through, that that could come back on the agenda, even of the trump administration. and i don't think we should be so hesitant not even to approach even though it may not be -- we're not so sure how friendly the reception might be, but we still have to try and to talk to the department of transportation and we should be making some contacts in there and just because if there is going to be some national infrastructure budget, we should try to also at least have some engagement and see whether we can be part of it. certainly i would suggest that maybe we talk to some of the other ports on the east and the west coast. obviously they're going to have the same issues with sea level rise. they may fot have a sea wall usual ewe. i don't really know the details of all the other cities, but i think that is something we should probably look to expand upon and you've already done a great thing already in terms of where you are.

but you continue to eke panlds your penetration in washington on that level. and the other is i'm really happy to see the ferry infrastructure on the mission and i guess what will be the next step. we have to keep thinking ahead in terms of ferry network and where else would we go? i know we have a sort of idea from weida's mother operators of where they want to go. but we should be pushing to say what is the network is this we should have a grand scheme of what this should be. and then figure out where the funding come from and what agencies are involveded. legislative is a huge part of the means to the end. so that is my only other comment there. >> thank you. >> commissioner katz? >> thank you, daly. that is a lot of work with broad ranging topicks into this. thank you. i've got some more specific

questions and then also broader ones. specifics, what -- if we get -- if we ensure that the sea wall is eligible for historic tax credits, does that impact our efforts to do the rebuilding by -- well does it limit us in terms of the scope we can do? >> so far none of our pier development projects have undertaken improvements to the sea wall adjacent to the piers. and i think the thinking is, as we go out for this r.f.i. that director forbes was mentioning, you know, can we test whether or not taking on a portion of the sea wall as part of a broader project is financially feasible and will tax credits make it financially feasible. so that is something we we'll be exploring with future development partners. as we