like terminal one was a great opportunity with the work going onto make this something organic and integrated into the design. i really want to thank supervisor ronen for taking the baton from supervisor campos with whom i worked on the milk sfo when i was on the board of the harvey milk democratic club. i was appointed to the board of the facilities naming committee four years ago, so i think it's a really fantastic opportunity if you pass this through, and then, the board passes this through to really work on cementing a great legacy for harvey, and with the arts commission, i hope there will be work going on with people in this room who knew harvey, and people that are not in this room that knew harvey, to make something we can really be proud of. when we were working to choose the new design, but also, it has gates that can be used for international arrivals, so there will be opportunities beyond the international

arrivals in terminal one, possibly. that was communicated to airport staff, so there'll be people coming in internationally who will be able to see the exhibits about harvey. so just, i think back to myself as a 23-year-old kid, getting out of college when prop 8 passed, being so down about the world, but seeing the movie about harvey milk. it's so great to see we've come to this point today, and i'm looking forward to working with the people on the area arts commission. i can't wait to be there with you all when it comes time to be opened, and thank you very much. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. next speaker, but i'd like to call up city college trustee raphael mandarin to speak. next speaker, please. thank you sk. >> hello. my name is kirk lynn, and i've

been living in this wonderful city for almost 15 years now, and i'm sorry, but i'm a little up yet at wh upset at what i had heard, that an airport commissioner can hold up legislation for this long, that it had to go through three different board of supervisors. that is insane. that is completely insane and should never -- one person should never hold up lem legislation that has already been voted on multiple times. pass this now. do not delay, and let's try to make sure that a four-year delay does not happen again for naming an airport, for naming a terminal, for naming a bridge, given the fact that we have the willie brown bridge when he's still alive, and that took less

than six months? really? so four years, that's insane. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. city college trustee rapha raphael mandolin. >> good morning, supervisors. thank you so much, supervisor ronen and supervisor sheehy for bringing this forward. i stand here as a former board member of the lgbt democratic club, the first lgbt democratic club in the country, and an elected official in one of the thousands lgbt elected officials who have been able to pursue higher office, following in harvey's foot steps. this is such an overdue moment as folks have said. thank you supervisor campos for starting us down this path so many years ago. i was just looking over the

hope speech and thinking about the kids from san antonio and iowa and altoona, and who had the two options of out or suicide, and who had the option of moving to san francisco, which so many did or staying where they were and fighting. and for so many people, those are still the choices. we want to give people hope, having folks across the country and across the world going through that terminal and remembering harvey's legacy and taking hope from that will be so inspirational, and so thank you so much. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. okay. please, next speaker. thank you. >> my name is ruth landy. i live in beautiful bernal heights in district nine, so i first have to admit to a deep and intimate relationship with

sfo. for 25 years, i lived and worked away from the city, and each summer i'd fly back and visit family and friends, and my heart would sore flying in over the golden gate or the salt flats, the fog cresting over the coastal range. there's no doubt that my attachment to the bay city deepened with each flight into sfo. i was an inspiring film maker when mayor moscone and harvey milk were shot dead on that fateful day. it's one of those days like 9/11 that will forever be etched in my psyche. i'm here to speak in favor of the renaming of the terminal. 40 years later, his stature has only grown. i love the city and i've been stunned to see since i returned eight years ago the degree to which inequality has been

taking hold and how not only our skyline but our city is increasingly associated and branded with technology and wealth, and we are that city, but we're much more than that. to the city leaders, i ask, dow recognize the extraordinary opportunity that you have at no cost to reinforce san francisco's brand as proudly tolerant and diverse, harvey milk's city, and do you have the courage to identify yourself with his message and to make history? i hope the answer to these questions is yes. symbolism matters, especially today. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. >> thank you, supervisors, for hearing this item today. i wanted to especially thank my supervisor, supervisor ronen, for carrying on the hard work of my former supervisor, supervisor campos in bringing this forward. i remember a rally for years

ago standing on the steps of city hall with our milk sfo signs and, you know, i am a excited -- we've finally gotten somewhere thanks to your leadership, so thank both of you. we name things after politicians all the time. i hope that you supervisors someday have a school or a rec center or something here in the city or your districts named after you. but i think that this is -- this is a pretty unique moment. this is a unique opportunity to name a piece of our city that is truly a gateway to us from the world after an elected official who means something to lgbtq people and marginalized folks around the globe. it's an opportunity at a time

when our country and our world seems increasingly dark and increasingly hopeless, to make the gateway of our city -- frankly, to make it the beacon of hope that harvey spoke about during his life and that so many people in this world have carried on the message of since his passing. it really means something to welcome young queer kids, to welcome immigrants, well come folks who don't feel they have a place anywhere else in this world to san francisco under harvey milk's name, so i hope that you will support this, and we get it done quickly, because we need a little bit of hope right now in san francisco and around this country, so thank you, supervisors. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. let me call the rest of these cards. rebecca, gwen, hiya, nick. >> my name is rebecca ralph. i want to start by thanking supervisor's ronen and sheehy for bringing this forward today and to really acknowledge the

leadership of former supervisor david campos for raising this as an idea several years ago. one of the things coming later in the speaker cue, all of those who came before me, underscore, ditto. i think people have spoken very eloquently about the ongoing needs of the lgbt community here, both people who live here and people who continue to come here seeking a place of safety, a place where they can live their full, authentic lives. what i do want to say -- we've also touched on the concept of hope. hope in this country is more important than ever. one of the things that we see as young people growing up in isolation, seniors moving back into isolation, they don't see people who reflect who they

are, they don't see positive role models. i think immigrants are living in fear of deportation, people are living in fear of violence. our community is living in fear of discrimination. i think there are too many people who continue to live their lives in fear, and we're only continuing to see that move backwards in this country. i think san francisco continues to be a beacon of hope, i think we continue to be a beacon of progressive values that progressive people in this country hold so dear. i think renaming the terminal one in our airport in our city is appropriate, and continue to honor the legacy and continue to state the san francisco values of hope, of fairness, of respect for all people, so thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. >> hello. my naem is nick large. i am a graduate student studies public affairs at the university of san francisco and i'm working on my thesis that involved lgbt landmarks and

political power. i also happen to work at the former location of harvey milk's former camera. i'm here to ask you to rename the sfo terminal after harvey milk. i moved here to san francisco seven years ago because i saw the city as a beacon of tolerance. the symbolic value of the city, it dramatically altered the course of my life and for that, i am grateful, but i want this city to move from tolerance into acceptance. memorization can be a powellful tool, and i think we should use it as such. the airport can become more than a place, more than the sum of its materiality. it can become a symbol that brings us together and invites feelings of comfort and belonging as we fly in from all over the world. it can make sure that we always remember that the lgbt civil rights movement was and is a

struggle and fought by a coalition of alliances. in a world of political unrest, memorization can also be an act of subversion. as someone who works in harvey milk's former castro camera store, i've heard the powerful meaning of his story. i've seen people breakdown and cry. and here through the renaming of sfo and this terminal, i think that we can offer a beacon of hope to those who feel like they have none, and i think that power, that beacon has something that's immeasurable, so please, let's rename this terminal. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is heidi 34 ahogany. i'm one of the presidents of the harvey milk democratic

club. i want to thank everyone for daring to dream that we could one day honor harvey milk's memory with the renaming of sfo. san francisco has long been a pillar of progress for the world. perhaps especially for the lgbtq community. milk's call to queers to come to san francisco is still being heard today, and that call has truly shaped this city that the world has grown to love. it is only right that we name part of sfo, the first place that many visitors set foot in san francisco after one of our most cherished leaders and visionaries and the reason that many of us are here in this room today, harvey milk. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is gwen craig. i'm always proud to say that i'm a former president of the

harvey milk lgbt democratic club. and even more, i have the memory of working with harvey milk on his supervisorial campaign and on the campaign to beat proposition six in 1978. throughout those campaigns, and throughout his all too short political history in san francisco, his message was that the visibility of lesbians and day men was critically important, and i think today he would have amendmented that to say the visibility of lgbt people. he felt that it was important that if he be elected to the board of supervisors, to this board, that it is important not just for himself and not even just for the lgbt community of san francisco, but that it would send a message to the

nation, and, in fact to the whole world, that this city was a beacon of hope, of openness, and opportunity and a city of acceptance and welcome. and so today, i believie that s visitors and new residents come back -- or come here through a terminal named for hectare view milk, and know or come to know who he was and what he did and what he represents in the history of our city, that they will know that we are still living up to being the city that he promised we could be. so i strongly urge that you put the name of harvey milk on that terminal. thank you very much. >> supervisor fewer: thank

you. >> good morning, everybody. i'm carolina morales, and i'm here before you today as a resident of district 11 and as a queer latina immigrant who is ae been in san francisco for the last 13 years. and i'm really grateful that you are considering this item today, and i hope that you will be voting yes for naming the terminal after harvey milk, thinking of all the laine owe immigrants and immigrants come to the city looking for refuge, going through very severe violence. i served a lot of immigrants who had to endure rain and severe -- severe violence, and they come here really looking for refuge, and having the reminder that being day, that being a leader, that working together across movements and

across issues do matter is very, very critical for the vision and the values that the city has. so please, yes to voting on harvey milk airport. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. >> good morning. moses kuret, a resident of district eight and member of the harvey milk club. i'm also liking to talk about the symbolism of things. you know, this is a symbol. renaming an airport is a symbol. it's an important symbol for san francisco to honor the work and the legacy of harvey milk. so i work in city hall. i have a ritual. every morning i come to work, i walk up the front stairs, and i'm greating t i'm greeting the statty ue of harvey milk. i pat him on the shoulder, and i go to work.

i'm following in other people's foot steps, and i hope you consider renaming the airport. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. hello, miss johnson. >> good morning, supervisors. it's an honor to be here. first of all, supervisor sheehy is a cosponsor of this memorializing harvey, but i also want to tell you i was a native of district eight. it wasn't district eight them. i grew up in the castro, and so did my mother, father, and grandparents. i had the honor of knowing harvey before he was a supervisor, and he had the camera shop. i had five children, and a single parent, and he understood that kind of discrimination that i experienced and he had a great heart for that. and he encouraged me to become more involved with them, and call the san francisco day democratic club, which he was a president of. through that, i had the great opportunity of meeting bill krautz and gwen craig, and

harvey got elected. harvey was billed. harry britt was elected by dianne feinstein, and i joined harry at city hall. it's an honor to be joining supervisor sheehy in my own neighborhood since 1969. thank you all for putting this forth. there was no greater man than harvey milk. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. anymore members of the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is now closed. colleagues, i believe -- oh, supervisor ronen, did you -- >> supervisor ronen: oh, no, go ahead. >> supervisor fewer: so i believe there is an amendment before us. can we take that amendment without objection? thank you very much. and then, may i have a motion, please. oh, yes. supervisor stefani. >> just quickly, i wanted to thank everybody for coming out today. completely inspired by the

remarks. thank you, supervisor campos, senator leno and everybody else that was here. i've always been inspired by harvey milk, by his love, his compassion and humanity. as someone who saw my sister in her 20 kaeyears struggle to co out from a small town in a central california family. for harvey to pave the way for my sister to live the life she's living now means so much to me, so i'm honored to vote on this it today. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: i just want to say a few words. i think this is a day that many of us in this chamber will remember. i know this was a struggle for many years. i still don't understand why it's taken as long as it has, but i will say that one of the things that struck me the

most -- i mean, there were a lot of things that struck me today that i've been inspired by, but one of the things that really sunk in was the idea that people really do come from all over the united states and all over the world to san francisco to begin anew, to have a place where they can feel safe and have a place where they feel like they can be who they truly are, and to have a man who gave his life for that cause to be named on a terminal, and for that to be a symbol and something that they pass under every time they come into that city, every time we come into this city, and every time we -- even if it's someone that's not partaking in that ritual in that part of their life, i think that's how important it is. and i think this is such an important day. i want to thank supervisor

campos for initiating that, supervisor ronen for carrying the torch on, and senator leno for his leadership in dedicating his career for so many different causes that helped advance us to this day, and all of you that spoke, all the commissioners and all the activists and all the staff and commissioners that are here that shared your own personal sto story because it is one that we will all remember, and so i thank you. you i thank you for your leadership, and i'm happy to be a part of this day. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i also want to say that san francisco has long been a place that people come to to seek a better life as it was; for my great grand father who came here in the early 1900's, or drawing people who simply want to live the life that they want

to live. supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: i just wanted to thank call my colleagues for supporting this measure and for everyone who came out to speak today, it was incredibly inspiring and in truest tradition, i'm wondering if we could go outside after the vote and take a picture by the bust for our amazing victory. so please join us for the celebrations, as well. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: okay. that's great. so can i have a motion so that he can go celebrate? >> supervisor safai: so would you like to make the motion, supervisor? >> yes. i would like to make a motion to name terminal one after harvey milk and move this to

the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor fewer: great. we can take this without objection. thank you very much. [applause]. >> supervisor fewer: congratulations, everyone. madam clerk, can you call item number five. >> resolution retroactively -- [ inaudible ] with hls 2 and 716 sacramento as a landlord for the use by the department of public health for a period of july 1st 2018 through june 30, 2023. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe we have mr. john updike from the department of real estate. >> good morning again. john updike, director of real estate. this is the item you were all waiting for. it was a very inspirational moment. happy to be here. this was a new lease for 520 sacramento between kearny and grant. it's 9250 square feet on two floors of a three floor building. it houses our chinatown child development center.

i do have representatives of the department of public health here to talk about the program if you have questions about that program. we've been in this location originally since 1996. current lease expires june 30th of this year. this new lease would be consistent with $51 persquare feet. that is consistent with the appraised value. ownership felt that was a compromised item. they felt the value was higher. we also did pursue for a short while the purchase of this property. that did not come to pass. we could not come to terms with the owner over a purchase. the department is considering moving this location, joining it with other activities located at 1490 mason street, and so this gives them time to really thoughtfully put forward a proposal potentially to relocate, consolidate into a different facility that we own.

it does have a renewal option available to it that would be subject further to board approval five years from now. if it's renewed that would be at 95% of fair market rent or 3% over the last year, similar so what we talked about on the last item today. any questions, the details of the transaction, happy to answer them. otherwise dph is here for program info if you need it. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe we have a will you bet legislative analyst report. >> thank you, chair fewer, members of the committee. the proposed resolution would renew a lease for the chinatown child development center for a term of five years with one five year option to extend. as shown in table one on page 17 of our report, the rent would be approximately 472,000 for the first year, with 3% annual raises a year. this is based on the rate of

$51 persquare foot. the total cost to the city over the entire period is approximately 2.5 million. as shown in table two on page 18 of our report, and i am happy to answer any questions. thank you. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor satisfy? >> supervisor safai: there is the opportunity to put funds together to rhenvate and prepare that space. i understand they couldn't do that under the current circumstances, so i would just like to say for the record it would be important for me to dph spent sometime looking at the faezibility to upgrading the location that they actually own so that we're not in this situation in five years asking for another extension. i did express this to the director, as well. i think it's important and something that i feel strongly

about when we have assets that we own, we should be accessing and utilizing those. this is an important service provided to the community -- actually. we asked for an audit of all of mental health services provided, and i know we're going to have a hearing on that, and i know there will be a piece of that, and this is a wonderful, wonderful program that's provided to this community in language cultural culturally competent, so it's a really important program. but the idea that the city's spending this money continuously on a location that you have an obstinate or unwilling property owner, then, it would be wonderful to have a plan put in place to rhenvate existing space that is nearby and make that available since this is a primary function of dph. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. any other comments? no? could i have a motion, please. >> supervisor safai: so i guess motion to approve the

lease? >> supervisor fewer: great. we can take this without objection. thank you very much. madam clerk, can you please call item six. >> item six, resolution approving the domestic terminal's automated teller machine lease between bank of america and the city for a lease of two years with an option to extend and a minimum of 21,000 for the first year of the lease. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. i believe we have cathy widener here from the san francisco international airport. >> good morning. cathy widener, san francisco airport. the why the before you seeks a new lease between airport and bank of america for 12 atm machines with a two year option to extend. am i responding to the -- >> supervisor fewer: it is

the -- >> i thought i was doing it out of order. it has a minimum annual guaranteed rent of $211,000 or 70% of gross revenues, whichever is greater. the mag is adjusted annually by the cpi. under the five year term, the airport expects to collect the minimum annual guarantee rent, and the atm lease is the result of a competitive request for proposal process. the airport set the mag at $150,000 to encourage multiple bids, but at the end of the day, even though there were a number of people who attended the preproposal conference, only bank of america bid on the proposal with a $211,000 mag. the budget analyst has reviewed the lease and recommends approval, and i would be happy to answer any questions that you might have. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. colleagues, any questions? seeing none, let's hear tfrom

the bla. >> the airport has one option to extend the lease for an additional two years. the initial minimum annual guarantee, as the department stated is $211,000 and would increase annually by the cpi. the airport anticipates collecting at least 1,055,000 in revenue over the initial period. bampg of america was the loan bidder for this lease, and we recommend approval. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. are there any members of the public wishing to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, do have a motion? >> supervisor safai: motion to approve this lease. >> recommended to the full board. >> supervisor fewer: yes. madam clerk, can you call item

seven. >> item seven, item retroactively approval a lease between the united states postal service and the city -- [ inaudible ] through august 31, 2022. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe + widener has another report for us. >> yes, very glamorous post office lease. cathy widener with the san francisco airport. the item before you seeks a ground lease with the united states postal service for approximately 8.61 acres of land located at the westfield cargo road at the airport with an annual rent of $1.5 million and an initial five year term through august 31, 2022. the airport post office has been located at this location at the airport since 1964 on a noncompetitive basis as a governmental agency that provides a necessary public service to the airport as well

as our tenants and the surrounding communities. the u.s. postal service incurs all costs and expenses related to maintaining the facilities and improvements, including streets, and parking lots that are in the lease before you. the subject plot 10-s could potentially be included in the airport's future development of a boarding area h, which is a new boarding area extension to the international terminal. the proposed lease terms allows for the flexibility for the airport to develop this site in the future if necessary while maintaining the specialized postal service amenities over the next eight years. the budget analyst has reviewed and recommends approval, and i'd be happy to answer any questions. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. any questions by colleagues? no. let's hear from the budget and legislative analyst. >> the proposed resolution would retroactively approve a lease with the u.s. postal

confidence in the cargo area. it would be for an initial period of five years with four options to extend five years at the airport's sole discretion. the total base rent would be 1.5 million, with an annual increase of 3%. we do recommend approval. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. are there any members -- oh, supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: no, go ahead. >> supervisor fewer: are there any members of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you. actually when i sat with the legislative analyst yesterday, we had a lot of questions about the idea this airport is planning or talking about planning on doing something with this land within the next eight to ten years but then they're asking for a 25-year lease.

i don't feel comfortable approval this, at least today. i think this needs a little bit more work. i think the airport should go back and change the terms of the lease and then come back to this board after if they need additional time after ten years. so i'm not in favor of this support, and that was actually part of the conclusion that i had with the bla yesterday. they said that was a part of their concerns, as well. they weren't clear why you were asking for a 25-year lease potentially when they had discussions of doing something with the land. i mean, unless they have an answer for that today, i would ask continue this item and ask the airport to do some more work on this lease. >> supervisor fewer: miss widener, can you please respond? >> absolutely. so my understanding is that the lease that's before you today is for an initial five-year term, and then any options thereafter would be at the discretion of the airport and would come to the board of supervisors for approval. the potential boarding area h is very conceptual at this

point. we just are not -- it's not included in our capital plan, it's not included in our airport development plan, so it's very new. this discussion is very new. there's no plans for it, so any extension of the term before you, which is for five years, would come back to you as well as the airport commission for approval as we contemplate what we would be doing with this space. so you're not -- we're not asking for you to approve 25 years is my understanding, we're asking you to approve the initial term. >> supervisor safai: well, what i just heard from the bla was at the discretion of the airport, not at the discretion of the board. so i just want to be clear on that. >> supervisor fewer: mr. givner? >> deputy city attorney jon givner. the way the resolution is currently drafted, the board would be taking a single approval action now, and the airport in its discretion could extend the lease awhen the

options come up. you could amend it to today to reflect what miss widener is saying, and that would put everybody on the same page. >> supervisor fewer: would you like to do that? >> supervisor safai: yes. i'd like to make a motion to amend the resolution to say that -- add the language, at the approval of the board of supervisors, as well. >> supervisor fewer: okay. and then we can take that amendment without objection? thank you very much. seeing no members of the public. >> clerk: madam chair, would you like to recommend this to the full board as amended? >> supervisor fewer: yes, please. >> clerk: is there a motion? >> supervisor fewer: yeah. it's a motion. >> supervisor fewer: yes. >> supervisor safai: yes. motion to approve to send this item to the full board as amended with positive recommendation. >> supervisor fewer: thank you, and i think be can take that without objection. madam collect, are there any other items before us today. >> clerk: there are no further items. >> supervisor fewer: therefore, this meeting is now adjourned. thank you very much.

>> my name is naomi kelley, and i'm the city administrator for the city and county of san francisco. it is my honor to be here today. we are finally in the home stretch of seeing this moscone expansion completed. so it's my honor because i

am -- two of the departments that oversee this project, the convention and facilities, and the department of public works all report up to the city administrator, and also, as a -- we have a representative on the tourism improvement district, which was very instrumental in forming with the hotel -- with the hotel community and sf travel to create this district that provided the self-assessment that's paid for by the visitors of san francisco to finance this project, and it's very important to the city and san francisco. it's an economic engine, and we're very happy to be here today for this topping out ceremony. when i look at the crowd today, we will be doing the finishing touches and signing the theme later on when we get through this program, and we'll be able to sign our signatures on it. get the fattest pen so you can pet your name, like john

hancock, so one day, we can tell your family and friends that your signature is on this building. so up next, i'd like to introduce our mayor, mark farrell, to give a few words. >> the hon. mark farrell: thank you, naomi, and kim. good morning, everybody. i am incredibly excited to be here today. as someone who remembers moscone center constructed over 30 years ago as a child, to celebrate in san francisco now the topping off of the new and improved moscone center. what we're doing here will keep san francisco at the forefront for visitors, for the tourism industry. over 30 years ago, this center was constructed, and so think about what it has meant for our economy here in san francisco, for our businesses large and small is truly incredible. and what we're here today

celebrating in my mind is the future of san francisco. this is the future. just look around you. just look at all the construction that is happening, all the crews that are working as we speak right now. we had a choice. moscone center, as the years went on was getting smaller compared to the conventions that were coming to san francisco, smaller compared to some of the conventions that were being diverted to other cities, and we had a choice. we decided to make the invest. the voters decided to make the invest in a new moscone center. so what we're doing today is celebrating the future of san francisco. the future of our workforce, the future of our economy, the future of our tourism industry, the future of our city, and that's exactly what we should be doing. this expansion to the moscone center is increasing our convention space by 20%. the construction that's going on inside these walls is

unbelievable, will make truly for a 21st century experience. you think about the streetscape and improvements that are happening for pedestrians that will finally be able to walk-through this street by the end of this year is going to be unbelievable. we did this, as well. we are going to be the highest lead certified convention center in the entire country, which is something incredible, and please give a round of applause for everybody who made that happen. [applause]. >> the hon. mark farrell: we have on-site water capture and treatment. we're going to have the biggest solar installation in the city of san francisco, and this entire moscone center will be zero emissions, which is an unbelievable feat for a project this size. you know, last year moscone center held over 39 events and aaccount traed over 500,000 visitors to the city of san francisco during construction. imagine what this is going to do in 2019.

this is a project that will be delivered on time and on budget, and i'm going to hold people to that during my time as mayor. mohamed is closing his ears, but we'll have a chat later today. but really what i would like to do more than anything is thank all the people that have been involved in this project for so many years. so first of all, so naomi kelley and the entire city administrator's office, nye owe me, thank you for your leadership. please give them a round of applause. [applause]. >> the hon. mark farrell: so mohamed nuru and the entire department of public works teams, mohamed, thank you so much. [applause]. >> the hon. mark farrell: to all of our partners in this effort, and there were so many. first of all, jodell underers is here from sf travel. thank you to the entire board of supervisors. supervisor shsha satisfy sigh is here.

thank you for your support. to the moscone travel district, this has been a truly collaborative effort. to webcor and all of the subcontractors, thank you for all of your hard work to making this happen here today. to our architects, skidmore, owens and yerrell, and really, i would like to thank -- and i want a huge round of applause for the men and women that come here to work every single day, those that are behind us here with our hard hats and our vests, thank you. thank you for what you do. [applause]. >> the hon. mark farrell: i know that has been years in the making. as we said earlier, this has been a baby of people for many, many years, and thank you for your work on behalf of the entire city. lastly, as your 44th mayor, i do want to pay homage to mayor

lee, who was a huge supporter of this from the beginning, and was a huge supporter until his untimely death last year. to mayor lee, to all of you who made this happen, and to the future of san francisco, congratulations, everyone. [applause]. >> thank you, mayor farrell. speaking of mayor ed lee, it made me bring back memories of moscone west when he was the director of dpw, and here we are in this project, and he kick started the moscone expansion, and it's just thank you for the tribute to mayor lee. up next, we have jodella sanders, who we had a lot of

conversations with, and we'll be working together to improve this facility. got to make sure that we always have money for that, joe. so up next, joe del aunderers. >> thank you, naomi, and i don't know why you looked at me when you said the on budget part. thank you so much. we have been looking forward to this for a very long time. topping off of this project, this incredible project for san francis francisco, and as the mayor said, this incredible project for san francisco. others have been talking about this for a very long time, and only ten more months left, and we're going to open the doors to this incredible new building, not only a very much expanded building, but a very improved building. an improved building for this neighborhood, much more neighborhood friendly. it's a much better piece of building and design for the

people of san francisco, and we're very excited about that. so on behalf of san francisco travel, i want to thank all of you for your role in making this happen. it's been a great day, and it's a great opportunity for us to celebrate the future. this has been a team effort, a collaboration between the moscone hotel district formed by the hotel community and the city and county of san francisco. it's very unique where the city and hotel industry come -- hospitality industry come together for this project. the complicated construction was executed to keep moscone up and running throughout the project. that's never been happened before. we expanded this major building while there's meetings and conventions happening here all the time. the patience of the construction, too, the patience of bon and his team here to make sure this is all working for the -- the delegates, the customers, to make sure it's seamless as possible during construction is unheard of, but

it's happening here in san francisco. san francisco welcomes over 24 million visitors each year, and more than 20% of those visitors pass through these doors. they come here to san francisco because of this building and spend millions and millions of dollars in our economy and create thousands of jobs. it is important that san francisco stays competitive with the expanded and upgraded convention facilities, and this project has achieved just that. when this project is complete, we will have over 500,000 square feet of exhibit space, more than 80 meeting rooms, a visitor information center and many upgraded neighborhood amenities. i am happy to welcome you to this major celebration and a major milestone in this project. i want to congratulation all the parties, the city, skidmore, owens, and yerrell, to make sure to get it done on time and a building that all san franciscans can be proud of. we look forward to gathering

here in just ten months from now to celebrate the dedication of the finest building and the finest convention center in the united states. ladies and gentlemen, welcome. it's a great day to celebrate. thank you very much for being here. [applause]. >> so before i bring up public works, i want to just thank some of the department heads who are here today. tom huey, the director of building inspection. thank you for helping us with the permits. john nogucci, our director of convention facilities. in addition i can-- nadia ducer director of ocii. i have to thank brook novotnez and edgar hernandez, they're construction managers working day-to-day, managing all the

contracts, managing all the finances, managing sf travel, making sure -- and working with the hotel industry to make sure that we deliver this -- this beautiful building, and so with that, their fearless leader, mohamed nuru, i'd like to bring up. >> good morning and thank you, naomi, thank you, mayor farrell. well, it's happening. can you feel it? yeah, right. really. three years ago, when we broke ground on moscone expansion project, we knew we had a long road ahead. and today, we're almost there. today's beam raising celebration for the final phase marks the final sprint. one of the components of the moscone expansion project that i'm most excited about is the improvements to the public realm. when the project is done and the crews pack up, we will see

and feel a different neighborhood, one that's safer, one that's more beautiful, and one that's more inviting. the changes are the result of a strong partnership that project team forged with residents, business owners and yerba buena and south of market neighborhoods. community members stepped up from day one to work with the project team to make sure our focus was just not buildings, but that it's also about making the surrounding area and public spaces better for everyone. long before construction started, we were giving shape to the project. we held dozens of community meetings and met with people in small groups and one-on-one to cement a vision to improve moscone's connection to the neighborhoods. the conversations weren't always easy, and that's for

sure. everybody wanted all sorts of stuff, but they were productive and effective, and at the end of the day, this will be a better neighborhood. a pedestrian friendly space will replace the 25,000 square feet of surface parking, exiting ramps that were all out here on our street. the project will add more than 8,000 square feet of public new open space, including a dynamic new tot lot play area for younger children, as well as a new learning garden and landscaping around the children's creativity museum and the carousel. for anyone who visits the area or lives here, we know the demand for more family play space is high. expansion project also includes a number of urban design streetscape elements to make the surrounding streets and you can swas safer and more pleasing for people who walk and bike around here.

third street will have a widened sidewalk, a new space for shops and dining to enliven the street scene. howard street is being redesigned to knit both sides of the street. a new bridge went in over howard street to connect the north and south portions of yerba buena gardens. the enclosed east bridge went in last month and will how's public parks by leo villareal when completed. leo villareal is the artist that did the lights on the bay bridge. the experience crossing howard street at ground level will be much, much more pleasant. the buildings themselves will play with lights and feel less bulky to allow for a more visually appealing and friendly environment. the moscone expansion has given us once in a generation opportunity to make sure that

this major convention center which hosts more than 1 million visitors a year enriches the area. that was a vision, and i am confident we will deliver this vision. as mentioned before, this has been a real team effort working with city, residents, businesses and property owners. this also wouldn't be possible without the support of our friends at sf travel and the moscone expansion district and of course our construction team, webcor. i know you can see their sign real big over there, webcor. there's webcor. what happened to public works and the rest of the team? make sure our sign is up there. i also want to thank the mayor who was a really big part of this when this started, mayor farrell, naomi kelley, all the

construction manager and project management teams, led by edgar lopez, brook mobratu, and others worked really hard to make sure this project will be delivered, and yes, mayor farrell, on time, and on budget. thank you very much. [applause]. >> before i bring up webcor, there's four people out in the audience that i would be remiss and i didn't give a shout out to and thank them for their advice on everything moscone, their advocacy for tourism in san francisco, and that's rick swig, who thank you very much for being here today. he's on moscone expansion, and part of sf travel. ike kwon, rodney fong who was

part of this project from the beginning, part of sf travel, and then, i'd also like to thank mark sultis for your work with us in making sure this project was running smoothly. up next, i'd like to introduce tony ringo -- i think after he finishes speaking he's going to get a public works banner, an sf travel banner, and a moscone banner up on that bridge -- and he'll pay for it. [applause]. >> definitely is a big sign. first of all, thank you very much. i was talking to spencer, one of our project executives on this project, and we were awarded preconstruction back in december 2012, so five years later, we're here today. one thing i've released in construction, it's all about planning and partnerships and

relationships, and i can say we all have that on this job. i want to give thanks to lynn, mark, our construct tors. it's been amazing. couple facts about the job. we've all already expended 1.2 man hours to date. right now, we have an average of 170 workers with 22 different subcontractors on the job, so it just tells you the coordination that's been involved. our safety record to date has been very good, and so life safety is the main force of what we do in construction on an every day basis. the team has removed -- this is an amazing fact. the team has removed over 48 million pounds of construction debris through demolition operations. we constructed a below grade bridge that carries the load for howard street. the total project has over 7,000 tons of structural steel.

and obviously, we just erected the second bridge. we have two bridges spanning over howard street, and i was asking brook earlier, i can't think of another bridge of this size that spans a thoroughfare in san francisco, so it is he aa really amazing feat. phase one, phase two, and phase see re, we hit our targets each date, and we're on target to hit our date in december 2018 for the last phase. we did all this with conventions performing on a daily basis. i think we had 26 conventions on a yearly basis over four years. it's over 100 conventions that we built around, so a lot of planning, a lot of foresight, and that's not easy to do. i think what i want to say, back to my original statement, you can't do this without a relationship, you can't do this without planning, you can't do that without trying to get along on a daily basis, so thank you, everybody.

appreciate it. >> okay. so as we conclude, joe del asandra gave me a fact that because of this expansion, in 2018 we have more rooms booked than in the history of san francisco, so i just want to thank you, everyone, for being part of that. [applause]. >> so -- all right. so this is the time where we are going to start our topping out ceremony. the final beam is right there. it'll be hoisted in place after all of us get a chance to sign it, so we'll walk over there and sign, so please join me in signing the beam, and then, we'll walk across the street and watch it being hoisted up above us.

>> the meeting will come to order. this is the regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. i am supervisor fewer. i'moi