>> roll call. [roll call] >> item 2, approval of minutes for the may 22 meeting. >> i'll move the item.

>> second. >> is there any public comment on the agenda -- the approval of minutes from the may 22 meeting? seeing none, all in favor? [voting] >> the minutes have been approved. >> item three, public comment on executive session. i have a motion to go into executive session? >> so moved. >> is there a second? >> i'll second. >> second. >> all in favor? conference with legal counsel and real negotiator. >> all in favor? [voting] >> i make a motion to not disclose what was discussed in closed session. >> second. >> all in favor? [voting] >> okay.

[pledge of allegiance] >> please be advised that the use of cell phones, pager's and other sound producing devices are prohibited in this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing of a cell phone, page are or other similar sound producing electronic device. please be advised that each member of the public has up to three minutes to make a statement to the board. item eight, public comment on items not listed on the agenda.

>> is there any public comment on items not listed on the agenda? jackie. >> good afternoon, port commissioners, director. my name is jackie flynn. i'm the executive director of the a. philip randolph institute, and originally, i was here with partners at sherwood engineers to talk about the project that we have at yslais creek, but since they're not here, i wanted to address you guys and express your support for our organizations over the last couple of years. i actually brought the youth that participated in some of our public workshops. think when we're ready to come present to you, you guys will be impressed by the work that happened out at yslais creek, but again, since i'm here already, i wanted to bring the youth folks and say thank you for your support, and the a.

philip randolph institute is here and definitely present and again, thank you for your good work. >> thank you. is there any other public comment? seeing none. >> clerk: port commissioner's report. >> good afternoon -- >> sorry. it is executive director's report. >> i'll start first. good afternoon, president brandon, members of the commission, port staff, i'm elaine forbes, executive director. i have three items. first, i'd like to invite you all to come out on june 21 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the meeting will be held in this room, and it's to start off a series of community meetings about the seawall, to learn more about the embarcadero seawall and provide input to strengthen our waterfront and envision a more resilient and sustainable san francisco. port staff will provide an update on the seawall project

and provide education. the meeting will include a kid friendly seawall table as well as refreshments, so it's family friendly, so please mark your calendars for june 21, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. here in the meeting room. secondly, i'm pleased to make this announcement on monday, the united states army corps of engineers released its work plan, and our seawall project was included in this year's plan as a new start. this includes an appropriation of $500,000 to study flood risk management along the seawall project. we are one of six new starts nationally, and one of two projects of flood protection. this is the gold standard of entry into the army corps of engineers process for future funding of our projects.

i cannot thank leader pelosi, nancy pelosi and dianne feinstein for their tireless leadership and advocacy on the part of our seawall project and on the part of a safe san francisco. i also want to deeply thank president brandon for leading two delegations to do federal advocacy for the seawall project. i honestly did not think we would get a new start. this is incredibly happy news, and i'd like to thank my staff who worked very, very hard to see this happen. and third, also on the seawall project, our seawall earthquake safety bond was before the board of supervisors today. it received some amendments from supervisor peskin to clarify issues as it relates to historic preservation and good standards in mitigating impacts in construction and accountability. those amendments were passed unanimously, as well as amendments needed for ceqa. we received 11-0 vote on those

amendments, and the committee, the board of supervisors plans to sit as a committee of the whole at its next hearing to consider the $425 million bond for the november 2018 ballot, and that concludes my report. thank you. >> is there any public comment on the executive director's report? seeing none. >> clerk: port commissioner's report. anything? commissioner commissioner woo ho? >> i just wanted to report that the port and i guess many people in the bay area attended the san francisco times 100 most powerful influential women data, and our president kim brandon was among those 100 people, and i just wanted to congratulate her again. she was there with her family, and the port was there with our table, which i sat with. and everybody only gets to say ten words, because 100 people

running across the stage is a long time to give speeches. but i think if i recall correctly, she said don't let obstacles impede your success. >> yeah, i did. >> congratulations again. >> thank you. thank you. anything else to report? i would just like to say that i had the opportunity to attend the bayview gateway art installation which was phenomenal. there's a beautiful art sculpture done by cliff gardens, and it's done by evans -- no, it's not evans, what is that? cargo and third street. it's a beautiful art piece and it's illuminated at night, and we had a great turn out, for probably over 100 people for the unvailing, and i just want to thank the staff and the art commission who worked diligently with our commission to get that piece there. and i just want to thank everyone who came out to enjoy the day.

it was a wonderful, wonderful day. >> clerk: item 10-a, request authorization to award construction contract number 2786, pier nine for back land project to hoseland construction and offer as contract contingency fud. >> gfter aon, commissioners. my name is boris delopene. i'm the port's contract administration. the item before you is a continuation of the item you first heard on may the 8 to award contract number 2786, the pier back lands improvement project. i'm be giving today's presentation along with tiffany tatum. at the conclusion of the presentation, following public comment, there are a number of

us that are available to answer your questions. they include kenneth chu, the pier 94 backlands manager, kathrin purcell from our environmental division, and tiffany and i will also be available. this is an action item to award the pier 94 backlands improvement project to hoseley construction. the amount of this contract is $6,969,003. the authorization includes a 10% contingency request for a total authorization of $7,665,903. the project complies with a number of our port wide strategic goals, including providing space to grow and

preserve industrial opportunities, sustaining construction material industry operations, promotion of living wage jobs while maximizing spending on l.b.e.'s. the project willlso a allow the port to retain a diversified tenant base and real estate sastategy that maximizes asset valuable and income stream. project site is in the southern waterfront located near amador and cargo way near port 94. stock piles located in the center of the side are clean processed by d.p.w. after the 1989 earthquake. the overall site is 16 acres and delineated by the red dotted line on this slide. former landfill section of the site is marked by the purple dashed line. the landfill is 7.6 acres and

requires testing, monitoring and reporting by the port to the water board based on an order that was issued in 1972. as part of this project, the regional water quality control board requires placement of an engineered cap on top of the landfill site. the cap will consist of a layer of soil, insulation of a separate geolayer fabr and a separate membrane of geoliner and soil. once constructed, the port will be able to close the landfill order and save approximately 10,000 in annual fees. the scope of work also includes the construction of a paved access road. construction of drainage infrastructure, landscaping, and lighting. completed project will provide 16 acres of leasable property for construction lay down and

support, equipment staging, and storage. at this point, i'll turn the microphone over to tiffany tatum who will go over the outreach efforts associated with the invitation for bid. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is tiffany tatum. u i am the executive secretary and outreach coordinator for the engineering division, and i am here to outline for you the outreach efforts on this project. on march 18, i invited via e-mail 220 certified l.b.e. firms to participate -- excuse me, to bid on this project. of the 220, 119 were from supervisorial district ten, and 74 from the 92124 zip code, bayview-hunters point.

all of the project information is posted on the port's website, the office of contract administration website, and at the contractor's assistance center in candlestick point. thexaminer for seven days, nt in which included key components of the project as well as a contact information for responsible port staff. on the port's website, i maintain a list of firms who have registered to download the project manual. this list included 37 unique plan holders, including plan holder rooms and non-l.b.e. firms. on april 17, we hosted a prebid meeting at our pier one port office where nine contractors attended. the prebid sidewalk immediately following where five attended. in addition this project was also previously highlighted as the port's second annual open house on march 13.

thank you. i will now turn it over to boris and will be available for questions after the presentation. >> thank you, tiffany. the city'sublic works contracting ordinance requires departments to onward contracts to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. bidder's responsibility is based on the contractor's prior relevant experience. the purposes of this solicitation, bidder's requirements were one, the class a license with five years experience. two, experience with three civil engineering projects in the last five years. and three, experience with three public works projects in the last five years. bidder qualifications are often barriers to small local firms bidding on city contracts. whenever possible, we strive to develop qualifications criteria that is inclusive to l.b.e. firms at the prime and

subcontractor levels. a prime bidder is the bidder who responds with costs for the materials for bid. on april 17, staff received four bids for the pier 94 backlands improvement project. all four bidders were deemed responsible and responsive. all four base bids were within range of the engineer's estimate of $7 million. the final bid rankings are shown on this slide. city's administrative code, chapter 14-b, also known as the l.b.e. and nonadministrative kroog ordinance establishes contracts for certified local firms. hoseley corporation is the sole local business enterprise proposer and is therefore entitled to a 10% l.b.e. bid discount. however, hoseley were actually the lowest bidder prior to application of the bid discount. on april 7, the contract monitoring division determined

hoseley to be the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. bid rankings are based on base bids. hoseley submitted the lowest bid, and an alternative bid for storm drain construction. for construction contracts over $600,000, the contract monitoring division sets l.b.e.sub contracting requirement based on the availability of l.b.e. firms. the c.m.d., contract monitoring division, set a 20% l.b.e. sub contracting goal for this project. hoseley exceeded the 20% sub contracting goal by committing the sub contracting goal over 28% of the project to certified local businesses. when combined with the 71% of work hoseley will self-form as an l.b.e., over # 0% of the contract will be completed by

small san francisco local businesses. fontenoy engineering, minority owned businesses will combine to provide over 6% of the contract work, and teamrthno the woman owned firm will provide 4% of the services. the project also includes a mandatory 30% local hire requirement imposed by the office of economic and workforce development. when setting the l.b.e. sub contracting goal, the contract monitoring division provided port staff with a memo detailing the availability of l.b.e.'s by type. this c.m.d. memorandum is attachment c of your report. for the purposes of this contract, the availability of eligibility m.b.e. or minority business enterprises was 6.7%. women own businesses were 3.5%, and other businesses were at 9.8%. hoseley met the c.m.d.

recommendations for utilization of minority business firms and exceeded utilization of women owned businesses overall, minority own -- [inaudible] >> hoseley corporation, the lowest responsive and responsible bidder is an l.b.e.-o.b.e. firm headquartered on port property located at port # 6. in the past five years -- 96. in the past five years they've completed 14 projects. they are experienced in both the prime and sub contractor level including a $10 million infrastructure project ad can't will stick pot, a $4 million paving project with d.b.i., and

also smaller contracts, the work at coit tower for recreation and park department. hoseley corporation has the fitness, the quality and the capacity to perform the proposed contract work. they come highly recommended by the airport and the department of public works. mr. hoseley is here today with members of his team. they have committed, again, to exceed the 20% l.b.e. sub contracting requirement with 20% of the overall contracting to local businesses and 80% of the work overall staying in san francisco. the project is fully funded by the southern back land waterfront improvement project fund. if you approve this today, we will anticipate substantial completion in december with final completion in january . in conclusion, we respectfully request that you award the back land improvement project to hoseley corporation of

#$.9 million with a total authorization of $7,663,903. we are all here today to answer your questions. thank you for your time. >> thank you. can i have a motion? >> i'll move. >> second. >> is there any public comment on this item? >> hello. how are you guys doing today? >> good. how are you? oh, did you want to say something? >> oh, i did. i'm sorry. i was listening to you guys. well, i've been employed with hoseley for a little over a month now, and the opportunities there are

amazing. it's -- you learn different things coming from your community where i come from, it'sfferen i'm a bayview resident myself, and it's just been appreciative and -- of -- and a blessing, should i say. >> thank you. >> to represent for hoseley. >> okay. thank you. gregory mcdowell? >> how's everybody? >> good, how are you? >> good. i just want to coat tail along what he said. hoseley is a good place. i've been employed with them for the last 1.5 years. i'm 55 years old. i didn't know much when i got there. now i know multiple things. hoseley construction has given me an opportunity to learn some thing does. -- things.

i'm also a local hire myself. just want to say thank you to hoseley and hoseley corporation. >> thank you. >> uh-huh. >> tashaka toury. >> good evening to the commission. thanks for having me here. my name is tashaka toury. i'm a small business and also a member of the african american chamber. and also prior to coming to this session, this hearing, i spoke with matt thomas, the president of the san francisco chamber, and was also given their permission and authorization to also speak on their behalf. a little backdrop. i'm a small businessman. i'll be here local in the san francisco area. i've been knowing hoseley for approximately six, seven years. hoseley was very influential in helping my company receive our general a license. i hold my license for about 1.5

years now. with that, hoseley has brought me on these projects. i've assisted on some of these projects that he's worked on. he's also brought me in and introduced me to other primes to give me local assistance and work on their projects, as well. it was one of the key things that i'd like to mention as being a chamber member, it's very difficult for small businesses and contracting to get ahold and learn to navigate in this industry. so what hoseley corporation has provided my company is the ability to navigate through the system, learn how to bid, and they really provided mentorship. and the mentorship was provided not through some program, it was provided by the relationship that -- that he built -- that we built with each other. so through that, i was able to get our license -- of course they have to take the test and pass the test to get our license and things of that nature, but they were able to provide me with the training so

i could successfully pass the test and move forward. so with that, we're working on with three different projects so far, coming along with hoseley on some other projects. one thing about it is because we are very new, we've only had our license two years, needed to get that three year criteria and things of that nature. so we have been able to -- once hoseley acquires a project, he's been able to bring us on, under the work that they self-perform. so on behalf of myself as a member of the san francisco african american chamber, and also getting authorization from the san francisco board of directors, we support and encourage the commission to -- to authorize and to approve hoseley corporation for the pier 94 back lands improvement project. with that -- and as i've seen some other earlier testimony, it's very different when you have certain projects come in, and they have to hire -- versus

you have provide come in and they want to help and teach you. so you can hire people, but that doesn't necessarily people you're going to teach them. the difference here, hoseley, he teaches. so he's taught my company, and his willingness to now step to the board and addressing the san francisco african american chambers as well and developing a partnership with the chamber, that's very influential and very beneficial for us all. so in closing, i'd like to say what i'm saying now will be reiterated in a letter by matt thomas who will write a letter supporting hoseley construction. i'm sorry for taking your time, but thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you. thank you for your time. rusty hoseley. >> good afternoon. i had had a big speech written, and i think you guys have heard enough about hoseley corporation, and i'm really

here to answer any questions that you have. i've been really blessed. been a long career in construction all over the western united states. i've had some great mentors. i want to do the same. i'mthe age now where when i came to san francisco, it wasn't a place we did a lot of work before. i did the tunnel through the presidio, and i did the fifth street off ramp while we were traveling through the state, doing other things. i wanted to come here because you've got a lot of work here. it's a neat place to open shop, and there is he 's a lot of pe that could use the mentoring. i'm -- if you have any questions, i'll answer them. i know you had one, whether i know how to write a checkbook. i guarantee if you can survive in san francisco for three years starting with $10,000, i know how to manage a checkbook. >> thank you very much. and thank you for being a port

tenant. mr. gonzalez? >> good afternoon. my name is rogelio gonzalez. i work for hoseley for two weeks. i'm an apprentice, and i'm very thankful that they teach me, and they take the time to teach you. so i'd just like to say that. thank you. >> thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? we may have questions for you. thank you. is there any other public comment? okay. public comment is closed. commissioner gilman? >> i don't have any questions. >> okay. commissioner woo ho? >> well, of course staff, i don't think you were the presenter, but i think you all took to task exactly what we

said at the last commission. i think we just needed to have a better presentation to understand the background of the bidder as well as the l.b.e. component, which i think you all have done a brilliant job of doing that today, so i think we feel a lot more comfortable. i think we were not questioning whether this was the right decision or not, but we needed to make sure in our job to make sure we understoodl of the components and the qualifications and how this contract would be managed and who was behind it. and i would say i think today's presentation helped to satisfy a lot of those questions that we had last time. thanks. >> thank you. commissioner makras? >> no comment. >> no comment. no comment. boris and tiffany, thank you so much for the presentation. it's -- you -- you guys did bring much more clarity, and it's interesting that out of -- what was in your report?

99 interested parties turned out to be five? from 119 to nine to five, and so i think it takes a lot of outreach to get interested parties for our contracts. and i think my main was -- with the first presentation was the fact that we -- the -- like commissioner woo ho said, this was a much better presentation, much better clarification. and i would like to thank mr. hoseley for once again being a port tenant from -- for hiring from the community and also for mentoring other firms to do good work. and i do hope that those of you that just started a couple weeks ago, a month ago, will have a long-term relationship with mr. hoseley and be able to participate, you know, and

learn during this contract. did you want to say anything? all in favor [voting] >> any opposed resolution 18-35 has been approved. >> clerk: okay. [agenda item read] >> greetings, president brandon, commissioner woo ho, d anwelcome, new commissioners, director forbes. i'm wendy proctor, senior architect for the port of san francisco, and i'm here today to request authorization to advertise for competitive bid for construction contract number 2806 for pier 31 shed window and wall repair projects. the project site is located in the northern waterfront. it's adjacent to the alcatraz landing operations, and it will

provide repairs in the shed portion of the building. the project supports strategic plan objectives by rehabilitated a 100-year-old important resource in the embarcadero historic district, providing business opportunities for local enterprises by providing jobs, and it will use best sustainable environmental practices during construction, and it will enable the port to lease this facility and return its active academic use -- sorry. economic. the project scope will repair historic steel windows and cracks in the concrete wall. it's going to provide water tight facility and a high quality light industrial dry storage for the pier 31 shed. the -- this is a -- this

proposed project will supplement facility repairs that were completed previously at pr 31 for structural buildings and roof repairs. pier apron repairs, security enhancements, and we currently from the utility upgrades and rest room upgrades and facility exiting improvements going on right now. all the work is going to be required to be consistent with the secretary of the interior historic preservation standards, and that concludes my report and i'm happy to answer any questions at the time. >> thank you. can i have a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> second. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner makras? >> no comment. thank the porfor the item. >> commissioner woo ho? >> yes. obviously going to support the item.

just curious, i know this is very straightforward, walls and windows. is there anything new about windows in these sheds, so that we can have longer life? is there any improvement in windows? i'm thinking of all the radio ads that you hear about windows for your home, so i'm just wondering if there's anything new we should be doing here? >> the building is is 00 years old, and it's on the national registry of historic places. the secretary of the interior has sort of set guidelines. one of the rules is repair over replace. because once you replace, you lose a historic resources. >> i understand we cannot change much because it is a historic buildings, but i'm just wondering, the earl its thits -- the materials that we use to repair and replace, is there anything that we've seen that can extend the life, more energy efficient, etcetera, etcetera? >> well, it's a difficult

answer -- question to answer, but we have hired a historic preservation architect to provide the -- the survey of all the cracks and the repairs to the windows, and they are preparing details that will improve the window strength because when you look at this picture that's available, it -- the -- the way it was originally being installed -- originally installed, the concrete sort of falls away from the edge. so the way we repair this site is going to be a better and improved installation system but we still have to use those same type of steel windows, but it'll be stronger and last us another 100 years perhaps. >> i'm not going to beat a dead horse here, but the only other suggestion i would make, having

walked around with orton in terms of the rehabilitation of the historic buildings out at pier 70, and the amount of time and effort that was spent on windows. so i would suggest that you at least talk with orton to get some input because they have a lot of experience with historic building windows at this point, and what they have to go through to restore. >> that's a great suggestion. thank you. >> thank you, wendy. this is a wonderful report, and i think we are all supportive of this. all in favor? [voting] >> any opposed? resolution 18-36 has been approved. >> thank you. [agenda item read] >> good afternoon, commissioners, president brandon, david bupre with

planning environment division. i've joined by bran benson who helped comanage the waterfront land use plan update working group sub committee on transportation. also joining us or shortly to join us is karly jane from the sf mta who provided a lot of support along with nelson nygard, transportation consultants. i wanted to recognize tem as being a valued input into the planning process. i'm also joined by linda richardson who chaired the transportation sub committee and members of the working group, including alice rogers and jeffrey conda who was on the transportation sub committee, as well. again, some of this should appear familiar from previous reports on both land use and resiliency, but part two process including launching

with the guiding principles that the working group adopted as a as a result of the part one work. and then, each of the three sub committees ventured off to do their work and come up with the individual recommendations through approximately a one-year process between november 2016 and september 2017. then, the working group reconvened, discussed each of the 161 recommendations of the three sub committees. sometimes there were debates and differing views, and in the end, the entire working group supported the 161 recommendations unanimously after some work getting everyone on the same board and collaborating to get agreement on the recommendation. so again, just wanted to

recognize the transportation sub committee members with linda and jeffrey here today to maybe help answer any questions you might have. the following slides are going tover a high level, the nine categories that we discussed. the nine topics included integrated transportation systems, transit, both land and water, walking and bicycling, goods movement and commercial deliveries, parking, curb management, transportation demand management, street use, and maintenance. so for the first item, transportation systems, essentially, what we're talking about is making certain that we work with our transit providers and develop systems that are integrated together so that it's easy for someone hopping off a ferry to hop on the e and f line to get to where they want to if they're not working right in the immediate area of downtown or the ferry terminal.

improve walking and bicycling, so work with the city and regional agency partners to create safe and more accessible environment for increased pedestrian and bicycle use, implement the bay trail, and support bike share as an alternative form of transportation. public transit, again, work with mta and other regional transit agency providers to expand land and water transportation services and improve emergency response capablities, so work with sf mta, work with weda, work with golden gate, work with b.a.r.t. support water transportation. you'll hear a little bit more about this in our next item on the agenda, but not only working with golden gate who are the ferry providers for large scale public ferries, but work with what we've referred to previously as our water taxi operators like tideline, san

francisco water taxi and prop sf to enhance and expand our water transit opportunities on the bay. improve goods movement and commercial access, so goods movement is important up and down the entire waterfront. we have a lot of goods coming in and out of fisherman's wharf, and obviously piers 80 through 96. as a part of the land usesub committee work, we have identified that the production distribution and repair types of uses, p.d.r. uses, are -- are a large portion of the port's portfolio of real estate today and likely to be in the future, so we need to make certain that we maintain access along the entire waterfront for goods movement, and that we design facilities that are safe for pedestrians and bicycles, accommodate transit, but also allow and accommodate large trucks for deliveries. in addition to this, we have a

freight rail that we operate out of the piers 90 through 96 facility, and we want to maintain access to that operating off the joint peninsula board's peninsula line. and then parking, curb use, automobile access, this was a major point that we discussed at length about a couple of things: making certain that we manage our curb parking to the most efficient manner possible and we've been successful doing that, partnering with the sf mta through the sf park program, but also managing and maybe improving the management of our surface parking lots, and i think we need to recognize two things: one, that parking is a significant source of revenue to the port, but we've also beginning to see where the demand at our parking lots is not as high as it once was and seems to be decreasing. so off-street parking does not

necessarily align with all of the transportation pedestrian bicycle vision zero goals we have, so how do we manage the two, recognizing that the revenue may begin to decline and that the goals and recommendations don't align with one another? one of the recommendations was to begin to look at ways of better managing and tracking who our parking patrons are so that we can identify trends and manage it more efficiently with technology today. develop and use transportation demand management strategies along the waterfront. t.d.m. is a very cost effective way for the port and the city to provide residents and employees information and incentives to use alternative forms of transportation, walking, bicycling, transit, and reduce the need to own private vehicles while also recognizing that that's not going to work for everyone.

again, how can we get those that don't need and rely on it out of their cars to use public transit to make the transportation system run more efficiently? so another thing that we're recommending is that the port begin to analyze the feasibility of developing a t.d.m. or a t.m.a., whether it be port wide or by sub area, and whether there's any opportunity to leverage some of the existing t.d.m. and t.m.a. plans that exist, whether it's the downtown one, the mission bay one, or the two that'll be developed as a part of the pier 71 and mission rock bay's project. and last, prioritize port and city streets.

here's a little chart that overviews the next steps. the part three process is nearly completed. staff are working on drafting the results of that which will come back to the commission on -- later this summer. we'll need to come back to the commission to seek endorsement for all the recommended policies, and then, we can't move to complete the final plan until ceqa is completed. with that, i'm available and so is brad, and others, for any questions. i wanted to thank linda for chairing the transportation sub committee, the commission for their input, our partner agencies, like weda, sf mta and others, nelson nygard for assisting, as well as brad,

diane oshima, amanda from real estate who helped using in the nelson nygard contract, and other folks. >> thank you. is there any public comment on this item? i do have one. >> good afternoon, commissioners and it's a great honor for me to be here. also, let me just -- i want to give a shout out to debbie dupre. that presentation was just a little of what, you know, we've done, and i'm going to recommend that all of you get a chance to look at the information that we have already produced, you know, for you. [inaudible] >> -- a land use transportation

planning and sustainable development, i hav had decades speerps working wi-- experience working with port staff. so after all these decades, i know the capabilities of your staff, and so it was just very easy for me when i had this opportunity to work for them. i want to let you know for the record that you have outstanding staff for the port, and i'm going to talk about, you know, that later. i can attest to their work, as i've mentioned, and what we've been able to produce here is a testament to that. i want to recognize the real lady there, elaine forbes. your leadership and expertise kind of blow everybody's mind. we know that you are a very keen and a guru on financial

analysis. we know you have tremendous assistance and background coming in. we already know that, but putting this together, it's phenomenal. we had all the original stuff that we needed and the guidance of the one and only mr. rudy 234 othenberg. we were able to keep everybody in line and stay focused to get this, you know, job, you know, done. i wasyes, we understand that te

california public utility commission grants all the licensing, and there needs to be some other improvements on the smaller boats, but we believe that having that diversity and given the magnitude of what we need, having everyone participate, we're going to be able to have a tremendous access for water transportation. so i want to put that here. concerning parking, the parking, you're doing a great job do ing that. and yes, there might be a decline, but you need to look farther down the road. right now it's making revenue to you, and it's an asset later

on, whatever the statistical study indicates, you have the flexibility to look at those assets, but do not make a decision in getting rid of the parking impact. some of the members say hey, the maritime is still your number one core. businesses, and we need the parking to support that also. and the maritime folks, they made it clear and they provided the statistics. so that parking is still there, and it needs to be there. we will yield to you how you manage those, and we also understand, there are families coming out. not everybody's going to be able to skate and ride boats, but you do need to provide those signature ports all around the world, you have some parking access, and we know that. so we put all those things in place. the take away also for me is that you have a tremendous opportunity, and i'm speaking

here to one, kimberly brandon, and the southern waterfront. it's not because i live there, it's because for decades, that's -- that is neglected, and the onl place right now, one of the key access you have that will be able to do infrastructure improvement, be able to create jobs, small businesses, so we're going to hold your feet to the fire, commissioner brandon. i know that you've been working and spear heading this now for decades, and we thank you a great deal in that area. and specifically, we made it in the plan that we want a mixed use transportation plan. the rails, yes, they have a major opportunity for us here. all major port needs to have rail. they carry their cargo during earthquake arre earthquake or other times, you need to do that, and it's a public private partnership.

you're going to have to look into public private partnership because san francisco alone does not, will not have all the needed access to be able to accommodate what we've done here. commissioner woo ho, lastly, the way the initial presentation, you asked, what is the prices here, and i want to take the opportunity to answer this -- for you what i think. number one, when i saw -- [inaudible] >> -- with the seawall, i was taken aback. when i saw the drawings and the diagrams, yes, the 450 million is a down payment, but you're going to need a lot of substantial assets to really getting san francisco to where it needs to be. i was present at the presentation before the board of supervisors. they get it, and they understand it's a down payment. the activity's to lead after

the ballot measure. it needs to start immediately. and when you look at the resurge in activity on the andreas, if you look at san cit'sight here, and 'm just hoping we can make it through december to really try to get all these things done. and lastly, the other take away that i think is that the director, and even some of you have made it known, as an enterprise agency, when you compare your staffing levels with the other enterprise agencies like the ports, s.f.o., sf mta, you are right here. so you are going to have all of these -- my recommendation, i'm going to be back here, is you've got to look at that. you've got a lot of work to do, a lot of opportunities to safeguard the san francisco number one prime asset is this here. and you all are capable of

making that happen. so we will yield to you. and for me, i again, i thank you all for these wonderful opportunities to serve, to, you know, help you out. thank you. >> thank you, linda. biz? >> hi there. my name is biz. i am here today to speak on behalf of mr. dave thomass san francisco water taxi group. he asked me to speak to you today on my success of being a female captain in the maritime industry. it's heavily thought of as a male dominated industry, depending on geographically where you are at. i'm here to give you the weight that many owners or to operators that provide entry level captain's positions in order to gain experience and

eventually earn credibility in the field to advance. mr. dave thomas took a chance on me, even though he was not hiring. it was in the middle of the season, and i really just wouldn't let him say no. that was kind of cool. currently, he has the majority of his female fleet. that's wonderful. i'm one of the lucky recipients, as well, and i'm certain that most of my fellow female captains would be -- agree -- would agree with me that we are grateful for the opportunity that mr. davis -- mr. davis? mr. dave thomas has bestowed on us. each day, we are exposed to the challenges that the san francisco bay throws at us, but he respects us, and he gives us a high level of mentorship, which i'm very, very happy for, given feedback to improve our

weaknesses, and our rewarded for our respective assets. we learn new boat handling techniques with the bay here, if you guys have been out in the bay. we handle etiquette every single day. most of the captains have that behind them, but it's probably cost them a very, very high level number of years to experience that. without san francisco water taxi, i as well as my fellow entry level captains would be not in a position to have respectable partners request to work with us in order to gain initial experience and which i actually have. without mr. thomas, i would not have been able to advance my career, and so i'm very thankful for that. if you have not been out on a water taxi, i highly recommend it. and thank you for your time.

>> thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? >> my name is alex cisco. i work with small sf. we're serving south san francisco currently, a large port down there, and we pick up people from tiburon, and south san francisco. starting tomorrow, we'll be starting service from the ferry building down to redwood city. right now we're currently partnering with private service, but we recognize the future probably is a public-private partnership. our goal is to augment what weda does, with what golden gate transit does. i think the waterfront plan is a great idea.

it's long coming. it marries up with what a lot of the other ferries are doing. new york recently expanded their service, and we can envision service from as far north as the marina all the way down to san francisco airport just is the future at some point, the way the traffic is going. we've spoken to people at treasure island developing that. there's a great deal of opportunity there, especially working in partnership with weda as well. it's important this is a public ivate partnership there, as well. just wanted to come up and voice our support with the plan, and we're willing to help out in any way we can as we go forward. >> thank you. is there any other public comment? >> hello, commissioners. my name is janice lee. i actually served as the chair of the wour frant land use -- waterfront land use working

group along with rudy nothenberg. i had no idea what i was getting into, and the fact that this was now happening is incredible. i'm glad to be here to talk about transportation. so i would say there are two things i'll note. i know particularly commissioner presit brandon, you had really pushed for a robust process to make sure there was really all folks in the room had part of these conversations and certainly think through the working group, through linda richardson as the chair of the transportation sub committee and through the advisory teams, there was robust dialogue about so many different things. i've taken part in a lot of different public planning processes, and to see the room fill day in and day out, and to hear folks say, i watched you on