resolution. the improvements to that area of the plaza, if approved, would not be affected by the decision as to how it is used. it would probably be difficult to come back with an answer to get the community input back as to the importance of that. we could come back with estimates from the revenue, but also need to question how valuable it is to the community if we change this as a purely public space. >> president brandon: and i want to know the total impact, it could be -- >> it could be 20 spaces. we could come back with a look at that. >> and i would suggest that we need to talk to the merchants.

and i want to be sure that we have discussion that includes public outreach. >> commissioner makras: how often is the flow in the parking. 180 versus 200. how many times a day are they packed? are they using every spot and multiply it out so we can understand. if they use it every day maximizing, it tilts people for revenue, but if it's only capacity two days a week for one hour, then the impact could be gauged appropriately. >> and we do have a lot of information on the lot and we could generate that. we would like to bring the community's input on this issue

before the commission as well. and that may take a little longer than just generating the options for the numbers. >> in october, if this is okay with you, dan, we would like you to move forward on your consideration of the project, so s.f. public works can move along on the schedule. if they have a flexible design in the small area of the parking lot that can be plaza or parking, we would like to take time to study that more, work with merchants and make a proposal for how to use that space. we'll have an opportunity to make some decisions down the road. but we want ample time to not have that answer for you in october. i don't think it will be enough time to do the analysis required and it will be a changing environment as we will be eliminating the street parking. so the lot may be used differently. we will study it and work with

our tenants on it. >> it might be helpful at the october meeting to tell us why the work was done. even though i know it's flexible and don't need to make a decision to move the project forward, i would like to have a deeper understanding because i'm sure it was not d.p.w. staff and our staff that wanted this plaza/parking. so i would be interested to understand the background and how it came about. >> commissioner makras: do they do any valet parking in any way? is it pay on your own? go up to the box? every time i've been there, that's what it's been. or do they split it and sometimes they will valet? >> they do some tandem parking.

we can address both points in greater detail when we come back in october. >> president brandon: thank you. >> clerk: 14a, request authorizization to award construction contract 2797r, pier 29 utility upgrade and beltline building sewer, rerouting rebid project to cf contracting inc. for amount of $944,250 and authorize a contract contingency fund of 10% for a total of $1,038,675. >> good afternoon. i'm the senior engineer for the port to seek your approval for the award of the contract to

2797r upgrade to cf contracting incorporat incorporated. i will do part of the presentation. pier 29 and the beltline building, the proposal of the project is to improve flexibility for pier 29 and the belt line buildings. the project at pier 29 is to expand sewer and water beyond the bulkhead area. this will make the space more valuable and easily marketable.

the connectivity can be added without interrupting the tenants. the belt line building includes recruiting of the sewer line to the city sewer on the embarcadero roadway. the existing sewer line is connected to the pump station inside of pier 29 bulkhead. it will eliminate the need for the pump station inside pier 29.

as you may recall, on march 27, 2018, we presented this project before you and received your approval for add advertising this project for competitive bid. on june 19, 2018, the port received two bids. both bids exceed the budget by 40%. the bid was rejected and decided to modify the project packaging so a project could be bid and constructed. for the outreach effort, i request tiffany tatum to provide a quick summary.

>> good afternoon, president brandon and commissioners. i'm tiffany tatum, outreach coordinator for the engineering division and i will be highlighting our outreach efforts for this project. in early july, the port entered into contract for the purpose of outreach on several projects including 2797r. over 100 emails and follow-up phone calls were made to district 10 businesses to inform of the upcoming opportunity and invite them to our town hall meeting. on august 8, engineering staff hosted a meeting to give contractors a chance to meet with the project managers and have discussions about the work. we strongly encouraged all attendees to bid. on the original due date, this

contract received two bids. five bids were received, redoubling our efforts. i will turn it back over and will be available at the end of the presentation. thank you. >> thank you, tiffany. good job. on december 4, 2018, the port received five bids as shown. because of the budget, they showed the ranking of the bidders.

the bids were within 6% of each other. the bid from cf contracting was the lowest responsive and responsible bid. it shows the sub contractors for cf contracting incorporating, with the 24% l.b.e. goal. the to ttal contract duration would be 11 months. the final completion will be in october, 2019. the contract with cf contracting

incorporated in the amount of $944,250. and authorizing a contract contingency fund of 10% for a total authorization of $1,038,675. this concludes my presentation. thank you, commissioners >> president brandon: thank you. >> vice-president adams: so moved. >> second. >> president brandon: any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner makras: i support. >> commissioner woo ho: i see there's a brief paragraph in the staff report on cf contracting,

who you recommend as a panel evaluation. and the sfdpw and so just how much of this work that we're asking them to do is the area that they've worked on before. >> this company used subcontractors more than themselves. as you can see, it's a system, 30.6% for the base bid there.

they used -- you can see that they used -- >> the commissioner's question is what relative experience does this firm have in the job that was performed for winning the contract. >> i would like to ask my project manager to come up here. >> okay. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is david wu. i was the person for staff report for advertisement by the commissioner. so i'm a mechanical engineer at the port and project engineer and manager of the project.

when we received the documents from the contractors, we evaluated the requirements and experience, etc. ch for this particular contractor, they submit more than maybe 15 references and they've done some projects with the city, including airport of san francisco and -- >> in the area of this, i mean,

was it the same type of work? that's what i was trying to understand. >> most of the projects they've done basically are on zero engineering like roads -- i mean, roadways and pavement and facilities. >> okay. so they're general contractors? >> yeah. and also some small amount of -- in the street. so the main thing is they basically supplied the plan to the subcontractor. >> do we evaluate the sub contractors? >> this contractor was working with the port for one of my

really big projects. do you remember, the one on taylor street for all those restaurants, down the pier, piping replacement for the whole pier, pier 49, along taylor street. that was my big project about in 2011-2012. >> and just to clarify, we evaluate the prime contractor. but they, of course, assemble the team that has the relative expertise. so there is a lot of sub contracting work here with experience with sewer repair and we collected them on the low bid and years of experience including a lot of city projects. >> i guess what my question was -- because this is very specific work -- i'm trying to understand since it's a general contractor

subbing out, which has -- and we're also very focused on our l.b.e., etc., but do we evaluate the subs, too, to know that they have the expertise we need? >> yes. >> that's what i wanted to be sure. >> to answer your question, this subcontractor's california-specific, yeah. they are one of the sub contractors working on the taylor street. >> okay. so you know them. okay. >> commissioner makras: does the subcontractor meet the qualifications as the contractor? >> yes. and it is -- >> commissioner makras: same qualifications? >> yes.

does that answer your question? >> president brandon: yes. thank you. >> commissioner gilman: all i want to say is to congratulate staff. i've only been on the commission for 5 months, but for every bid, the outreach, he just want to say nice job. >> vice-president adams: i'm good. thank you. >> president brandon: thank you for this presentation. i just wanted to clarify. in the staff report versus the summary, you have m.b.e. on the team. is there an m.b.e. on this team? and then it says for alternative bids, will they be doing that or -- >> on the table, we show the

l.b.e., which is 24%. this is for the base bid. we don't use them in the evaluation. we only evaluate 21.4%. >> but are they working on the project? will the m.b.e. firm work on the project? >> yes. will work on both projects, because we plan to award a-1 and a-3. >> so this is an issue of the base bid and bid alternate. >> yes. >> for the c.m.d. review, they just looked at the base bid to see if the contractor was complaint with the rules of the ordinance. because we're pulling the trigger on the alternate, we have additional l.b.e. participati participation? >> correct.

>> what will their participation be? >> i don't have that. i don't have the number here. at the time, we knew it would meet the code there, so the number, we did not put in the table, so i have to look at the report one more time. >> they're not in the staff report. that's the thing. >> we'll look at the a big documents. >> to make the bid work, we took out alternative two. is that something that we need to do in the future or will we just not do that anymore? >> we'll do that in the future. at this time the port maintenance, to do that with our own labor, the budget that we've

try to find from somewhere, but cheaper than using our own labor to do it. but it will be done. >> can we use our own labor to do the whole project? [laughter] >> good afternoon. i just wanted to point out the a-3 and a-1, both had up to $119,000 -- >> i show $113,000. >> $113,000. >> i want to thank you for the outreach and the bids you got in. thank you for the hard work. all in favor? resolution 1855 has been approved. >> clerk: item 15, new business. >> president brandon: is there any new business? >> i would like to ask -- i have a request and it's a future

commission meeting. today we approved mission bay landing and we know the budget for that, i think $30 million, $40 million, whatever it is. big number. i think in line with the fact that we are looking to could more water transportation and we have a lot of projects that are hitting the waterfront going forward, i think it would be good for us to understand besides doing a full-fledged ferry landing like mission bay, what are the alternatives that we can for water taxis, what are the alternatives for a floating dock, so we know, how do you set up a network, transportation network, for water transportation throughout the port and what are the alter attives natives? full-fledged ferry landings take

time, money and effort. and we need to look at more or less better cost alternatives. so when we're approached, we know it may be a responsibility instead, other than doing it one by one, one by one. and it will take forever to build a network. this commission is in favor of having a network of transportation, but you have to facilitate that in the inf infrastructure somehow. we need to go into the infrastructure. the second one, i was struck by jefferson street today. and we approved many months ago selling fish off the boats. and it was a pilot. so i'm wondering if we can get an update, how has that pilot fared in terms of selling fish off the boats. because that seemed to -- we had a lot of discussion on that

item. in part, how to do it and if it was requesting to work. it would be interesting to know what the progress was made and what are the results. thanks. >> commissioner makras: and to follow up, if there is problems with the quality, health department complaints or anything that fell out of that. >> president brandon: any other new business? >> i had one. will we have an informational meeting on this ferry building and what is happening with it and the future and -- >> yes. >> and pier 70 would be a good one, too. >> president brandon: any other new business? >> vice-president adams: i make a motion that we adjourn in the

memory of sister veronica sanchez and may she rest in peace. >> second. >> president brandon: all in favor. meeting adjourned. 5:40. - >> san francisco is known

worldwide for its atmospheric waterfront where spectacular views are by piers and sight and sounds are xhanl changing we come to the here for exercise relax ball games entertainment, recreation market, exhilaration a wide variety of contributions easily enjoyed look up the bay the waterfront is boosting for activities boosting over 25 visitors every year the port of san francisco manages 7 may have million dollars of waterfront from hyde street and fisherman's wharf to

the cargo terminals and name shoreline the architecture like pier 70 and the ferry building is here for the embarcadero and a national treasure the port also supports 10 different maritime industries alongside with the recreational attractions making san francisco one of the most viable working waterfronts in the world but did you think that our waterfront faces serious challenges if earthquake to damage the seawall and the embarcadero roadway rising seawalls will cause flooding at high tides and major repairs to a safe many of the piers the port is at a critically turnl point time to plan for the

future of san francisco's waterfront this year the port is updating it's marts plan the plan working group to invite a wide variety of poichdz from the city and bayview and other advisory teams to share their expertise if intense and maritime operations the waterfront land use plan has guided the use and development of the lanes for the last 20 years major physical changes take place along the waterfront and now is the time to update the waterfront plan to continue improvements that will keep our waterfront vibrate, public and resilient the biggest challenges facing the waterfront are out the site an aging seawall along the

embarcadero roadway and seawalls that will rise by 21 hundred to provide and productivity of tides seawall is built over weak soils and mud the next earthquake will cause it to settle several feet without the urgent repairs that will damage the promenade and other things we've been fortunate over the last hundred years less than one foot of seawall over the next hundred years scientists say we'll have 6 feet of seawall rise imagine the pier 30/32 will be floated, the embarcadero will be flooded our transportation system is fog to be heavy impacts unfortunately, the port didn't have the financial resources to repair all the deteriorating

piers let alone the adaptations for sea level rise. >> it is clear that the port can't pay for the seawall reinforcement or deal with the sea level rise on its own needs to raise money to take care of the properties at take care of the maintenance on the properties no way absent anti funding the issues of sea level rise or the schematic conditions of seawall can be development. >> as studies talk about the seawall challenges the working group is look at the issues please come share our ideas about recreation, pier activities, shoreline habitat, historic preservation and transportation issues and viral protection. >> we know this planning process will not have one question and one answer we need

the diversity of the opinions how people feel about san francisco waterfront and want to hear all the opinions. >> the challenges call for big decisions now is the time to explore now and creative ideas to protect and preserve san francisco waterfront. >> now is the time to get involved to help to shape the future of our waterfront. >> we need the debate please come forward and engage in the process. >> this is your waterfront and this is your opportunity to get involved be part of solution help san francisco create the waterfront we want for the future. >> this is really to dream big and i think about what our waterfront looked like for all san franciscans today and generations to come. >> get involved with the planning process that will set the fraction for what is coming at the port. >> find for in upgrading dates

on the ports website. >> (ship blowing horn in distances) coseen . >> thank you to all of you for being here. to the mayor's office for dreaming this project up with us in the first place, to supervisor kim for showing us how to do it, and to the mayor today for sharing the space with us. and especially to the community here in the tenderloin who have welcomed us over the last two years. we're here because we know the power of community owned businesses to create opportunities for asset generation in low-income

communities and for everyone. my first informal meal in the bay area was at a small table in a one bedroom apartment at leavenworth and hyde. they took orders from myself and ten strangers, delivering some of the most delicious mexico city style food in the business. the tenderloin, like all communities that faced economic barriers has a really vibrant economy. we've worked with low-income and women entrepreneurs across the bay for 13 years. although cocina has won numerous awards, their air of mothers that cook in s.r.o.'s that cook for each other. there are sidewalk barbecues

nearly every day and the best bay areas that gauadalupe's goig to tell you about in a bit. this represents not just the soul of this city but the soul of other cities. this project aims to celebrate all. it's a public space fuelled by women entrepreneurs and focused on equitiable place making and economic opportunity. i saw an interview with mayor breed the other day where she noted some of her favorite places toet were eddy's cafe and pancho villa. food businesses are obvious the

first step a family can take towards economic freedom. their physical claiming of space in our neighborhoods and cities, and they're representations of the places that we live. when we run up against road blocks in the two years that we've been considering this project, we've wondered if we can't do this, and then, who would want to live in a place that doesn't make opportunities possible? this is the risk, the crisis that our cities are in. we believe that all cities can do what we are doing here. through public support, private investment and community power, we plan to build the first all women led food hall in the country. those talented women will hire -- [applause] >> those talented women will hire and create pathways to wealth while serving the communities that raised them and creating a space where everyone is welcome.

it's a place for families, workers, lunches, homework, and dreaming. we ask you today to imagine what that place could be while you're in this space, what this space could mean to a community. but also, have you to imagine what it might mean for places like that not to exist anymore. imagine a city without those dreamers, without those foods. we are so excited to show you how possible a better city is. thank you for believing in us and being here today. thank you to supervisor kim and a really special thank you to mayor breed, who joins us today. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: good afternoon, everybody. i am so excited to be here today. i walked in the room, and it really smelled like my grandmother's house. ho now, my grandmother was a great cook, and people on the street that i grew up, on eddy and

laguna, always knew they could come by at certain times of year to buy things. my grandmother made the best tamales, the best gumbo. and some of you may not know what hog's head cheese is, but hog's head cheese. she made them a lot of times with the free food we received from the government. she could make the best macaroni and cheese from the cheese that we received from the government. some of you know what i'm talking about. part of our ability to survive had a lot to do with my grandmother being an entrepreneur in public housing where she offered up what she was able to do. what an incredible thing to do here today, to give so many amazing women, especially the support that this provides to minority women and women of our immigrant community who are looking for an opportunity to

support their families with their talents, with their amazing food. and it means a lot that so many of you here today have worked to make something like this possible, to take a space that is going to be used for even more good when we are able to invest the necessary dollars for our much needed affordable housing here, to use it in this capacity, is going to make this an incredible space full of excitement, full of love, and yes, full of great food. so i just wanted to stop by and stay congratulations for your efforts. thank you, caleb and supervisor kim for your leadership and having the foresight to see that you could make something like this possible. and also enthuse for being one of the few events that i'm able to attend where there is food, because food is, i think, something that brings so many

people together. i was actually at glide yesterday, and someone who remembered me, she used to baby-sit me, and she said that my grandmother used to feed her as a way to pay her to baby-sit us when we were kids. i mean, i didn't remember her, but clearly, she knew my grandmother, my mama, priscilla. clearly, food is something that brings people together. it makes people happy, and what an incredible way to share your talents with the world and also make a lot of san franciscans happy. thank you all so much for being here, and please, support these businesses when you see them out and about, get to know them, and use them for catering opportunities. what a great way to support businesses than here's a way to use them for ways in which they could actually benefit people throughout san francisco, and i'm looking forward to seeing this place come to life, so they are also, i know, looking for

more donations. i know this was a partnership with the city, but we are definitely looking for more did he -- donations to make this dream for so many more women a reality. thank you for being here today. with that, i'd like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the supervisor for this district, supervisor jane kim. [applause] >> supervisor kim: thank you, mayor breed for joining us in the tenderloin neighborhood. i always like to call this your second district. it is so great to be here today. 101 hyde has always been a special place for our residents because so many residents live in single room occupancy hotels where they don't have access to mail. this was the space where people could get their checks, be connected to the world, and when the post office shut this site

down with federal budget cuts, it was a huge loss for our community. and when we learned that it was sold to built market race housing, i think that was one of the more depressing news and updates in this neighborhood. but for whatever reason when the owner wasn't able to build, and we were negotiating, market street for the masses, they said you know what? we really need affordable housing that our residents can afford, and they often can't afford the inclusionary housing in the market rate buildings. through that negotiation with many people that were here in the room, over the course of those weeks, we negotiated a

deal where shore sea agreed to buy this property so we could donate it for 100% affordable housing. [applause] >> supervisor kim: however, we know that building housing takes time and randy shaw had the f e forsy foresight to know that that it may take ten years to build it for the community. over the last two years, we have seen an up tick in activities with the closure of this site. so we want to make sure that the block was activated. randy suggested that we bring in a marketplace similar to the hall on market street where we could showcase our residents and develop a meeting that could be -- a site that would be a community hub, a place to eat, and of course a place where we can showcase our immigrant

entrepreneurs. a little over 30 years ago, my mom was able to bring together loans from different family members and friends to open a small business, and through that small business, she was able to grow an income for my family and eventually buy a home. being able to incubate a small business for so many of our immigrant women, it's what allows our families to grow in our city, to contribute to our economy, but also raise our families here in the city. la cocina has been that incubator site, and i'm so happy they were able to come in. this was not easy to do. it took a lot of advocacy, a lot of fund raising, and also city support. and i want to recognize mayor breed and the office for committing additional funds to make sure that we could deliver this site in an affordable manner, and delivering in an affordable manner means that we can reduce the prices on the menus so that residents can afford to eat here, as well, and that's --

[applause] jane jac>> supervisor kim: tha commitment that la cocina and the city has made so that all of the residents can enjoy food her every single day. so i want to thank all of the partners that were involved. i'm so excited to come here and try the food of many prir entrepreneurs. i think many of us would not be able to standup to the chefs that this neighborhood has, and we're all excited for its opening. thank you to everyone involved. [applause] >> hello. i am operations manager at la cocina. i would like to introduce you to guadalupe morena. she is owner of la cocina, and

she will share her story. [speaking spanish]

[applause] >> i am now going to be translating that for guadalupe. hello. my name is guadalupe morena, and i want to welcome you to my neighborhood. i live here with my husband and three kids. when we arrived in mexico, we picked this neighborhood because the rents were reasonable and because the rest of my family

lived here. we came to this area because my husba husband's sister, veronica salazar, also lives here. now i'm starting my own business at la cocina, it's called m mi morena. i love sharing my mexican culture with people. i cook for you like i cook for my family. we sell at the mission community market on thursdays, and i'm really excited to think that next year in this old post office we could share our food to our neighborhood. i think it's going to be something wonderful for this area to have a space we can come to with our families, eat lunch and dinner and just relax and enjoy. we don't really have anyplaces like this, so the marketplace is going to be very important for my family. thank you for this opportunity that la cocina and the city of

san francisco has given us. for me as a local resident, entrepreneur and immigrant woman, i really appreciate your support. thank you. [applause] >> and i'm now going to introduce karina mora. [speaking spanish]

[applause] >> okay. i have called the tenderloin my home for the last ten years, since i left yucatan, mexico. i am the mother of a six-year-old daughter, raquel, who brings joy to my life. la voz is primarily a resource center but focuses on the economic and social development of our community. for this reason, i listened to the proposal of caleb and his

team, and i'm happy to be part of the team in the tenderloin to make it a reality. on several occasions i have expressed my desire to make a radical change of this portion of market street. it's time for hyde street 101 to be known for its delicious and affordable food and not for the sale of drugs. i want to give you a welcome to la cocina. [applause] >> karen taylor from central city collaboratives. >> hello, everyone. my name's karen. i'm very happy to be here. i have been a resident of the tenderloin neighborhood since 2005. this neighborhood is underserved. there are 11 stores within a three block radius of where i

live where you can purchase cigarettes, liquor, cheap candy, and lottery tickets. there are no grocery stores. if you want a safeway or a target, you have to take a bus. if you would like the more economical options, foodco, food 4 less, you have to ride that bus even further. the addition of la cocina is filling a need in the tenderloin for fresh food at reasonable prices. la cocina does bring additional benefits to this neighborhood in addition to the delicious food. i once derelict corner gets revitalized, becoming an oasis where people can gather and have a good time. the people who work hard to maybe this happen, neighborhood organizations, residents,

entrepreneurs, get a victory, and well done, i might say. much needed advancement, another area where this neighborhood is underserved is broad here so that people who live in this neighborhood can have opportunities here where they improve their circumstances, where they serve this community and provide things that we need and where they build their futures right where they live. the quality of life in this neighborhood improves with the addition of the la cocina marketplace. seniors, disabled people, young children, old people, all get benefits out of this. people that can't travel far can travel closer to home for healthy options with nutrition. people who struggle with illness now have a vital resource for staying healthy, good food.

parents that work long and hard hours to keep their families housed in the t.l. will have closer options for feeding those families. this is a wonderful project, and it is a welcome addition to the tenderloin neighborhood. long live the market cocina. thank you. [applause] >> just another big thank you to karina, guadalupe, and carolina. instead of a traditional ground breaking, la cocina has not done many traditional things. we thought we would be a little bit more metaphorical and invite mayor breed, supervisor kim, guadalupe, carolina up here for

a ceremonial bread breaking. >> five, four, three, two -- [applause].

>> my name is naomi kelly the single-story for the 775 i started with the city and county in 1996 working for the newly elected mayor willie brown, jr. not only the chief of staff a woman but many policy advisors that were advising him everyday their supportive and nourished and sponsored united states and excited about the future. >> my name is is jack listen and the executive director of a phil randolph institution our goal to have two pathways to sustaining a family here in san francisco and your union jobs are stroen to do that i have

this huge way to work with the community members and i think i found my calling i started in 1996 working for willie brown, jr. i worked in he's mayor's office of housing in the western edition and left 3 years went to law school of san francisco state university and mayor brown asked me to be the director of the taxicab commission and through the process i very much card by the contracting process and asked me townhouse the city purchaser and worked with me and i became the deputy administrator and . >> having trouble struggling to make ends meet folks will not understand what importance of voting is so we decided to

develop our workforce development services after a couple of years offering pathways to sustainable jobs. >> (clapping.) >> we've gotten to a place to have the folks come back and have the discussion even if participation and makes sense we do public services but we also really build strong communities when i started this job my sons were 2 and 5 now 9 and 6 i think so the need to be able to take a call from the principal of school i think that brings a whole new appreciation to being understanding of the work life balance. >> (clapping.) >> i have a very good team around me we're leader in the country when it comes to paid and retail and furiously the affordable-care act passed by 3079 we were did leaders for the healthcare and

we're in support of of the women and support. >> in my industry i feel that is male dominated a huge struggle to get my foot in the door and i feel as though that definitely needs to change this year needs to be more opportunities for i don't know women to do what tell me dream i feel that is important for us to create a in fact, network of support to young people young women can further their dreams and most interested in making sure they have the full and whatever they need to make that achieveable. >> education is important i releases it at my time of san mateo high ii come back to the university of san francisco law school and the fact i passed the bar will open up many more doors

because i feel a curve ball or an where you can in the way can't get down why is this in my way we have to figure out a solution how to move forward we can't let adversity throw in the >> let's talk a little bit about the format and get this party started. all right. after you make your opening statements, i have two little bags. my little bags. the questions have been divided into, how will you get it done? and working with the community? you all have had these questions in advance, most of them. so they shouldn't be a surprise to you. but each candidate