>> the meeting will come to order. this is january 4th, 2019, special meeting of the san francisco local agency formation commissioner. i am sandra lee fewer, chair of the commission. i am joined by commissioner shan'ti singh and i would like to thank the staff at sfgovtv and michael and jason for recording today's meetings. madam clerk, do you have an announcement. >> clerk: yes, silence all cellphones and electronic devices. complete your cards if documents are submitted to the clerk. >> thank you, very much. could i please have a motion to

excuse commissioner pollock from the meeting today? >> thank you. seconded by commissioner ronen. and madam clerk, can you call item number 2. >> clerk: item number 2 is consideration and approval of a contract with richards watson for lafco legal services. >> i believe we have a presentation from our executive officer mr. bryan goebel. >> good morning, happy new year. thank you for being here today. i'm here today to ask your approval of a contract for lafco legal services. the commission, as you know, authorized me back in june to issue an r.f.p. for legal services. seeing how the contract had not been updated in more than 20 years since lafco was formed. the r.f.p. was issued on august 17th. we extended the deadline to october 26th. i did a considerable amount of

outreach and we received four very strong proposals from some of the leading law firms representing lafco's and other public agencies in california. and remy public law group. all four of those firms qualified to proceed to the interview process and then i selected an r.f.p. panel to evaluate the proposals. on the panel were angela calvillo, clerk of the board, beth rubensteen and rachel jones, the executive officer of lafco. the firm that scored the highest was richards, watson and gershan. they left it would be best for lafco. particularly, they have specialized knowledge of some of the issues this lafco is working on. they were instrumental in

getting marin clean energy off the ground. they have a lot of experience with c.c.a.s. they have experience and municipal finance, open meeting law, ceqa and land use planning as well. today, i'm asking you to approve a resolution and contract with richards, watson and gershan for a term of four years with general council and ms. callsa is in the audience today along with her partner greg stepanovich. this is my first r.f.p. so it was a learning experience. i would like to thank john gibner for his assistance and serving as legal council for this. wilson ink and the clerk of the boards office, i called him many times and i would like to thank our evaluation panel. also, i'd like to thank teresa

stricker and remy public law to their service to lass co. i'm excited to work with ms. culsa and her firm and i'm happy to ask any questions. >> do we have any questions or comments? >> please. >> i just want to thank you. it looks like you ran a very great process for your first r.f.p. so thank you for all that work. just to welcome you to lafco and thank the firthank the firm. the fact your firm has so much experience and the meaty subject areas that this body is very excited to take on is a real asset. i feel like we're going to start a newer a of lafco in 2019, and do some incredible work. >> thank you. >> i think we echo that

sentiment also. thank you, commissioner ronen. so, seeing no other questions, let's open this up for public comment. are there any members of the public that wish to comment on item number 2. public comment is closed. is there a motion to approve the legal services contract with rich -- >> clerk: there are amendments made to the resolution. most are conforming and clarifying changes but the most noted change is the addition the contract will commence upon approval by the commission. >> ok. that's great. is there any comment around these amendments? can we have a motion to set these amendments. great. and seconded by commissioner. great, you can take that without objection. thank you, very much, madam clerk. let's open up for public comment. seeing none. public comment is now closed. is there a motion to approval the legal services contract as amended? >> so moved.

>> great. i think we can take that. great. seconded by commissioner ronen this contract is approved without objection. madam collect, call item number 3. >> clerk: item number 3 is public comment. >> are there any members of the public who would like to speak on matters within our jurisdiction but not on today's agenda? seeing none, public comment is now closed. madam clerk, can you please call item number 4. >> clerk: future agenda item. >> colleagues, any future agenda ideas you would like to put on? >> not at the moment, no. >> seeing none, let's open this up for public comment. are there any members of the public who would like to comment on item number 4? seeing none. public comment is now closed. madam clerk, is there any other business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business. >> we are adjourned. thank you very much. welcome.

in this san francisco office, there are about 1400 employees. and they're working in roughly 400,000 square feet. we were especially pleased that cleanpowersf offers the super green 100% clean energy, not only for commercial entities like ours, but also for residents of the city of san francisco. we were pleased with the package of services they offered and we're now encouraging our

employees who have residence in san francisco to sign on as well. we didn't have any interruption of service or any problems with the switch over to cleanpowersf. this clean power opportunity reflects that. i would encourage any large business in san francisco to seriously consider converting and upgrading to the cleanpowersf service. it's good for the environment, it's good for business and it's good for the community. >> the teams really, really went above and beyond and is continuing to do that today. this past year, the san francisco public utilities commission water quality division started receiving many

more requests to test for lead in the public school system here in san francisco as a result of legislation that had passed from the state requiring all of the public schools to do lead testing. and so as a result, the public utilities commission and the water quality team in particular was asked to meet with the san francisco unified school district to begin to prioritize which schools to test to meet that state mandate. >> the team that tests, we're a full service environmental laboratory, and we take care of both the needs of the water quality division and the waste water enter price. and on the water quality enterprise, we have to also have drinking water that meets all federal and state quality regulations. and lead in schools, we're playing a problem in remediating this problem of lead in schools. >> our role here in communications is being able to

take the data that we have that we know is protective of public health and safety and transmit it, give it to the public in a way they understand we are really doing our jobs well and making sure that they are safe always. >> the public learned very quickly all the accurate facts and all the critical information that they needed to know, and it's up to these individuals and their agencies and their commitment to the city. >> i enjoy the work because i can help people, and i can help the utilities to provide a better water quality, make sure that people feel that drinking hetch hetchy water is actually a pride. >> hats off to the water quality team because between them working on late nights, working on the weekends when the schools are closed, and working as a partner in the school district for the times they found a higher lead sample, they worked through to address that, so the team went above and beyond and is continuing to do that today.

>> this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your san francisco history used to be. >> we hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought

them here and down the line. >> even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that. >> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something that's very, very good. ♪ >> the legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by san francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. it really provides for san francisco's unique character. ♪ >> and that morphed into a request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration. >> i'm michael cirocco and the

owner of an area bakery. ♪ the bakery started in 191. my grandfather came over from italy and opened it up then. it is a small operation. it's not big. so everything is kind of quality that way. so i see every piece and cut every piece that comes in and out of that oven. >> i'm leslie cirocco-mitchell, a fourth generation baker here with my family. ♪ so we get up pretty early in the morning. i usually start baking around 5:00. and then you just start doing rounds of dough. loaves. >> my mom and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking. after that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the

product, retail it. ♪ you know, i don't really think about it. but then when i -- sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and we've been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. you know, that geez, we've been here a long time. [applause] ♪ >> a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. we all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. our lineage and i'll use one example of tommy's joint. tommy's joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and he's a fourth generation san franciscan. it's a place we can still go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was san

francisco like back in the 1950s. >> i'm the general manager at tommy's joint. people mostly recognize tommy's joint for its murals on the outside of the building. very bright blue. you drive down and see what it is. they know the building. tommy's is a san francisco hoffa, which is a german-style presenting food. we have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. you prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. you want your pastrami to be very lean. you can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want it with some sauerkraut. tell the guys how you want to

prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. san francisco's a place that's changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from. tommy's is a place that you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they

really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and

mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. the business really boomed after that. >> i think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of san francisco. we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. businesses come and go in the city. pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much competition. so for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor. >> we got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy

that we were still involved, still the owners. she was our customer in 1953. and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy. and that we mean so much to so many people. ♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar stuff. at least i know i do. >> in the 1950s, you could see a picture of tommy's joint and looks exactly the same. we haven't change add thing. >> i remember one lady saying,

you know, i've been eating this ice cream since before i was born. and i thought, wow! we have, too. ♪

>> good morning everybody. i'm with the san francisco travel and i am so thrilled to be here, but on this beautiful day in san francisco outside, and on this -- at this beautiful building outside. welcome everyone to the grand reopening of the center. [applause] this project has taken the better part of ten years to complete. from early conversations about where we would expand, to creating our own unique funding source, to pay for the project, to the years of hard work and

incredible engineering to where we are sitting today. today to really reopen this building that has been such an important part of the pulse and heart beat of the city for so many years. our goal was to keep this venue competitive, and ensure that the meeting space would lead its way into the future. the center now features 504,000 square feet of continuous meeting space, almost doubling its former dimensions. it includes a new column free 50,000 square-foot ballroom, perfect for major keynotes and receptions. the facility will be platinum certified, making it the only convention centre in the nation to have achieved such levels of environmental sustainability. twenty% of its power, yes, that deserves a round of applause. [applause] >> twenty% of its power will come from solar energy and the

building's drainage system will be able to collect and recycle 50 million gallons of water annually. the pedestrian bridge right in front of us, or behind you, joining moscone charge up north and south will become one of the most iconic light art installations. in addition, the accessible spaces would filled with art, with nature, and with breathtaking views of the skyline. this new building and the new design not only opens it from the inside, but opens it from the outside to be a better neighbor in the district. this is a major undertaking, and a great honor to be joined by several of our key project team members and city officials today i will ask you to hold your applause until i finish introducing all of them. on my far right, the public works director, mohammed new rube who oversaw the entire construction team throughout the construction. the lead architect at skidmore, owens, craig hartman who led a dynamic team of architects and design consultants and creating

the look of the center. the director of convention facilities for the city and county of san francisco, who oversees everything that goes on in this building on behalf of this city. the senior director of the moscone expansion project for san francisco travel, who has been a help in this entire network of collaborations to keep them together. rick swag who has been involved in the project before the event was a project on the horizon. is a tireless advocate for tourism in san francisco and the moscone centre as well. the mayor who will be introduced in just a second. to my left, naomi kelly capa started her job just as a -- just as the expansion was getting away. it was quite a way to begin, and she has been with us every single step of the way. the g.m. for the marriott international, here to represent the hotel community, who has always understood the importance of this facility, not only to the visitors on the hotel, but

to the city itself and our people. peter gomez, the san francisco travel board chair, his entire career who has been in the hospitality industry, you know as well, as do all of us, to see the importance of the industry in san francisco. senior manager at the department of public works, our leader in technical design, construction, and contracts for the past seven years. you have been at this building almost every day since construction in the past seven years. the president and c.e.o., jeff peterson, who has assembled a talented team, but not only finished expansion on time and on budget, but work to make sure the building can be used during destructors construction, which was a remarkable feat. this building does not close down the demolition was taking place, and when the construction happened, but it remains open and continuously operated during that time. a senior director of citywide sales operations for san francisco travel, mr patrick,

who did a spectacular job working with are committed convention clients for the past four years, guaranteeing their mate -- meetings could continue in san francisco. and the moscone general manager, bob sauter, who made sure the facility remained operational while these improvements were being made. let's give them all a round of applause. [applause] >> we are also very happy to be joined by many department heads for the city and county of san francisco, as well as leaders of the hospitality industry and the hotel community who help generate the funding to make this event possible and make this building possible. each one of these people had a key role in this project, and its success, so we all really have to show them debt of appreciation. let's help to thank the many sponsors, partners, and friends of the san francisco travel association, the moscone centre, in the city and county of san

francisco. without their support, the event today would not be possible. our special thanks to creative technology, curtain convention services, freeman, hartman studios, impact lighting, jazz mafia, local 16, sound on stage, and the children's creativity museum. let's give them all a round of applause. it is my great pleasure to introduce the mayor of san francisco who is dedicated her life to the city she was. she is dedicated to create the city even more incredible than it is. it is one of the most beautiful cities to live and in the world, and she is committed to make it even better than it is today. is my pleasure to introduce mayor london breed. [cheers and applause]

>> thank you, and welcome everyone. i know this project has been a long time coming, and some of you her right here in 1981 probably remember when this whole area was nothing but parking lots. this wasn't necessarily an area that so many of us ever spent time in, and to see it grow into what i think is one of the best convention centres anywhere, is absolutely amazing. this expansion is something that is overdue. it is done to help generate the kind of tourism that san francisco is so very proud of. we know that there are challenges that exist in our city. we know that we have to address the issues around homelessness and housing, and things that impact our tourism industry, and i am committed to making those investments, his and that not just the people who visit our city have a wonderful experience

, but also the people who live here, to have a great experience as well. [applause] >> this convention centre will host and bring visitors from around the world who are going to not only visit here, but also work here, and as a result, will generate millions of dollars in revenue here at this convention centre, and for our hotels, and our small businesses in the surrounding community. it was critical to ensure that moscone centre remain one of the top meeting destinations in the world and today, we are proud to unveil this world-class facility in a world-class city. and includes new exhibition space, meeting rooms, and incredible ballrooms, and other support areas. it also includes thousands of new jobs caregiver brings in

streetscape improvements, and family-friendly public spaces for visitors, and residents to enjoy alike. we have a beautiful art installation as well, including a new sculpture on howard street by artist christine corday who is here celebrating with us today. moscone centre will remain one of the most sustainable convention centres in the country with the largest rooftop solar panel array in san francisco, and other sustainable -- key sustainability features. and thanks to the incredible project team at san francisco department of public works, which led the implementation of this expansion, we were able to do this project without interrupting the conventions that we already had scheduled. that is because we know and understand how important tourism is to san francisco. we know that we are an international destination where

people come from all over to visit our amazing restaurants, our businesses, our cultural activities, and i am committed to ensuring that the people from other cities and states and countries have a great experience. i'm excited because this is finally done, and traffic is challenging, and congestion in san francisco, but ultimately, there might still be traffic and congestion in this area, with us because we will be bringing more people to this area who will be enjoying this convention space. i want to recognize and thank some amazing people who contributed to helping to make this possible. one of them is supervisor jane kang who represents this district, and is joining us here today, as well as supervisor rafael mandelman. thank you both for your supervising and commitment in supporting and moving forward these projects. i specially want to thank the department of public works,

mohammed nuru, and the department of public utilities commission, harland kelly from p.u.c. i remember many years ago when i served as an intern under the former mayor, willie brown, and how many staff meetings we attended where mayor brown would constantly yell at harland, in particular, who i'm not sure if he is here today, but his wife is here so she can represent him you were in those meetings because i was your intern, and he would yell about, when will i get my sidewalk while when will this be done while and i find myself doing the same thing to a lot of the department heads, but i want you all to know how much i appreciate the work that you've done here in order to make this facility what it needs to be for all of us, and also making sure it is one of the most environmentally friendly facilities anywhere. i want to thank john noguchi, the director of convention facility, and all the employees and people and members of local two, who continue to work in

this facility, and the team as -- s.f. travel, and so many people who contribute to the vibrancy of our great safety. and also, i want to finally think the residents and the business in this neighborhood. the people who basically suffered through the changes and all of the challenges that exist here, and i also would like to thank the san francisco police department for keeping the community and residents safe all over our city. the namesake of this facility, named after the former mayor was committed to our core values of inclusion, bringing people together, and pushing for transformative projects like here at moscone centre. today, not only do we rededicate this facility in his honor, we

also honor another true champion of san francisco values. someone who was an incredible mayor who pushed for the expansion of this project, but also more importantly, pushed for the funding to get it done. it was both city funding, and private dollars that made it possible, and because of the leadership of our late mayor, ed lee, it was possible. here, joining us today, anita lee, his wife. thank you so much for being here with us today. [applause] >> as a result of his hard work, here we are. and incredible facility, and so today we will be dedicating this south lobby in honor of mayor edwin m. lee. [cheers and applause]

>> thank you all so much. web core, and all of the folks who worked on this project, it really does take a village. that is why you see so many people on the stage, but we also know that so many of the folks who have contributed to making this place possible are here, and the people who are committed to making sure that this place thrives will continue to be actively engaged in making this incredible and welcoming place for so many people who will use this convention centre, and enjoy san francisco for years to come. with that, i would like to introduce a person who made this project possible. the expansion work certificate of participation bonds, and other kinds of creative financial tools to get it done, and she was there every step of the way, managing the different

departments, pushing for the different financing, and getting creative about solutions in order to deliver this project for each and every one of us, ladies and gentlemen, our city administrator, naomi kelly. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed for the kind introduction. good morning everyone. i am so happy to be standing here today after seven plus years in the making. before i say more, i want to recognize the late mayor, george moscone, who had the vision that a convention center should be here at third and howard street. i'm incredibly grateful to be here today as we honor the late mayor, ed lee, who is a true champion of the moscone expansion project. this project is really a win-win for our city.

yes it boosts tourism, but it also generated thousands of local jobs. over its four phases, the expansion was responsible for about 3400 temporary jobs, and over 900 permanent jobs. when the center was built, it was a cutting edge facility, but over time, it became clear we needed to keep up with our competition. prior to the expansion, moscone had significantly less exhibit space than the country's top 12 convention centres, and we were at risk of losing many of our big conventions to other cities. that would have meant lost jobs, and would have meant lost revenues from visitors spending in our city. we are back in a very competitive position, and now offer a lot of things that other convention centers lack. we have an iconic building design, public open spaces, a nearby garden, a dedicated visitor information centre, and

incredible light build pre function hall. when planning for the expansion, one thing we wanted to do was make sure we incorporated the input and partnership of this community. when george moscone had envisioned moscone here, as mayor breed said in 1981, it was on improved parking lot, and whatnot -- not much of a community. this location is in the heart of the city where people live, work , and visit, which means a livability on the vibrancy of this communities a top priority. supervisor jane kim made sure if that's. we had community meetings pick one on ones, and actively listen to people about the concerns and ideas. now there's a thousand more square feet of new public open space back a redesigned pedestrian bridge, and a beautiful area that allows families and residents to better access the playgrounds and the

open space. we really wanted this convention centre to be woven into the surrounding neighborhood, to make it an overall better environment for visitors and residents. i want to thank you all for coming here today, and celebrating this milestone with the city. thank you mayor breed for overseeing the final finishes for this successful project, and i also want to give a big thank you to public works director, mohammed nuru. [applause] >> and his team who gave their blood, sweat, and tears to this project. to the architect, as well as the project manager extraordinaire and the rest of the public works staff. [applause] >> i must also give a special thank you to the deputy city administrator. you hear joe talk about this project being on time, and on

budget, it was can's work working with joe, and broke, and edgar and the hotel industry to make sure that we get this project delivered on budget. i also want to give a thank you to the other san francisco departments who worked collaboratively to bring this center here today. i saw some other elected officials and department heads who are out in the audience. i want to recognize our public defender. [applause] >> and our fire chief. thank you to s.f. travel, and your team, to the architects, and the building contractors for all your hard work. this was not a project with a flexible deadline. this was a project with a dropdead deadline, and this time next week, the moscone centre will open thousands of people moving in for the first

convention. congratulations to everyone. now i would like to invite joe back to the microphone. [applause] >> thank you. thank you again to the city and county of san francisco for making this happen. this is the city's building. the other things i want to bring to the attention is to the hotel community. because they came up with two thirds of the funding to make this project happen. without the cooperation of the hotel community, and the city, this incredible building, this economic driver for the city in this region would not be here today. on behalf of the hotel community , i would like to ask john campbell to come up and say a few words. [applause] >> good morning everyone. i am just beaming today, and i see many members of the hospitality industry beaming as well, the audience, and i am really here to represent the entire san francisco hospitality

industry, hotels, restaurants, attractions, and we are so thrilled to be at this finishing line after the many years of planning and construction of this refreshed and renewed centre. we have an amazing facility to partner with as we bring world-class confident -- conferences and conventions to our city. san francisco is an amazing convention city. and the expanded moscone centre will keep us world-class to continue to host these large conferences and conventions for the future. i too have to acknowledge a number of folks here today, and i want to start by thanking, and a special acknowledgement to the meeting planners that are here today. i want to thank them for working with us throughout these last years of construction.

we know it has not been easy and we appreciate it. the project has been a true team effort on so many fronts. it is a public-private partnership between moscone expansion district, formed by the hotel community, and the city and county of san francisco it doesn't stop there as we work together through the many years of design by skidmore owning. showing off today as we sit in this amazing lobby. and the constructions schedule was complicated as we continue to keep moscow the up and running, the majority of the time, it was vital to the city, to our hotels, to the industry, not to lose the economic impact that the center generates. i thank you to everyone who worked so hard to ensure that clients had successful shows, construction continued to be on time, and the city stayed busy. and now the exciting work really

begins. we are committed to working closely with the centre, was san francisco travel, with everyone to continue to attract the very best events to our city. we know there are no better teams, hospitality industry, and convention center in the country thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. we have heard a lot about the building, and its on-time, on budget. did i say that already call so we are prepared -- we have prepared a short documentary to show you about the development of this building, the construction, by irving street films and our own dan golding. if i can turn your attention to the screens, we would like to run this video. ♪ >> moscone plays an important role in attracting conventions. >> meetings and conventions that account for over $700 million of direct spending. >> when a guest comes and stays

in san francisco, 60 5% of his outside of this hotel. >> they spend money in our hotels and spend money in our restaurants. [♪] >> we needed to retain clients, and we need it to expand to attract others. >> we needed to be able to compete with other cities on a different level, and the expansion of moscone is going to give us a different edge, and a different opportunity. >> we had a team that went out and surveyed and met with all of the customers, and additional exhibition space was at the top of every list. and not just random exhibition space, but continuous exhibition space. >> it offered 470,000 square feet of space between the two at hall's. >> with this expansion, not only can we take the conventions that we used to have, but now we can take conventions that maybe didn't fit before.

>> for us, having all the flexibility with the air walls and being able to create spaces and meeting spaces is really important to us. >> the convention centers are just walls, and you can't see where we are. it was important for us to have a light, to have balconies that people can access, and see where they are, and feel san francisco while they are in the building. >> the moscone expansion was a very challenging project. it was half new build, half renovation, and we were doing all of this within our occupied space. >> one of the most important, problematic functional issues with the moscone centre expansion, is to find a way to make the exhibition centre, which was built originally asked what was separate spaces, one on the north side of the street, and one on the health just south side of howard street, to connect these as one continuous space. this involves finding ways to exit but does expedite on how street and giving that street operational, while that construction happens. we could not simply close the streets and build the building.

the traffic needed to slow day today. we needed to be respectful of the businesses, and not to be creating too much of an impact for them. >> you are in the center of an island, surrounded by an ocean of people, massive amounts of vehicles and cars, and construction around the project. 400 people on site daily. 40-50 subcontractors coming in and out of the building, 700,000 pages of drawings to refer to. there's a lot of moving parts. >> a big part of the success in managing the construction project was the location of the project management team. >> what that means is the entire team was located in a single building where they could have meetings, where they could talk to each other, and the goal was to break the barriers of being separated in multiple locations. >> we know of no other project like this in the world. expansions -- of expansions that was done while the building was being used for typically they shut the building down for a

period of two or three years. our concern was what would be the impact on the economy? we took a much more difficult road, and we decided to keep the building open. the most -- the moscone project -- >> environmental features of the building are a key component of the design. >> we are starting construction for the city his largest array of rooftop solar panels right here at the center. >> we literally are harnessing water for moisture of the air. we are combining at the end with rain water we are collecting in the wintertime. finally we are harvesting water below the building. >> we actually pumped out about 15 million gallons of water a year, and in the past, it has come directly into the sewer to be treated. we have added a water treatment plant, and we pumping in and capturing that water and treating that water on site and putting it back in the gardens get putting it in our toilets, putting it in our street cleaners.

>> the moscone centre has been part of the neighborhood for many years since we opened in 1981. since that time, after every project and expansion that we've been through, we have always engaged that neighbors. >> the community went into the process with various concerns about size and scale of the convention centre, construction timeline, construction process, noise, we had over 24 community meetings with community leaders, one-on-one meetings, and the most important thing is that we listen to their feedback. >> they brought us in early so we had a chance to inform things was not as if we were being told what was going to happen, it was actually a dialogue. >> differences that the community proposed to us that we ended up incorporating into the design were really win-win for both of us. >> terraces were not part of the design, but the community came out and really wanted the architects to come up with a

different way to sort of soften the façade of the building, and the terraces were a natural way to do it. >> the top lab that recently opened is a place for kids, five years of age and younger, and that has been an important addition to the neighborhood, because we have seen over the last several years, a growing number of families with very young children. >> we have the replacement of the pedestrian bridge fully landscaped with seating and public art. >> we have cooperated with the san francisco arts commission, and we have four installations in and around moscone centre. >> the project is 550 million plus. >> the financing strategy was unique to some extent. we knew the city had to contribute to a portion of it, we had to agree on what stuff contribution staff contribution was, but we also needed the hotel community to be a part of it. >> the discussion about the expansion was unanimous and that we needed to do it. the hotels came together, and we

voted on a funding mechanism which would put an assessment on the room revenue. that assessment is funding about two thirds of the project. the other third of the project will be funded by the city and county of san francisco. we can't move business forward unless we work together, and this is a great example of that. this is a great example of how public and private can come together. >> we've had a lot of collaboration. we have had a long history of neighbors being involved, and city's leadership, nsf travel and all the partners really trying to do something great for the city, would also make sure that everyone feels good about how it impacts the neighborhoods , and how they partnered with such a good project. this has been a seven year project, and during that time, all of our approvals were unanimous at the city from the beginning, up until now. >> the moscone expansion had a significant impact in creating

jobs in san francisco. over 3500 temporary construction jobs, and over 900 permanent jobs. >> we at the city have a requirement that we referred to as local business enterprise. we set a goal of 15% of participation, and over $60 million has been allocated to local frames for the design, and many of the construction signs. >> we had a poster of the globe on our field office wall, and we literally had a pain on every single continent from all of the hands that have touched this project from all of the tradespeople. it is very much san francisco. >> we are seeing the reward from this project straight away. we have seen what the convention calendar looks like. 2019 will be one of the best convention years that the city has ever enjoyed.

>> what is very exciting about this project as it will be serving generations to come. >> and to make it part of the welcome mat to our visiting the city has been just an extraordinary privilege. >> we deliver a significant building. it will be an iconic structure that sits in the middle of the city like a jewel. [♪] [applause] >> a truly has been an amazing partnership, but the city, in hotel and hospitality committee, the neighborhood and our customers, to this holding is really dedicated ford to make this all come together. his and now we are going to cut the ribbon, and officially dedicate this building. we have spaces here after we cut the ribbon that we want to make sure you get around to see and see some of the meeting spaces, the ballroom spaces, the building on both sides will be open.

our friends at the community benefit districts have great outdoor entertainment planned, and the golden state warriors and the giants will be displaying their san francisco pride by having all six of the championship trophies on display in the north lobby so you can take your selfies with them. we want to thank the giants from the warriors and we will officially open and dedicate this building. the mayor has a giant pair of scissors. we will get this in place and cut the ribbon. >> six, five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause]

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>> commission regular hearing for thursday, december 20, 2018. i would like to remind members of the public that the commission does not tolerate any disruption or outbursts of any kind. please silence your mobil devices that may sound off during these proceedings and when speaking before the commission, state your name for the record. i'd like to take roll at this time. [taking roll] s we do expect commissioner moore to arrive shortly. commissioners, first on your agenda is consideration for items proposed for continue wants.