>> and i have been here to explain several times over the years to the board so i just want to say that so that people know that this has been well documented over time. so in late 2014, early 2015, there were two ancient landslides discovered in the sub-surface of the large fill that we call the left abuttment or dam that needed investigation. so the project essentially halted for about four months while that ancient landslide there -- they were investigated. these landslides were drove through during the geologic investigations during the planning and the design phases of the project. and so the natural question to ask -- why didn't we know about these prior to construction? and so we actually, through the city's attorney office, hired an independent consultant to do an independent investigation. and the findings were that, you know, these ancient landslides

were essentially very well obscured within the slope. they're 20,000 years old and there were no -- there was no active remnant to be observed at the surface. and even though there were 11,000 linear feet of coring done during the investigation phase of the project, during the design phase of the project, world-class geologists were not able to detect their presence. so as a result during construction when the contractor was excavating these -- the slope to make room for the new dam -- these ancient landslides were discovered. in fact, at the time it wasn't even clear that they were landslides until they did a lot more investigation and we were able to look for features. so the slope had to be redesigned. and those three million extra cubic amount of material that had to be moved and increased the cost and time to the

project. now the independent consultant also determined that, you know, had we known about these slides at the beginning of the project that there was really no other way to design the project. so the project that we have is the project that we would have had during the design, and we would have planned for a longer construction project and, you know, a more costly construction project. so it was very difficult to find out about it during construction, but the conclusion was that it's still the right project. >> supervisor stefani: what was the estimated completion date and do you see any risks for budget changes? >> so we do not anticipate needing to come back for budget changes, no. we have -- we did a -- this project is part of the water system improvement program which is a $4.8 billion program. so although this project as a stand-alone project has had large budget increases, we've had some projects that have been under budget so we've been able

to bulle put the funds to this h the program. so overall the water system improvement program is at about a 12% increase since 2005, even though this project has had a much larger increase. >> supervisor stefani: okay. last question, what is the useful life of this project, like, how long will this last? >> 50 to 100 years, and the dam is designed so it can be razed in the future. as we know there's a lot of movement within the water industry to -- to account for climate change and to account for water supply needs here in the bay area. but also environmental needs. so it's possible that a future generation, maybe not too far down the road, would decide to raze the dam. so we designed it so that could be done without taking down the entire dam. so the previous dam served us well for almost a hundred years. >> supervisor stefani: thank you.

>> yep. >> president fewer: and i believe that we are the only report on this? sorry, the microphone is touchy. and the board is asked to approve the fourth amendment to the construction management contract between p.u.c. and black and veatch for the calavas dam project. our understanding is that the completion of the project is scheduled for may. this contract would extend conception management services through march 2020, increase the amount from $68 million to $71.8 million and an increase of $3.8 million to go through the closeout period. we do summarize the contract budget on page 10 of our report. and we recommend approval. >> president fewer: thank you

very much. let's open this up for public comment. any members of the public that would like to comment on item number 6, public comment is now closed. i'd like to make a recommendation to move this motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. we can take that without objection. thank you very much. and madam clerk, please call items 7 and 8 together. >> clerk: seven, resolution approving a lease agreement between the treasure island development authority and the treasure island sailing center foundation for its development and management of the sailing center for a term of 66 years following the board approval for a minimum annual price rent of $10,000 with rent increases adjusted annually by the consumer price index. and item 8 is a resolution approving the agreement between the treasure island development authority and the treasure island enterprises for the development and the management of treasure island marina for a term of 66 years following board approval for initial placement of 90,000 with rent increases

adjusted annually by the consumer price index. >> president fewer: thank you very much. we have miss courtney macdonald, the aide to the supervisor's office and robert beck from the treasure island development authority. >> good morning, supervisor, i'll have bob beck from the development authority speak first. >> thank you very much, chair fewer and members of the committee. bob beck with the treasure island development authority. so i have two items to present to you today. first, a long-term lease with the treasury island sailing center. the treasure island sailing center first came to treasure island in 1999 and entering into a lease with the authority to establish its programs on the island and in clipper cove. the sailing center's mission is to create opportunities for people to learn and grow through sailing and to provide

facilities, sailing instruction and access to the water for people of all socio and economic backgrounds and skill levels. clipper cove, for those unfamiliar with it, lies between treasure island and and treasure island being the manmade island. and the cove was created when treasure island was constructed. there was a shoal that extended off to the northern shore of the island and materials from that shoal were dredged and pumped into the containment that became -- formed at treasure island. that -- that created clipper cove and dredged it to its original depth. and in clipper cove lies between treasure island and yerba buena

island. and the treasure facilities are at the southeast corner of the island today. here's a perspective on that. you can see the waterside facilities that extend out over the water and down to the water. and the base structure there was existing naval facilities though treasure island sailing center has made some improvements to the access. and then they have some modular facilities and boat storage on the land side. and the 201 entitlement and transaction documents for treasure island committed the community development to provide a geotechnically improved site for the continuing operations of the sailing center programs and the land-use plan identified that site as shown here just to the east of what is the historic

hangar 3. this proposed lease would provide the sailing center with a 66-year lease to facilitate and financing and permill permif new facilities. because large portions of the island are subject to the state lands trust, including this site, 66 years is the limit of how long of a lease we can provide underneath the lands trust. here's a planned view of proposed improvements for the site and showing their landside and their water side improvements. so the lease terms, the premises, are for a little over 78,000 square feet of land space and a little over an acre of water space for the -- not just for the construction of their facilities and the proximity

adjacent to the sailing center utilized a great portion of the cove for their training programs. the initial base rent for the lease is $10,000 upon initial occupancy of this area. we're entering into the lease now while they continue under their old month-to-month lease, utilizing their existing facilities, to facilitate them going through the financing and the permitting process. but the term of their lease will -- and the base rent will kick in after the master developer has made the geotechnical improvements to the site and made it available to the sailing center. the sailing center has up to 15 years to complete their improvements on the land side and water side under the lease. and with that i'd like to ask crist oharris-adamson from the

sailing center to come up and she wanted to provide more information on the programming at the sailing center. >> thank you, bob and to the members of tida for their support over the years and for getting us to this point today. on behalf of our organization, staff, and sailors and supporters, i want to really thank you all for having us here today. we're really thrilled to be here. it's been 20 years in the making. our vision is really simple -- we want san francisco to have a first-rate community sailing center to provide universal access for the bay. and we want to serve all of the children in our community and teach them more than just sailing. we've worked really hard over the last 20 years to show that this vision can be realized. we currently have stem programs for fourth and fifth graders and robust after-school and summer program, and high school and college racing programs, and adaptive sailing programs for the visually impaired and individuals with physical

disabilities. we have an avid adult sailing program as well that reaches over 500 adults each year. our set, sail learn program is the very first experience that brings the bay to life through active hands on lab sessions and sailing and creative lesson plans that instills a sense of conservation and stewardship in youth. most importantly, it opens up the door to the bay, to outdoor activities and the world of sailing. every child goes home with an invitation to return for after-school or summer camps and classes. we've had the joy to teach more than 6,500 kids through this program and continue to serve about 1,200 kids per year and we invite you to come and share this experience with kids from your school districts if you have a chance. and as kids grow up they're encouraged to participate in more advanced sailing classes and high school programs and instructor training programs, both which lead to college sailing and job opportunities. we're home to the u.c. berkeley sailing team and the high school

sailing team. and because we know that the drive for the mastery of skill brings opportunity, a core part of our future will be preparing kids and connecting them with career opportunities in the sailing or racing, maritime industry and education and stem industries. 20 years ago, community sailing centers were really uncommon in the u.s. most sailing happened out of yacht clubs and now there's over 329 registered sailing centers, 229 sanctioned by the u.s. sailing association, our governing body. and we're proud to be one of those centers and one of the seven to host olympic development programs and one of the two sailing centers in the united states to host u.s. sailing team training clinics. because we know that striving for excellence creates stronger people and better leaders having a world-class center with coaches to help our instructors

to be more effective world-class athletes and have visiting and training out of our center will inspire our young athletes and the world-class facilities that we anticipate on building will help to advance and educate our students. we also know that heroes in our sport or in any sport create hope and inspire, grit, and determination. as tennis gave us billie jean king and the williams sisters we feel that we will raise heros in sailing. we have served an estimated 55,000 people over the last 20 years. our instructional programs alone have served over 2,700 people and provided more than 31,000 hours of instruction this past year. 84% of our youth received partial or full scholarships. 65% are minorities. and we have roughly an equal number of boys and girls. to extend our reach we partner with 64 community organizations and 52 schools.

our vision is to provide a best-in-class sailing center in san francisco to change our community and the sport of sailing by providing more access to sailboats and more educational opportunities and more pathways for kids to develop excellence and stewardship and citizenship and athleticism for generations to come. this is a picture of olympic medal winner kayla payne, interacting with some kids from one of the elementary kids in the san francisco unified school district. in order to do this, we do need a long-term lease. the most critical next step in our future is getting this long-term lease. a long-term lease allows us to raise capital funds and apply for the permits that are necessary to build the waterfront that is desperately needed. our current pier has had costly repairs to keep it fumpgdzing and the clock is ticking on its life span. we need to build a new pier to have water launch access and to

continue our programs. as bob mentioned the lease is 66 years from commencement. we plan on raising at least $15 million to invest in this project. securing a long-term lease will allow us to plan, staff and fund this endeavor. i want to point out that our lease is really been carefully written to include not only milestones but checks and balances to make sure that the education of our youth and accessibility for our community are always a priority. we have stipulations for scholarships for youth as well as a volunteer rewards program to make sure that adults from any background can access sailing in the bay. we believe that we've shown the city that we're sustainable, non-profit organization that is true to its mission. in building a place where kids from all backgrounds can learn to grow together through sailing. so we ask for your approval for

this long-term lease so we can continue to serve our community. i want to thank all of you for your time today and particularly supervisor haney and for getting us to this point today. and the numerous people in our community who wrote letters of support and are here today to speak. we truly appreciate your time and support and involvement that's made it is what it is today. thank you. >> president fewer: thank you very much. >> thank you again, members of the committee. so the treasure island marina was originally formed in 1966 when the base was still under navy jurisdiction and control. members of the navy formed the treasure island yacht club and

the navy dedicated piers and the cove for use as a marina. and an improve and expanded marina was originally proposed in the 1996 base reuse plan and has been carried throughout the planning for the island since that time. in 1999, the authority entered into an initial lease to operate the existing marina on the island. and in exclusive negotiating agreement for its replacement and expansion. the existing marina is in the south -- northwestern corner of the cove. and it holds around a hundred boats. you can see it here from th. and the original expansion from 2001 through the planning process was for a 400 slip

marina and you can see the extent that marina would have occupied in the cove in this diagram. beginning in 2015, there had been ongoing discussions about how the marina expansion might be modified to better support the programs of the sailing center and other activities in the cove. several members of the board of supervisors, led by supervisor kim, helped to facilitate discussions, culminating in last june, the board of supervisors adopting resolution 173-18, which included a scheme for a reduced marina footprint. this was exhibit a to that resolution and this is the layout upon which the current lease has been developed. the length of the marina along the cove shoreline is about 724 feet in this as opposed to

in excess of 1,700 feet in the original proposed configuration. resolution 173-18 went on to say that the board found that the footprint of the new marina is consistent with the vision marina development in the reuse plan for treasure island naval station approved by the board of supervisors. and further find that this upholds the principle that marina development should not diminish the recreation and public education on clipper cove. the resolution included five further resolved clauses. first that the marina redevelopment should not harm existing resources in clipper cove. particularly the eel grass beds in the cove. and i would say that this was also a mitigation measure of the original e.i.r. as well, that activities and construction should not harm those eel grass

beds. marina redevelopment should not cause diminished water depth in other areas of the cove. and marina redevelopment should provide consideration for current tenants and small and medium berths and that the city agencies and the regulatory bodies should ensure environmental reviews are completed. and calling for a fiscal analysis of the financing revenue and projected expenses of the marine development. in response to the first two of those provisions, the authority commissioned a study performed of marina development on sedimentation rates and eel grass habitat in the cove. that study concluded that the marine project would not change sedimentation patterns in a way to diminish the water depths and further concliewtded that pat rein project would not result in negative effects on the eel grass beds.

we've consulted with the planning department and they reviewed the changes that have been proposed in the marina development and the marina was originally evaluated in the 2006 e.i.r., both land side and water side. and in the 2011 e.i.r., the land side evaluation was updated based on changes to the land side program and the land-use plan, but the 2011 e.i.r. had proposed improvements. and the planning department has reviewed the configuration and conclude that it is within the scope of the e.i.r.s. and for existing lease holders, the first two bullets here were in the resolution 173-18 that existing slip holders will have the opportunity to relocate to new slips as they are constructed and that those slip

rental rates are set at market rates based on comparable rents charged at other marinas within the greater san francisco bay area. and the developer is further committing that a small or medium vessel, smaller than the available slips, that the slip holder would be placed in the smallest available slip and charged the rate based on the actual length of their vessel, rather than the size of the slip. and g.i.e. has provided an update pro forma based on the revised footprint and the number of slips and through the department of real estate, tida commissioner appraisal for the fair market value of the lease holder which sent set a markett at $90,000 a month. and these materials were provided in comparing the analysis. and the lease terms, again, the footprint of the improvements is roughly 724 by 718 feet. capable of supporting up to 220

slips. and the base rent is $90,000 per year, subject to adjustments based on c.p.i. and there's also percentage rent for gross revenues for live aboard fees and other gross revenues of the marina. and the developer is eligible for rent credits against the percentage rent but not the base rent for initial dredging and is responsible for all future dredging at their own expense. and treasure island enterprises has eight years from the point of execution, the effective date of the lease, to complete all of their marine improvements. this diagram just shows the dredging to be performed, most notably the access channel into the cove. which will be the bulk of the dredging as well as some dredging adjacent to the

causeway connecting two islands. this proposed resolution would authorize the authority to enter into the lease with them and to have mitigation measures. the marina as with the sailing center project will -- will be subject to review and permitting through the joint aquatic resources permit application or jarpa which includes the army corps of engineers and water quality and fish and game and ultimately by permitting through bcdc. and i would like to invite the jay wallace from treasure island enterprises to say a few words. >> president fewer: i'd like to hear from supervisor haney's office. thank you. >> thank you, supervisors. courtney macdonald with supervisor haney's office.

first i want to start by clarifying that although these leases are being presented as together, that they are separate. but we had heard from a lot of folks from the community, as i am sure that you have too, about both issues. so we wanted to give people an opportunity to comment on both items at once rather than to drag this out a little bit lock longer. that being said our office would like to ask that the committee make a positive recommendation for the sailing center lease. item number 7. and to incorporate the recommendations from the b.l.a. about annual reporting. regarding item number 8, the that reina lease, as bob -- marina lease -- as bob mentioned last year in june the board and relevant stakeholders had agreed upon the footprint of both projects and five conditions and safeguards for the approval of the leases as bob mentioned. and consideration for the eel grass in the cove and mitigation plan for sedimentation and

consideration for current tenants of the marina and further environmental review if needed. you should have received some amendments that we -- since we have taken office and have been working on with tida and stakeholders that we think that reflect the five items from the board's agreement last year. i do have a couple of small changes after consulting with the city attorney. on page 8, of item number 8, the marina lease, on lines 6, 11, and 14 to indicate that the authority has indicated that it will perform surveys, etc., rather than just saying otherwise, and so we ask that you consider those changes. with these proposed amendments to item 8, the marina lease, that also incorporates the b.l.a.s recommendations and we are supportive of this marina lease moving forward. and we'd like to thank all of the stakeholders and the sailing

center, tida, in helps us to uphold the board's intent. >> president fewer: thank you very much. let's pivot now, we have a b.l.a. report on both items? >> yes, we reported on both the sailing center lease and the marina lease. item 7 is approving a 66-year lease with the sailing center foundation, a non-profit, to operate the sailing center and actually develop the property. this is an as-is lease. and we summarized the terms on page 14 of our report, and the initial base rent is $10,000 per year, increasing by c.p.i. between 2% and 4% year, plus if available percentage rent. this was determined to be fair market rent by an independent appraisal. and in terms of the development agreement, there are terms set out in this lease about the responsibilities of the foundation to develop the property. within two years they need to begin the initial improvements.

and installing perimeter fencing and surfaces and landscaping. there is a building they are to construct on the site but they have to 14 years to begin construction of that building. there are other sort of milestones within the lease in terms of the construction performance. the costs are estimated between $2 million and $4 million, and it requires the foundation to do fundraising and at this point we don't know hoich of that fundraising has been achieved. and so we amend the resolution to have it report back to the board of supervisors each year and just so that tida can report to the board on how the foundation is achieving meeting the milestones that are set out in the lease for fundraising and construction. otherwise we do recommend approval of this resolution. item 8 is the marinea lease, again, a 66-year lease with treasure island enterprises to develop the marina and it's

approximately 200 slip marina and there were -- which is already discussed here -- the board did pass a resolution in 2018, setting out some of the criteria for this project. and the treasure island enterprises would develop a new marina. they have three -- it can be developed within three phases. the first phase needs to be completed by december 2021. and the total construction costs are expected to be somewhere around $19 million. and now we summarized the lease terms on page 19 of our report i believe. and it's 90,00,000 per year base rent and a percentage of gross receipts and this was determined to be fair market value by an independent appraisal. we summarized sort of the financial capacity of treasure island enterprises to perform this project, not all of the money has been raised at this point in time.

so once again we are recommending that this be an amendment to the resolution to specify a reporting back on how they're meeting the milestones we have spelled out in our report. i want to point out that there's rent credits involved in this lease. there is dredging to be done. now the dredging is specific to the channel and the marina area itself and not to all of clipper cove. the rent credits are up to about $5.9 million -- yeah, $5.9 million for the dredging for implementation of the project itself, not for future dredging to maintain the area. and those would be applied not against the base rent but against the percentage rent. so, again, we are recommending an amendment to the resolution to require report back to be able to -- for the board to monitor how treasure island enterprises is meeting the construction requirements and milestones that are set in the lease itself.

otherwise we recommend approval. >> president fewer: thank you very much. i would like to hear from the city attorney that we have some proposed amendments here from supervisor haney's office and are they substantive at all? >> deputy attorney john gibner. no you can adopt these amendments today and pass it out to the board. >> president fewer: okay. let's open this up for public comment now. i have public comment cards. johns harrison and christopher notten and james hancock and jim paulson and steven bails and karen opierce and tim knee rious and linda richardson and sherry williams. please come up and you have two minutes to speak. first speaker, please. >> good morning, my name is

steve bails and i'm with lion sails s.f.a. we're a fiscally sponsored project with the marina link. and our mission is to provide sailing instruction and hands on sailing experience in boats to blind and visually impaired sailors. we are in collaboration with the sailing center for the last several years. our program is april-november and at least one sailing day a month in. 2018 we provided sailing instruction for upwards of 100 visually impaired blind sailors and we also run a blind sailing racing program. so we teach individuals who have no experience in boats to sail as well as advanced racing clinics. and i'm speaking in support of the approval of the lease for the treasure island sailing center. without the support and collaboration of the treasure island sailing center, blind sailors san francisco would not

be able to provide opportunity to these individuals in an area as ideal as clipper cove. and clipper cove and treasure island is an unmatched set of sailing conditions, from beginners to advanced sailors. >> president fewer: next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors fewer and stefanie and mandelman. this is a great day for us. my name is linda richardson, i'm not only on the board of directors of treasure island development authority, but i'm also the chair of the infrastructure and the transportation committee. i want to speak first on the sailing center. what you have here is basically what we're trying to convey to the public about the community benefit and the development of treasure island. what you have here is a first-class institution that will enable our kids -- kids from all of your districts -- to

be able to utilize the island and i think that is the sailing center and the program they have is -- from what i have been told -- and around the country, we have it here. so the 66-year lease will enable them to do exactly all of the things. treasure island -- my commission has spent all of these years trying to bring everything to today. so, please, we would like for you to approve that. i want to talk about the treasure island enterprises. this is the first test case of the good public/private partnership. i want to commend mr. jim wallace for going back and forth and engaging with the community. this project is not only going to provide state-of-the-art but create jobs. as you see the labor unions and everyone here today is basically where you all will be helping us to make sure that when we come

back to enforce the private/public partnership that we get your blessing and encouragement to go back and to be able to develop a first-class treasure island that is actually going to make your mainland of san francisco just a wonderful place. so thank you all for helping us. >> president fewer: thank you very much, miss richardson. next speaker, please. >> good morning, chair, commissioners, my name is carolyn moles-pierce and i'm both a member and the chair of the treasure island yuena buena island advisory group, and i have been there since its inception. to tell that you we've had hundreds of meetings and probably thousands of hours spent on these projects for

treasure island is not an understatement. i am a huge supporter as a sailor of the sailing center, they do a phenomenal job in bringing opportunities to children who would not otherwise have these opportunities. and it's kind of a fallacy that only rich people have boats. rich people have yachts. those of us who love to sail have boats. and there's a difference. but the children who are brought into these programs learn so much more than just being on the water. they learn teamwork and self-confidence. so totally supporting the sailing center and its lease. as far as the marina, again, meetings have been held for years and compromises have been made, both sides have left unhappy. so i think that it was a good

compromise there. so i urge you to support both items, number 7 and number 8, and help to make the complete treasure island with a special area. thank you very much. >> president fewer: thank you very much, next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, chair fewer and members of the committee. my name is jim hancock, the president and the founder of the san francisco sailing science center. a distinct inity from the treasure island sailing center. i would like to encourage you very strongly to vote in favor of both measures 7 and 8. i would like everybody to consider the aspects that make sailing unique as an activity. it's something that can be done from age 5 to age 95. and it can be done by individuals or by large groups. it can be done casually or at the highest levels of world

competition. but maybe most importantly what i think that makes sailing special and why we should encourage the development and the support of this lease is that sailing helps people to develop -- young people in particular -- to have confidence and to learn leadership which are much needed skills in our society. treasure island sailing center has a long history of supporting and developing young sailors and i think that this measure -- this lease -- both of these leases -- items 7 and 8, should be supported. thank you. >> president fewer: next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is chris chillers and i'm a resident of san francisco. i'm a former employee of the treasure island sailing center and i'm currently an employee of another sailing school over in the city of berkeley. and i'm here today to urge the supervisors to support item 7 for three main reasons.

number one, the youth access that the sailing center provides to the youth of san francisco is unprecedented. it's a model for other cities. and we owe it to the kids of today to provide memorable science technology, engineering and math experiences. and as a former employee, i have seen our fourth graders after this program and they remember it and they're over the moon about it. and number two, the development of the youth sailors that come out of this program and other sailing center programs, make them ready to be a part of the workforce in san francisco and around the country. as an employer in the bay area i have hired some of the kids that have come out of this program. and they're incredibly talented and ready for bigger and better things in the world. and number three, i'm a disabled sailing -- disabled sailor myself and i've been a part of the bay area association of

disabled sailors. and the blind sailing organization that operates out of the treasure island sailing center. and that's been one of the more fulfilling volunteer opportunities in my lifetime. i've gotten to compete on an international level with the disabled sailors that have relied on the access provided by the sailing center. and it's an incredible thing that this sailing center offers. so, please, support item number 7, thank you very much. >> president fewer: thank you very much. let me call the rest of these cards, blaine pedlo and jay wales on and hunter cunning and john super and malcolm page. next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. i'm chris knotten with the disabled sailors. we urge you to approve the long-term lease for the treasure island sailing center. the bay area association of disabled sailors, baads, wants

to make sailing accessible to people with disabilities by having free sailing lessons at pier 40. we have partnered by having their instructors to teach a sailing summer program for kids with disabilities. it's supported community sailing and baads the racing program and we support the approval of the long-term lease for tisc, to allow sailing for people in the bay area who would nottize have access to -- would otherwise have access to sailing. and tisc's location at clipper cove in the middle of the bay is ideal because of the current -- the current protection offering. this means that kids, persons with disabilities, and novice sailors can safely learn to sail there. the city of san francisco should support tisc and ensure that there continues to be strong public access to sailing on treasure island. thank you. >> president fewer: thank you,

sir. next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. i'm sherry williams with one treasure island. we provided thousands of formerly homeless and low-income san franciscoians as part of the reuse of treasure island. i have been involved with the planning and the implementation of work on treasure island for over 24 years. and as bob noted the marina was part of the development plan since 1996. and so it's very exciting to see both the sailing center and the marina being considered today and we would strongly urge your support for both of these items. and the sailing center is obviously an awesome program providing incredible services. but i want to give a shoutout to the marina for the last intervening 20 years since they were selected and they have shown their commitment to an inclusive vision for treasure island and hiring folks who provide job training for, frankly, homeless and disabled

individuals and supporting numerous community activities that help low-income residents on treasure island. so i thank you for hearing my remarks and urge support of both of these measures today. thank you very much. >> president fewer: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning, chair fewer, members of the committee. my name is timothy wright and i'm with carpenters local 22. i'm here this morning with members of our local carpenters and pile drivers that would have the opportunity to work on a project like this. this meets a lot of the planning requirements that has been going on for a long time. we'd like you to move forward with this measure. and then on a personal note as a native san franciscoian, my spifort experience on a boat was a boat that my uncle had at that marina many decades ago. i am not going to date myself, but not much has changed there. when my son went and learned to sail, he learned a lot of character. the sailing school builds

character. and leadership. these are things that can be carried over. and another thing about the treasure island, there are numerous carpenters that live on there, on the island, that have the possibility of possibly working on this project. so i'm asking you to move forward with this. thank you and have a good day. >> president fewer: thank you, sir. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm bill blackwell, local plumbers and pipers of san francisco. we hope that you support this project. that has been going on for a long time and we have been fighting this fight. the developer -- both sides have done everything they can to reach out to the community and to get the project right. we think they've done that and we hope that you support it. thank you. >> president fewer: thank you. next speaker. hello. >> chair fewer and supervisors, tim paulson, i'm the secretary-treasurer of the san francisco building and construction trades council and we represented over 32 unions here in town. and i know that there's been discussions about both the sailing center and in particular the marina been going on for quite a while.

and i was briefed over the last couple weeks about the history and in particular of the marina, and i want to thank both the supervisor kim, former supervisor kim and supervisor haney, for conducting with the c.a.c. and so many different community groups the concerns that people had, including environmental concerns. and i just want to be on record as saying that the building construction trade supports both of these measures and has for quite some time apparently. so we urge you to move forward with amendments. thank you. >> president fewer: thank you very much, mr. paulson. next speaker, please. >> good morning. i'm john super. i'm not a native of this city. everybody tells me that because i moved out here when i was 3 years old so i'm not a native and i wasn't born here. but i lived in the sunset district and di done so since 1.

please approve tisc and their lease. it's just one of the best locations on the planet to go sailing. and it teaches kids responsibility. i have a short anecdote. last fall my grandson took a six-week course, one weekend a week, out at tisc. on the last day he was cast off to sail by himself. i watched him for an hour out there messing about. and in that hour he built -- i could see it -- his ability to sail improved. when he pulled back into the dock he put his boat away and when he came walking towards myself and my son, he had a glint in his eye and a way of walking that indicated to me that in that hour he'd grown up. he'd learned responsibility, and

i'll tell you what when you're out there by yourself there's no momma or daddy to help you. i wish we'd had a tic aresc when i was a young lad. thank you. >> president fewer: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hi, good morning, malcolm page, i work for u.s. sailing and have the responsibility of looking after the olympic department which means that we have to find, train and send athletes to the annual youth world championships. the pan-american games. and, of course, the olympic games. why if the u.s. sailing team looking to partner with treasure island sailing center and base themselves in the bay area? it's because the water and the tide and wind conditions that you find in the bay area. they are second-to-none within the world. of course, the bay area also creates great opportunity to education institutions and career opportunities for these young athletes that are coming

through. and, of course, the bay area also has access to the technology companies that are on the doorstep in this city. and, of course, these are the components that will make olympic champions. but also i on one of the great by-products is the connection to the community. and hopefully these higher aspiring athletes will develop and inspire that next generation, the kids that treasure island sailing center bring into this sport. and, of course, one of the great things that just happened just recently, from the bay area through u.s. sailing has launched a grassroots program that will be launched and led out of the treasure island sailing center and out of the bay area. which will go national. so i urge you to support item number 7, the treasure island sailing center lease. thank you. >> president fewer: next speaker, please.

>> good morning, my name is travis lunn and i'm the executive director of the treasure island sailing center. i'm in my fifth year with the center and i have been a life-long sailor. while our programs began 20 years ago with our founder and still board president, the very humble karissa harris-adamson, teaching young girls from the life learning academy located on the island, it's just blossomed and reaches another 2,500 youth and 500 adults through sailing instruction and 2,000 to 3,000 people access the cove and tisc and the bay through tisc each year through our outreach events and regattas and independent sailing. our programs run the gamut between life skills like goal setting and communication and respect and decisionmaking, while also teaching water safety and sailing to our academic programs which blend sailing with stem and california's next generation science standards. these academic programs are

provided at no cost, including transportation, to the san francisco unified school districts, fourth and fifth graders. this year more than 1500 kids will come through stem programs and we'll pass 7,000 in total from all of your districts. each year we have week-long and three-hour programs to 3,700 kids from 37 growght groups around the bay. they are supported through grants by the department of children, youth and their families. and tisc has individual scholarships based on financial need and along with the stem sailing programs annually gives an average of 85 percent of its participants scholarships. and we have numerous funders to pay for all of these and we have become a very important part to our community and its families. but our infrastructure is aging and in anticipation of our new lease we have several challenging years ahead of us. we need as much time as possible to raise the funds that we need to build the best sailing center for our community and to continue to provide these perspective programs for future

generations of san franciscoians. i urge you to move ahead with the lease. >> president fewer: thank you very much, next speaker, please. >> good morning, my name is bill landers and i'm part of the clipper cove community. first of all i'd like to thank everyone for the progress that's been made today. we moved quite a bit further than we had hoped. i would like to thank supervisor haney for their support and his staff. and the community stands behind number 7 and the approval of a long-term lease for the sailing center. and the fourth item on our concern is the two items that the tida has not met -- the financial -- the full financial analysis of the dredging and the environmental review. and we'd like to -- we support

the continuing approval of this measure, but with those two caveats. thank you. >> president fewer: thank you very much, next speaker, please. >> good morning, committee. my name is blaine pedlo. and i had the privilege of being one of the first full-time summer sailing directors at treasure island. and that was in 2000. and i had the privilege of also sailing there as a member of the u.c. berkeley sailing team. we've had a number of people speak to their enthusiasm for the treasure island sailing center and the renewal of the lease. i want to speak to something else specifically. with the renewal of this lease that allows tisc to begin fundraising in earnest to support the program that they have. and in my line of work i work as a fundraising and development professional and i want to speak to the enthusiasm in the funding community for supporting projects like this.

i think that this is both highly feasible and very likely to be supported well through both private foundations and individuals in the community and nationwide. and so i want to share my enthusiasm for supporting this project and let you know that i feel that this is a very strong likelihood of success. thank you. >> president fewer: thank you very much, next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is alex lanceberg with the construction industry and i.b.w. local 6. i want to encourage you to move forward, 10 years in the making, and i think we're at a good point. so really pleased to see this showing of support. the work by supervisor haney and his staff and bridging positions and forging compromise and looking forward to seeing this move forward. thank you. >> president fewer: thank you very much, next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors.

i'm jay wallace and i'm a partner at the marinea developer. i'm here to just answer any questions if you like but i want to send out a shoutout to your colleagues, supervisor haney, and courtney macdonald had worked very hard to try to get us to a place where we are today where hopefully comp maze is in the air and we can all move forward together. as supervisor stefanie and fewer, as you know that we were here on june 5, 2018, with the resolution. it was supported unanimously by all 11 members of the board back then. in that interim period, the additional work has been done and we hope that it has been satisfactory. i am also here to tell you that all of our compromises have been made with the goal of enhancing the sailing center. there's no dispute between the marina and the sailing center that i am aware of whatsoever. in the very beginning we

encouraged the sailing center. as we working through the master development we ensured that the sailing center had space to grow and thrive as the sailing center asked us to make accommodations to improve their programming, we did so. and that's where we are today. they have a great program. we will look forward to working with them and i stand here to tell that you we look forward -- or we also support item number 7 and we hope that you will support item number 8 as well. thank you very much. >> president fewer: thank you very much, next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is linda chu and i'm here wearing two hats. first. i'i'm with the dragon boatsassoe largest dragon boat festival in the united states. and we also run the largest dragon boat program in north america right here. for many years as you know that we were at treasure island and the treasure island sailing

center was a great partner, very much aligned with our goals of increasing access to the water for recreational opportunities, for young people, as well as the san francisco and community residents. secondly, i'm the president of the elementary school p.t.a., and i'm here because our teacher can't be here, our fourth grade teacher who has for many years participated in this set, sail learn program. and she asked me to make a few remarks on her behalf. our school is focused on narrowing the equity gap and she see this is program as critical to that. she feels that sailing is traditionally a sport that many people have not had access to. and she's able to take all of the kids in our school, fourth grade there, to the program where they actually get to sail. they learn about science. i think that they're learning about alternative wind energies this time. it's very much aligned with the

next generation science standards. and part of our school strategy really in narrowing the equity gap. and i would just say from both perspectives that san francisco is becoming more and more inaccessible to many people. and this is a program that firmly supports really increasing access to our wonderful recreational opportunities right here. thank you. >> president fewer: thank you. next speaker, please. >> madam president, and members of the committee, thank you. my name is john harrison. i'm a past president of treasure island and i would take time to explain the 50 years that i spent in clipper cove but there's two minutes. we're not opposed to a lease and we're not occasion posed to treasure island -- opposed to treasure island being a tenant. we're opposed to the portion of the lease that implies that attachment c to the lease is the final plan. nowhere in the resolution did that approve it and nowhere in the studies or the anal ease or

what -- analyses has that been deemed to be feasible. there's problems -- dredging. it will have to be done not only initially. and the only thing that the yacht club and myself would ask is that you indicate that that plan is not final, and direct the tenant to explore other alternatives which could include as many as 400 berths than they sought. they're out there and it would be more money for the city and it would be a better facility but he needs to explore those alternatives and we ask you to direct him to do so. thank you forever your time. >> president fewer: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm hunter cutting. i'm the coordinator for the city of clipper cove coalition and today i'm speaking on behalf of the sierra club, san francisco baykeeper, friends of the sailing center, u.s. sailing which is the national governing body for the sport of sailing in the united states, and the

marina tenants and others. across the board, the members are -- say that there's been enormous progress made here today and we're pleased to see the sailing center lees move forward. we -- lease move forward. we're grateful for supervisor haney and his staff to move the lease forward and in reforming the marina proposal work that, quite frankly, should have been done by tida but was not. as you know the board set out five requirements for the marina project last year. the mayor's office proposal only met one of the five. today thanks to the work of supervisor haney, we have met two of the additional requirements, however, two requirements are still unmet. you still have not received the full fiscal analysis that you requested from tida. this is particularly disturbing because the state of california has found that this project represents a significant risk of