provide services and support to businesses impacted by the construction projects? for example, like the central subway and vanness being the high profile one, but out in my district, we have the el taraval project that -- and -- yeah. i know oewd staff has been providing some support, but i was just wondering if that's continuing, if that's in the two-year budget, the construction mitigation program and business impact fund? >> so the -- we have been working with m.t.a. on the construction mitigation funding program, and what i can do, supervisor mar, is i can certainly get back to you with answers to some of these questions. we focused this hearing on the workforce piece, but i'm happy to get back to you with exactly what the -- what's left in the mitigation or how that

mitigation program will move forward in collaboration with m.t.a.? i do know that you have a request into our office specifically about taraval, and i do have that question -- i will have my staff also reach out to you directly on that particular request. it is based on m.t.a.s direct on the impact, the specific impact on those corridors, so i'm happy to follow up with you on that. >> supervisor mar: great. thank you. thank you so much. >> of course. >> chair haney: colleagues, any questions? colleagues, i had one. there was, in your budget, at least -- and i know there are a lot of different buckets and things from different places, but i know you had to do the reductions from the mayor and her instruction, and your main

reduction came from the city, the grants portion. did you have -- and you may have mentioned this, but i just wanted to make sure that i was clear. what exactly from -- what is being reduced from this current budget year to next year? what are you -- what are you removing and, you know, in particular, when you come back with your sort of final proposal as part of the mayor's budget, i'm not sure if those cuts will still be in there, but i just want to understand what that exact reduction was. >> sure, chair haney. the reduction around the city grant programs totalled around $7.9 million. how that's compromised, as i stated in the initial -- at least on that slide was

3.5 million is related to one-time add backs that we received, and then, the remaining is happening in invested neighborhoods. about 300,000 is happening through our best development programs, and then about 2.2 is coming out of workforce. one thing i wanted to note with workforce is 1 million of that is general fund support. we did have, through this current year, $500,000 work order with the m.t.a. around the city drive program, and that's sng that we're currently in conversation trying to fine-tune what that program will look like, so we'll expect to see that addition during the

mayor phase of the budget. the other piece of that was around a $430,000 federal workforce grant around the extension of our health care academy and programming related to that, so you'll see a lot of these -- i mean, a lot of the reductions, you know, have to be deviated in terms of workforce grants. the $3.2 million general fund support cut, approximately 2.8 of that is coming through this line. >> chair haney: got it. that makes sense. so the add backs and those kinds of things, i assume

there's going to be a conversation if some folks want them to continue, or some of the cuts there will probably be up for continued conversation. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you, chair haney. i just have a couple questions. first one is directed at director arce. i know you did a phenomenal job with your office. you did a great job setting up the job center, just wondered what you might have for plans for neighborhood job centers citywide. i know you have plans for a potential r.f.p. i'd like to have you talk about that, and then, i have a question for the acting director. >> thank you, supervisor vice chair safai.

with respect to job centers, yes, the lakeview a.m.i. job center was our seventh and most recent neighborhood job center investment. it's been very successful, and i think really timely because there's a lot of resource coordination happening there in terms of getting covid resources out. so with respect to the budget and the r.f.p., we have laid out resources and prepared to invest resources in additional neighborhood job centers. again, it's through the competitive process of receiving proposals. but in terms of community feedback, we heard a lot about the importance of a neighborhood job center in the excelsior district. we heard about the importance of a neighborhood job center in

the richmond or the sunset or both. when we think about the record unemployment last year and still an unemployment rate that, if you look at it today, it's triple what it was a year ago, but we actually think it's five times the unemployment rate a year ago because when you get that unemployment rate, it does not include those that are receiving unemployment or those that are not looking for work, so we they the current rate might be close to 10% rather than the 6%. real quick, we did establish the home free housing site on treasure island. the r.f.p., if you'll let me take a quick look, we're anticipating 7 to 12 grants a

range of $300,000 to as much as $900,000. the point of the exercise is to really many unemployed san franciscans as possible with a connection to the workforce system. that could be a referral to a vocational training program. it can be a referral over to city college or san francisco state. it can be directed to an apprenticeship or a job, but if we don't have you in the workforce system, you're disconnected, and we want to have connection. subject to funding, and i know from conversations with constituents in your districts, when you take back feedback in summary, having as many job centers as possible would be something that's advantageous.

but generally the -- the idea is to focus on areas of concentrated unemployment, which is a lot more folks -- a lot more places now than it has been in the past, but leveraging the resources we have, get everyone connected, and we're happy to make investments. >> supervisor safai: is sound -- it sounds like, subject to funding, that there'll be some proposal coming out for people to apply. okay. great. okay. for the acting director, we had some pretty robust services -- there was a previous staffer assigned -- i don't want to say 100% of the time, but was partially assigned to doing work on looking for potential opportunities on the development side or listening to, looking out for potential opportunities and how we could

positively shape them in our district. we haven't had that service, though, in some time. i don't know if you were intending, though, to kind of beef up that type of work citywide. and then, my second question is, you know, you have your invest in neighborhoods program. our support has been sporadic. i think some of that has had to do with covid, i think some of it has to do with covid. but as a neighborhood that has one of the highest rates of vacancies and empty storefronts, it's been extremely frustrating for me not to have what it feels like a full court press. i know that that's much more of probably a citywide conversation because of covid, because of businesses shutting down, because of businesses not being able to hold on, because of rent disputes and fights with landlords and commercial

property owners, all the different convenients that you know. so i just wanted to give you an opportunity to talk about the investment neighborhood strategy and how there's focus on business attraction, business retention, on a citywide level. >> thank you, supervisor safai. on the development side, i will say, you know, we have a much leaner joint development team than we've had in the past, and i'm happy to work with you on development opportunities in your neighborhood. i think you were -- i think what you're referring to was a survey that our team works on with planning to identify potential soft sites in the district for sort of smaller development opportunities, smaller housing opportunities,

which we can certainly always partner with our planning department and strategize on what those types of soft site opportunities look like. it's really surveying what's available. >> supervisor safai: we had [inaudible]. i don't know. she wasn't 100% dedicated to our districts. >> right. >> supervisor safai: but it was a great model, and she was extremely important in the first 50% affordable housing development done in the city that was privately financed. she also was intimately involved in the first, you know, the largest home s.f. project that happened in the city. both of them happened to be in my district, and she was there to work with -- she provided a different level of oversight. i use that as an example because i think now that we're transitioning, we're in this --

projection is our economy is going to grow by 6.5%. i think the rebound will be stronger and quicker than people are anticipating, particularly with the bailout, particularly with the accelerated vaccinations, despite the headlines of facebook down sizing certain footprints and so on. i think our economy's going to come back stronger, and i think we would be missing an opportunity not to have someone -- you know, your development team focus on those kinds of things to help in the areas of the city where those gaps are missing, so that's one. and then, the second one, the invest in neighborhoods, the support that we have had with some staff turnover and covid, and myself, i just wanted to see, on a citywide level, what the plan was because there's a lot of businesses that are

struggling to hold on, and they're important for the health and vibrancy of our commercial corridors. >> yes, and i'm happy to work with you on that first point, supervisor. and then, on the investing neighborhoods, it is very true. you know, a lot of the staff, particularly from our invest in neighborhoods team has been deployed through the pandemic to neighborhood command and d.s.w. deployment, and we are starting to get people back into their roles in office of economic and workforce development. investing in neighborhoods is absolutely key to our neighborhood businesses. i think we've just recently -- jorge rivas, who is great, has just moved to a different position outside of the city.

deanna ponce deleon has come back to the city. the $20 million grant to business loans will be in front of you next week. i think there's an opportunity for you to continue to get an idea of what's in that program specifically for small business relief as we come out of the pandemic and into recovery? and again, you know, i think it's really critical to us. we all recognize that our neighborhood corridors are going to be critical to our recovery and to, you know, just who we are as a city, and i think investing in neighborhoods is going to be a part of that, and i know that deanna is committed to making sure that all of our neighborhood businesses and neighborhood corridors are included in that effort. so again, 20 -- you know, the $20 million for small business relief program will be in front of you next week. >> supervisor safai: thank you. i appreciate that. i just really and truly want to

underscore on the record a number of my colleagues that have corridors in the same instance that, you know, we've spent a lot of time setting up community benefits districts. we don't have one of those in our -- but we have a strong nonprofit community partner. i understand your staff was redeployed. if we have the tools, but we don't have the staff to deploy those tools, and there's not a strategy on how invest in neighborhoods is going to lead in investment recovery, we've been working for the past two months with the mayor's office to come up with a final strategy for shared spaces, we have the loan program, but there are businesses out there that are just holding on by a thread. i walk my corridor every friday, if not more, but one

dedicated day, and i have to tell you that there's still merchants out there that don't know about some of the existing programs or grants or the opportunities that they can take advantage of that are drowning, drowning in debt and drowning in lack of a customer base. so i just want to underscore and really, really overemphasize to you, please, this needs to be one of the highest priorities for your office. there needs to be a really well articulated strategy for investing in neighborhoods and how we're going to move aggressively because i can tell you, it has been hit or miss, and in my neighborhood, that was precovid. but we can talk more offline and try to push the envelope more for a citywide strategy. >> thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you,

mr. chair. >> chair haney: thank you, vice chair safai. colleagues, any other questions or comments? this was a very thorough presentation, and i know we'll be seeing you all in a few weeks or months. madam clerk, is there any public comment? >> clerk: yes, mr. chair. checking to see if there's any callers in the queue. members of the public who wish to enter press comment, please press star, three to enter the queue. for those already in the queue, please wait until the system has been unmuted. mr. chair, d.t. has confirmed that there are no callers in the queue. >> chair haney: great. thank you so much. appreciate it. public comment is now closed. colleagues, assuming there are not any other questions or comments, i am going to make a motion to file this hearing. madam clerk, can we have a roll call vote, please? >> clerk: is there a second on

the motion? >> supervisor safai: second, safai. >> chair haney: seconded by safai. >> clerk: yes. on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are five ayes. >> chair haney: great. that hearing will be filed, and thank you so much, interim director and mr. arce. we appreciate you and your work, and mr. pascal. appreciate it, and we will see you again soon, i'm sure. madam clerk -- is there anything more you wanted to say? sorry. i should have given you the opportunity, interim director? >> no. thank you for giving us the opportunity and we look forward

to coming back in a couple of weeks. >> chair haney: thank you. madam clerk, are there any other items? >> clerk: mr. chair, there are no other items. >> chair haney: all right. this meeting is adjourned. thank you all. heart. >> call the meeting to order at two hundred p.m. item number one is roll call.

[roll call] >> clerk: madam president, you do have a quorum. item number 2 is an approval of minutes for the february 23rd, 2021, port commission meeting. >> so moved. >> seconded. >> president brandon: we have a motion and a second. >> clerk: certainly, president brandon. [roll call] >> president brandon:

unanimously. [inaudible] 2021 meeting [inaudible] -- put yourself on mute. >> clerk: we do have some background noise. if you're not speaking right now, you can put yourself on mute, please. item number 3 is public comment on executive session. >> president brandon: thank you. we will now open the phone lines to take public comment on executive sessions for members of the public for joining us on the phone. jennifer will be our operator and will provide instructions now for anyone on the phone who would like to provide public comment. >> thank you, president brandon. at this time, we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make comment on executive session. please dial star 3 if you wish to make public comment. the system will let you know when your line is open. others will wait on mute until their line is open.

comments will be limited to three minutes per person. the queue is now open. please dial star 3 if you wish to make public comment. >> president brandon: thank you, jennifer. do we have anyone on the phone? >> president brandon, at this time, there are no members of the public on the phone wishing to make public comment. >> president brandon: thank you. seeing no comment on the phone. public comment is closed. next item, please. >> clerk: certainly. that would be item number 4, executive session and i do want to note for the record that commissioner gilman has joined us around 2:03 p.m. >> question to go in executivive session. >> second that motion. >> president brandon: we have a motion and a second. carl, can we please have a roll call vote. >> clerk: [roll call]

>> clerk: commissioner woo ho is on mute. >> commissioner woo ho: yes. >> clerk: thank you, com

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your telephone, a live broadcast with no delay and then dial star three to raise your hand to comment and then listen when the audio prompt signals that it's your turn to comment. and as always, for meeting presenters and participants, mute your microphone and turn off your cameras when you are not presenting. and that does bring us to item number 8, public comment on items not listed on the agenda. >> thank you. now items on not listed on the agenda, for members of the public joining us on the phone. jennifer will be our operator and provide instructions now for anyone on the phone who would like to provide public comment. >> thank you, president brandon. at this time we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make public comment on items not listed on the agenda. please dial star three if you wish to make public comment. the system will let you know when your line is open.

others will wait on mute until their line is open. comments will be limited to three minutes per person. the queue is now open. dial star three if you wish to make public comment. >> thank you, jennifer. do we have anyone on the phone? >> yes, president brandon, we have one person on the line. >> unmuting that line now, thank you. >> hello. >> hello. do i speaker now? >> yes, please. yes, please. >> i'm speaking to a on the

agenda. my name is murray cole, i'm 86 years old and i'm the owner of the davidson street property referred to in our agenda as a. my wife doris and i were born and raised in san francisco, i have been in business since 1955. i purchased the property in 1968 and received what purported to be a clean and clear title. verification of clean and clear title also came with my purchase of two additional parcels. i had no reason to believe there was a cloud on these properties. while in business i was an active member of the bayview merchants association and vice president for 15 years. in 2020, after 50 years of business i desired to retire and sell the property. my wife and i are in our 80s and it was time to finally retire. prospective buyer became aware of the property and made me an

offer to purchase the property. we came to an agreement in august 2020 and the buyer removed all contingencies and was prepared to close the last day of december 2020. in order to avoid the taxes of proposition i, the port made a claim on the owning a paper street under my land. this seemed impossible because a building known as the fish cannery or number 2 rankin street the same path the port is making a claim to be on my property. this has delayed and potentially killed the sale of the property. at a minimum, i'm negatively effective by paying higher transfer taxes due to proposition i that went into effect in january 2021. this entire claim by the port put me and my family under

extreme stress. under this already stressful year of covid-19. i've been paying property taxes since 1968, i am now time for this paper street that was abandoned, repeat that. this paper street was abandoned in 1917 and land swap gave value to the port that the port is claiming ownership to part of my property. i am in possession of a clear and clean title to all my property and i'm hopeful the board will understand my situation and come to the satisfactory conclusion. i'm open for questions, i just want to get it done. thank you. >> thank you, mr. cole. appreciate your call. jennifer, are there any other callers? >> president brandon, at this time there are no other callers on the line wishing to make

public comment. >> thank you. seeing no callers on the phone, public comment is closed. karl, next item, please. >> 9a, executive director's report. >> good afternoon, president brandon, vice president adams, commissioners. staff members and members of the public. elaine forbes, the port executive director. my report will provide an update on economic recovery, equity and the petroleum seep at hyde street harbor. i'm delighted to report the city and county of san francisco has moved into the state's red tier. last week mayor breed announced the good news at a press conference at pier 39 with dr. colfax from the department of public health and lori thomas from the golden gate restaurant association. moving into the r ed tier allows

for indoor dining to resume with limited capacity, as well as reopening of other attractions such as museums and aquariums. pier 39, fisherman's wharf and tenants up and down the waterfront are excited about the news and working quickly to ramp up operations. alcatraz will begin welcome guests back next week, and because of the determination to contain the virus, take actions to keep us all safe. masking, practicing social distancing, avoiding gatherings and washing hands frequently. bolstering our effort is our work to inoculate as many eligible residents and workers as the city can. to date, 26% of san francisco residents have received first dose, and 12% the second. hoping with the third approved

vaccine we'll be able to administer more doses more quickly. i am hopeful we have reopening and the light at the end of the tunnel expands for all of us. it's been a long period of time. at the last port commission meeting, vice president adams asked about vaccinations on port property. last month at seawall lot 337, an african american fraternal organization delivered vaccines to 100 members who met current state vaccine distribution guidelines. recipients remained in their vehicles and drove up to a site and received their first dose of vaccination. second doses will take place a month later. the port was able to support this effort by provider a fee

waiver for the use of the space. now equity. race equity team has completed review of short-term actions and prioritized them. staff is working to build a strong foundation for our department wide equity initiatives and this includes infrastructure for transparency, accountability, clear rules and responsibilities, and a feedback loop for continuous improvement toward advancing racial equity at the port. and the emergency loan program has reopened for applications. additional applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the funds are deployed. the program has approved 12 loans to micro l.b.e.'s who are tenants, subcontractors to date. 476,000 of the $1 million

program approved. black owned businesses and two loans to women-owned businesses. and excited to announce the fourth annual contract opportunity open house, which will be held thursday, march 18 at 8:30. this year to virtually connect with local businesses and trades on upcoming contract opportunities with the port. the port prioritizes giving opportunities to small local businesses. they are the backbone of our economy and help to create a diverse and inclusive city for all of us. as of today, we have received 110 rsvp, event maxes out at 200 and over a week until the day of the event. so to say the event is always highly anticipated and continues to be a great opportunity for large and small businesses to network. congratulations to port staff for successfully accomplishing three other annual open houses and for the one coming up this year. now to a key project update.

this is about hyde street harbor. i have some good news to share about the situation regarding the ongoing seep in hyde street harbor which has been a difficult problem that port staff has been diligently tackling. as i previously reported. petroleum program has been seeping into the shore and bay floor into hyde street harbor. since july 2020, the port has worked diligently to respond to the seep, including maintaining boom at the site, removing accumulated product in the boom using pads and an oil skimmer. performing seep monitoring activities, developing a waste management strategy, hiring contractors and consultants for operational and technical professional services support and developing and leading an investigation into the source of that seep. and i have an update on the source. on february 18th, the port

contractor encountered an apparent red dye diesel fuel into boreholes at the site. it's used by a port tenant, maxim. they notified the partner and regulatory agencies of the discovery and the e.s. and e.p.a. noticed a -- maxim, congratulations to staff and the partners for identifying the source. e.p.a. issued a formal clean-up order requiring maxim to address the red dye fuel leak. they are required to submit a site work plan for the e.p.a. for approval, and went in yesterday. likely include locating the type leak and removing fuel from the

underground surface where the port encountered the product. the port will have an opportunity to review and provide feedback to maxim's proposed work plan. after it's mitigated, they will be required for a site remediation plan to remove petroleum contaminated soils and underground water. the port will remain engaged throughout this process as a trustee and steward of the land. i would like to take this time to acknowledge the efforts of port maintenance, maritime, the planning and environment division for their very hard work capturing and removing the water fuel release and identifying the source of the pollution. it helps to move forward with the clean-up plans and identified the responsible party. during the past eight months, the maintenance crew is on-site six days a week, boom, more than

2,500 gallons of oily water, we are proud of the work. and turn it over to randy to give a presentation on the port covid-19 response, which will be responsive to commissioner gilman's request for the information. over to randy, please. >> i think we need to take public comment on your executive director report. >> very good. that concludes my executive director report. >> thank you, elaine. we will open the phone line so members of the public joining us on the phone. jennifer will be our operator and provide instructions now for anyone on the phone who would like to provide public comment. >> thank you, president brandon. at this time we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make public comment on the executive director's report. please dial star three if you

wish to make public comment. the system will let you know when your line is open. others will wait on mute until their line is open. comments will be limited to three minutes per person. the queue is now open. please dial star three if you wish to make public comment. >> thank you, jennifer. do we have anyone on the line. >> president brandon, at this time there are no members of the public on the phone wishing to make public comment on the executive director's report. >> thank you. seeing no callers on the phone, public comment is closed. commissioner woo ho. >> sorry, i was on mute. i have no comments specific or questions for elaine, just to say it was a very good report, thank you for the updates and pleased to see that we are on a positive track. thank you. >> thank you.

commissioner. you are on mute, commissioner burton. >> thank you. commissioner gilman. >> i have no questions for the port. no questions on the report, sorry. thank you, elaine, and it's impressive, 110 folks have already rsvp, i hope we reach the maximum of 200. >> vice president adams. >> thank you, director forbes for a superb report, and clearly you have been listening to the commissioners and clearly po

president brandon. so, thank you so much and please thank you and your team for all the diligence and hard works. i have no questions, thank you. >> thank you. director forbes, thank you so much for your report on the wonderful work you have been doing at the report. i was very happy to be able to attend the pier 39 press conference with you where we went from the purple to the red tier, great for reopening our businesses. looking forward to the contract opportunity open house next week and as commissioner gilman said, i hope we get to 200 plus. so, really looking forward to that opportunity and to continue all the wonderful work. so thank you. next item, please. >> ok. that would be the informational presentation on the port support for the ongoing efforts against covid-19.

>> good afternoon, president brandon, vice president adams, director forbes. i'm communications direct for for the port of san francisco. and today i will provide a brief overview of the port's efforts to support the city's ongoing response to the covid-19 pandemic. next slide, please. a little over a year ago the city declared a local health emergency and activated the emergency operations center to prepare for and respond to an uncertain future. at the time we did not know how long, we didn't know what was going to happen but knew we had to get ready and proud to say from the very early days to the present, the port has stepped up to meet the moment and contributed generously to the city's efforts to stay one step ahead of the virus and keep our community safe. we have been able to support all aspects of the effort, ranging

from providing for health and wellness needs to emergency support services, and economic support for our local businesses. port staff and port property have been without exaggeration at the center of the city's response, providing space for testing, emergency shelter, emergency food distribution, and critical p.p.e. distribution. next slide, please. i wanted to begin talking about our staff. to date, 75 staff members have been deployed to serve as disaster service workers. some with multiple deployments, myself included. i did not have a multiple tour but did serve as did our director executive, elaine forbes, as did so many other key staff who have been deployed to work out of the covid command center, and 1011 turk, and throughout the city. some working out of the shelter in place hotels, some delivering

goods, food, p.p.e. throughout the city. currently we have 16 staff deployed as it is to our credit and the staff's great credit that the e.o.c. staff, covid command center staff has remarked how great the staff has been. thousands of hours in time and something we have proud to have done. earlier in the response, a couple clips from the video talking about the work featuring key port staff. we have wendy proctor, and shannon at testing site, at pier 3032, and kim at 337. moving on, i want to talk about

testing. the first city test s.f. april 6, 2020. testing front line and healthcare workers to now providing broad access for those in san francisco regardless of symptoms or exposure. and as many as 1,000 per day, 10 of thousands of tests have been administered at this site. testing, of course, invaluable to the city's overall strategy to slowing the spread of the virus. very early on we realized that the only way we would be able to get ahead of the virus, good surveillance data and testing is critical to that. we needed to know the prevalence, needed to know who was getting infected and where people were and this site contributed greatly to the city's knowledge base, and port staff were at the forefront of making sure that the site was able to get up and running and since then, providing ongoing

management and support services to the site. this is something that we are extremely proud of. next slide, please. now i want to turn over to emergency shelter. in addition to providing the space for testing port property cwa for shelter, and for vulnerable people experiencing homelessness in district 10. the southeast sector, especially hard hit by the virus. providing a safe space for unhoused people in the community at the trailer site helps to keep everyone in the community housed and unhoused safer. the site opened last may and has offered shelter to over 150 vulnerable individuals. prior to opening the trailer site, the port also approved an amendment to the port's existing m.o.u. with the department of

homelessness and supportive housing to allow for now social distancing guidelines. right now the embarcadero safe navigation center is used as a covid, unknown covid negative site. with a capacity of 88 individuals. to further bolster the city's capacity to deal with the ongoing homelessness crisis during the covid-19 public health emergency, the port also approved a five-year extension of operations of the central waterfront navigation center, near warm water cove. now i'm going to shift attention to emergency food distribution. in addition to providing space for testing and shelter, as i mentioned, the port has also worked to provide space for emergency food distribution in the 337, as the pandemic wreaked

havoc, and lost jobs, and laid bare the food issues in the community. teamed up with the san francisco marin food bank, we all recognize it's a very significant need in our community and wanted to make sure that we were able to help meet that need, providing help for people who can drive up and people that were able to walk up was essential, and the site is both a drive-thru and walk through site. on average, we see about 790 families visit the site each week, where over 41,000 pounds of food on average are distributed each week. and lastly, i wanted to talk about p.p.e. distribution. this is another essential piece of the city's strategy to contain the virus. last august, the port began to offer space to the office of

economic and workforce development for this critical p.p.e. distribution for our non-profit partners. the non-profits distribute the lifesaving equipment to local businesses in neighborhoods and communities disproportionalitily impacted by the virus, to stay safe on the job. it's a critical part of the efforts to rein in the virus moving forward. very happy to hear about the light at the end of the tunnel with the vaccines available, but we continue to hear that the need for p.p.e. will continue and we are happy to help support this effort. oewd ordered approximately 1.5 million face masks, 600,000 face shields and 21,000 gallons of hand sanitizer, from the california office of the emergency services. and already distributed more than two-thirds.

next slide, please. and now i wanted to turn over to tenant support. supporting our tenants is something that is critical, something that we do as part of our bread and butter around here, but also been essential to the city's ongoing economic response and economic catastrophe that covid has laid bare. the tenant relief measures provided have added to the city's response effort. the port has offered extensive rent relief to waterfront businesses, including rent deferral and rent forgiveness. to defer rent from march 2020 to december 2020. the repayment program to meet tenants where they are and allow them to pay down the balance on a schedule that works for their businesses. similarly, the rent forgiveness

program is tailored to meet percentage rent tenants like the restaurants and retail operators, maritime tenants, qualifying local businesses and nonprofits and artists, for example. forgive up to $13.65 million in rent. it's not an insignificant sum for the port but is essential to making sure the businesses have the best opportunity to stay in business, keep their employees on the job, and continue to propel the economy forward, which is going to be critical to the city's long-term recovery. that concludes my report today. we are proud to serve and continue serving in the days and months ahead as we all work to bring an end to the pandemic. thank you. >> thank you. we will now open the phone lines to take public comments on 9b,

jennifer will be our operator and we'll provide instructions now for anyone on the phone who would like to provide public comment. >> thank you, president brandon. at this time we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make public comment on item 9b. please dial star three if you wish to make public comment. the system will let you know when your line is open. others will wait on mute until their line is open. comments will be limited to three minutes per person. the queue is now open. please dial star three if you wish to make public comment. >> thank you, jennifer. do we have anyone on the phone? >> president brandon, at this time there are no members on the phone wishing to make public comments. >> thank you. seeing no callers on the phone, public comment is closed. commissioner burton. >> aye.

>> commissioner gilman. you are on mute, commissioner gilman. >> apologies, what i said was commissioner asked for this informational item, thank you for the work the port staff has done, and the vaccine site, we have pulled weight or even punched above our weight to contribute to the city's efforts around covid-19. i have just a couple of observations and i know the bulk of my observations might sit with coordination between the court staff and command center and the health department. as we, as just broke in the paper earlier today, moving towards the orange tier, predicted at the end of march, the beginning of april from the press release that was just issued, i really hope we can work with the health department to beef up our signage,

particularly along our waterfront, such a tourist destination. i recently was in monterrey, california, and their fisherman dids wharf is two blocks and adorable, compared to ours, which is robust and i would say in some ways superior, no offense to monterrey, every two feet was signage about mask up or you know, don't come to our property, and the signage was more robust, and the northeast side of the waterfront, from about, you know, the arrow to hyde street pier. so hoping as we fully open up more and more and more tourists come back, the waterfront has seen more activity since we entered the red tier, i would hate to see 1% positivity rate

right now go backwards because hospitality workers are interacting with other parts of the country and i hope the port staff will take that into consideration as we move forward and commend you on your fabulous work. >> thank you. commissioner woo ho. >> thank you, randy, for this terrific report. it's great to see we participated in every phase of what needed to be in this emergency and very thorough. i just had some questions and observations and lines what commissioner gilman said. as we move hopefully into an orange tier and more activity, a couple of things looking forward. but i have a couple questions about what the trend lines are at the moment just to sort of hopefully support everything we are hearing and seeing in the media. in the testing site, seeing

lines waiting or is it a smooth process people don't have to wait forever to get through a testing. is that the case at the moment, if you could just give me a quick update since we do have tremendous capacity, but is it -- at least stabilizing or down? >> can you answer that question? >> yes, by all means. >> so the testing facility is a first come, first served testing site so it has experienced long waits and even three-day out to book. when we have more covid and more concern for covid in san francisco and that's been a really consistent pattern that when there is more virus and more health orders, there is longer waits at piers 30, 32. and sometimes you can get a same day appointment and that's a consistent pattern as well. right now we are in the same day appointment to the following day

appointment situation, which is indicative of the situation we have with virus in the community. now the public health department has several other sites as does the private health insurance obviously has sites as well to go and the city's website has information about all the various locations that you can book an appointment and do so through your private healthcare provider. thank you. >> ok, thank you. >> so my second question kind of relates to, i think you know, this great sort of emergency shelter solution that we came up with, the trailers. and i'm just wondering if this trailer opportunity is teaching us anything else in terms of solutions that go beyond covid because obviously we have a lot of situations and i don't know if the 120 trailers have been used consistently by the same people or in and out of of the trailers and what are the

lessons learned or take-aways to apply to any future longer term solutions on homelessness on trailers. >> the trailers have primarily been used t all of them, since the inception once the homeless department and its partners started to move people in, and one of the key lessons and sort of key assumptions moving in, having a stable environment where you have the same group able to isolate safely would be helpful, and that has been very encouraging. there have been some transfers out, there's been a handful of guests who have been able to move on to permanent housing, which is the best outcome for people that are experiencing homelessness. but as far as operating the facility, being able to keep a low barrier, safe to access space where people could isolate safely by themselves and be part of the community was essential.

the homeless department, department of homelessness and supportive housing has worked very well, department of public health, the human services agency, and their on-site provider to make sure that they did have a good sense of community and were keeping track of people's needs and were able to connect people to their needs. one of the other things that was hypothesized would go well, similar to other navigation centers, having other healthcare providers, having the nurses there at the site, being able to come on to the site to care for people's other health needs was essential. often times people that are experiencing homelessness have not seen a doctor for a long time, have not seen any healthcare professional, and being at the site they were able to do that. and that's been also one of the things that was born out and was proven once again that is an important ingredient in

providing a shelter community that works. but ultimately the key is to be able to ensure that people are on a pathway to permanent housing. shelter is a fantastic option for people that are on the street but it is an interim solution. the goal is to get people on to the next step into permanent housing, whatever that may look like for the individual, each individual's journey out of homelessness will be different and depending on their solution situation. but the journey out of homelessness is essential. >> i agree in terms it's an interim situation and not the long-term, but any sense of feedback from the people that have been in the trailers, what they like it, they, i guess just it's not really the port's concern but such an issue for the city for us to understand and everybody wants to see a

solution and right now as the homeless situation has increased so much, whether if this is an interim situation and navigation centers, also interim situation but much more difficult and complicated, etc., to build, a faster way to at least get one step to move people off the street into something safer. i know we did it for health reasons, i'm wondering whether there is thought and discussion how to move this as another way besides what we are using as a navigation center to a more permanent situation. so, i'm just suggesting that hopefully there is discussion and thoughts going on in terms of learning from this example and of course, we have a lot of the open or empty space in the city that we are probably a key partner if there is such a thought going on in the city. so, for you to answer, it's not our call totally, but seems it's a good case study that should be

applied, not just for the covid situation but has wider ramifications. and emergency food distribution, demand is still very strong or tapering down to get a sense of are people's needs changing, and stimulus checks back in the fray, is there a trend line there as well that you can tell us about? >> demand varies week to week, and certainly the last week it did trend a little bit down, but the average is still over 700. 790 average per week was current as of about two weeks ago. now probably take it down a little bit lower, given the most recent data, but certainly we see news of some jobs coming back, others not coming back as quickly. we still see a continuing need and this is something that will vary, hopefully will continue to trend down over time, but it has

fluctuated. >> ok. and lastly, my comment is more related to something that commissioner gilman also said about monterrey, but i think part of our economic recovery plan from covid is to really hopefully see as the vaccinations are increasing in this cities and neighboring counties, elsewhere in the country, hopefully san francisco as a destination for tourism is going to come back and just wondering if there is some discussion between the port and i guess the san francisco travel alert where other organizations both at city hall as well as in the -- in the private sector are talking more actively about a tourism strategy to bring people back and i'm not talking about next week, i'm talking about something obviously when there is maybe a higher sort of comfort with vaccinations, but you know, the trend we are on right now, in another 6 to 8 weeks, we should be in very good

shape in this country and so should be more travel occurring and people will feel safer about going out. just wondering whether we are partnering with others in the city to encourage tourism and return to a vibrant waterfront. >> would you like me to respond to that one? >> that would ge great, thank you. >> you are welcome. commissioner woo ho, we have been partnering but not as proactively as you are describing. we have been partnering mostly to understand when tourism returns, so we can understand our revenue projections and budgetary situation but have been listening very actively and participating and at the table with organizations like s.f. travel, the chamber of commerce, etc., to understand tourism strategies and how we may fit and it's exactly our point in time when it is time for us to think about our economic

recovery very full-throated and how we can contribute to and participate in the return to tourism, locally, regionally and internationally, because san francisco's waterfront brings 24 million people a year to it, it's a key destination. thank you for your questions and we will more proactively lean into the conversations going forward. >> ok. thank you. and that's all of my comments. thank you. >> thank you, vice president adams. >> randy, great job. i want to follow up on a couple things. something that commissioner woo ho said and director forbes came back on it. we have to be honest. the recovery for tourism, we are talking about 2024, this is just

what is happening. and right now we are only giving throughout the country about 9% of the people are getting their vaccination shots. it's just not going as fast as everybody thought it would go. and even in the cruise ship industry, ships going from san francisco up to alaska or, they can't go, there's a lot of stuff going on that's going to have to be worked out and i mean, we have to be patient. i know it ain't something we want to talk about, you know, but we have to. it's not going to go as fast, and i hear you, commissioner woo ho, but just putting a couple shots in people's arms are not going to get it because now they are talking about, you know, vaccinations may become mandatory and just to travel, to go somewhere, to another country, go anywhere, do you have your vaccination and might be on your driver's license or in your passport. a lot of stuff. like after 9/11, the world

changed. after this, this changes how we do everything. this is a whole different ball game. i'm just giving you willis, i kind of see what's going on. karl -- not karl, i want to say randy, with the emergency food distribution, a lot of people are hurting and they are going to continue to hurt because those covid-19 stimulus checks have not went out yet, and people are hurting, still a lot of unemployment. a lot of small business. you look at the city around here, it's kind of dirty and you see a lot of places just boarded up and a lot of these small businesses, they are not coming back, and i don't know how we are going to do that and i would ask randy, randy, what is it that the commissioners could do, because i would like to see at some point that president brandon and director forbes do a video, put it on tv, talk about the port, welcome back, just

interact with the community. i think to me that's important, that's visual, and covid-19 stimulus bill, is it going to provide relief for the poor in san francisco, the homeless problem we have. i know right now you can go online to get my turn.california website to sign up for covid-19 vaccinations, the center over here is doing vaccinations but they are going pretty quick. so, what is your overall view of how you see things, but i think we have a long way to go. are we going to get any of that covid-19 stimulus money to help? >> you know, i really appreciate your thoughts, you covered on a lot of topics, a broad range.

i will say that i am optimistic about the future. i think that you are absolutely right. it is going t take time, creative thinking, a lot of patience on our behalf but i am optimistic. i feel good about the vaccine rate, especially, you know, before we were looking at a scenario where a million doses nationally per day was a stretch. that was unexpected. now i think we are doing better than that. i think most recent news i heard, we were doing about 2 million vaccines per day. we have a third vaccine in the system now. i understand they are ramping up and stabilizing the distribution of the vaccine. that's going to help. that will not be the end of covid. that may end the public health emergency to some degree but we will suffer the economic consequences moving forward and it's going to take creative

visionary leadership and i appreciate your offer, this commission's offer, to partner with staff, with the city, to help pursue the economic strategies that we are going to need to be able to keep the port and keep the economy going. certainly executive director forbes is leading the charge within the port to figure out how to turn the corner and get to a better place. under boris's great work, we are working to monitor the stimulus bill and see how we can plug into it. i know that this is something that is of great interest nationally, but certainly here, i saw in the paper recently how the general fund departments are going to benefit significantly. there was not a whole lot of discussion how enterprise departments like ours would be impacted. however, i do believe there will be opportunity within this stimulus package, in this current stimulus package for us to explore. there are no guarantees. we need to figure out our angle

and get in there, but i do think that long-term we are going to be ok. the next couple years, they are going to be difficult, and they are going to require, as i said, creativity, require patience, they are going to require sacrifice. but fun -- fundamentally, we will be ok. san francisco, the waterfront is an internationally beloved destination. tourists will come back when they can. i go out to the wharf all the time, i love the energy, i love seeing the people, i love getting the food and every time i go there i see people back. the other day someone asked me where i was from, and i'm from here man, and that's great. i just saw a family that had come up from l.a., and that was encouraging to me. so, glimmers of hope and i'm excited about it. i'm being, i think, you know, fully transparent the way you

were, i think it is important to recognize we have a long road ahead. this is not going to happen overnight and certainly seems like the pandemic hit overnight but it's going to be a while until we are out of this. i remember it was about a year ago that the emergency operations center got going, and before that happened, things had started to move around. we were monitoring the reports coming from other parts of the world but as not directly impacted, so were not on a wharf footing the way we have been and get through this part of the pandemic. there is more work to be done but i'm optimistic and apologize for going on so long. i appreciate your thoughts. >> one other question. commissioner woo ho talked about it. when we talk about tourism, when we have conventions here, that brings a lot of tourists and business here. how long is it going to be before we have a reset that le will start having conventions

here in san francisco, that brings a lot of tourists, brings a lot of dollars, and the tourists go down to the waterfront restaurants, they hang out down at fisherman's wharf and what do you foresee? >> i can answer that question if you like, randy. >> please. >> ok. conventions, i'm just looking towards the information the controller's office is giving to us and they have met with a lot of industry experts, including the hotel council, and others that are really, really involved in hospitality. and conventions is the tail of the economic recovery per the controller's projections, talking with all in the industry, and that's very unfortunate but to the extent we don't know exactly when tourism recovers. what we do suspect is conventions will be on the tail end of that recovery. so looking at 2023, 2024, that would be the tail.

2025, the tail of that recovery. and i think all agree, you know, that it's in that range of years but where exactly will again a lot on what happens with this vaccination, your health orders, and how safe, frankly, people feel to travel again. i'm sure everyone wants to get back to it, but it's a matter of risk. so everyone will be looking at those realities, and the very positive thing san francisco has been extremely safe city and our waterfront and our tenants are really attune to the health orders and so we will be considered, i hope, a very, very safe place to be and to visit. >> thank you. director forbes, randy, madam president, i'm done. thank you, appreciate it. >> randy, thank you so much for this report. i think it's amazing the amount that we as an organization have

been able to contribute and do over this last year, and in record time. with staff, with setting up a testing site in less than a month, emergency shelter in less than two months, and just how we have responded to the time and the crisis and i think it's wonderful you decided to come to the port just in time to help us through this and all that we had to accomplish. and i think my fellow commissioners have made so many great points on everything going on. but i think that we also have to understand that eventually we have to focus on recovery, and although we have done so many wonderful things, al these various sites from specific uses that will be vital in our

recovery, like seawall, 3032, the back land site, all the sites will be needed for our recovery and in the back lands we have to refocus efforts on bringing more maritime in. because that is what that land is out there for. i know the city has a serious issue regarding the homelessness, the trailers, so many trailers and rvs already in the city that hopefully the city can learn and build similar sites to take care of these existing trailers and homeless people that need city services. so, we have done an amazing job under director forbes' leadership, with randy, with the entire team, tin dealing with

this crisis, and i just think all of our staff needs to be commended because this is absolutely wonderful what we have done. so, we do have to start focussing on recovery and making sure that the port can survive in the recovery. so, randy, again, thank you for this report. >> thank you. next item. >> 9c, informational presentation on update to the port's five-year strategic plan. >> good afternoon, commissioners. today i'm before you to present an update to the port's february 2, 0195, -- president brandon talked about the ability to survive. since 2016, with the first plan

adoption, this plan has set work priorities in actions to advance the port commission mission and vision for our waterfront. this plan does reflect the unprecedented times we are in. it outlines a clear path to develop and implement strategies, to stabilize the port's financial position from the impacts of covid. which are notable. it sets a plan to empower plan, indigenous and other people of color in operations and opportunities through equitable policies and practices and outlines a plan to reduce seismic and climate change risks to protect in the long-term. near-term actions for the well-being as an organization, while planting long-term seeds for equitable and resilient future. next slide, please. for members of the public, what

is the strategic plan? the strategic plan sets forth projects, programs, partnerships and stewardship work for the next five years and serves as the port's work program. all actions port commission reflect back to this strategic plan and the specific goals and objectives that each action advances. the port's work program outlined in the strategic plan aligns with the capital plan, waterfront plan, long-term use and improvement of port property, burton act, policies, and the current and unpress dented financial outlook is considered and in the forefront of the plan. the plan includes seven goals that i'll walk you through

today. together these goals work to advance the port commission's mission and vision for our waterfront. we had seven goals since 2016, the year we first adopted -- the first strategic plan. for this update, economic recovery has a new focus and emphasis. as does equity and resilience, given the importance of these goals to our objectives to achieve our mission. productivity, sustainability, evolution and engagement are key and critical and work with economic recovery, equity and resilience to stabilize the port's future and for the port to thrive into the future. next slide, please. economic recovery. in the last plan this was called stability. unfortunately, we can't call it stability any longer. tailored to bring the port's organization out of the current financial system and on to

stable footing. specifically a goal to develop and implement strategies to stabilize the port's financial position from the covid pandemic, which has been just a shock to our organization as well as to many of our tenants. the goal includes specific objectives for revenue enhancements and cost reductions that are sustainable, and strategies to address the anticipated steep reduction to port revenues, involving and including our workforce and the port commission along the way so we carve the best path forward. further, the plan really relies on three building blocks of economics, of recovery. tenant recovery, revenue generation, and economic recovery or the economic recovery initiative and plan that the port staff will implement and develop. the three building blocks are critical so we develop the best economic recovery strategy to protect our organization and to

be a positive influence on the economic recovery of the city, including the return of tourism and positive influence on the region. successful port brings over 24 million people annually, generating significant activities creating jobs and sustaining our community and we need to get back to that. the concept of tenant recovery has to date involved intensive engagement with tenants and port commission on forgiveness policies and leasing practices. shared prosperity model is sound and so, too, is our understanding that port facilities and lands need to be brought back to economic use and vitality as soon as possible. recognize the reality to be successful. this brings me to the next objective, generate revenues. the plan here includes the objective to return real estate revenues to precovid level by 2025. this requires strong and consistent leasing practices,

including workouts, reposition, and seeking and achieving new opportunities as well as supporting tenants on the shared prosperity model as they recover and get back into productive business. ability to capture new post covid markets will be critical to success, as well maintaining vacancy rates as low as the private counterparts. economic recovery, the third pillar, we need to comprehensively consider expenditure reductions in the organizations, organizations revenue enhancements and operational efficiency, we are in a serious economic decline as an organization. must do the work with engagement to the staff and commission to advance the very best solutions. i would also like to points out and reiterate what vice president adams has asked about today, it is very important to seek external funding sources at this time.

this is an important effort, given the federal government is planning another stimulus package and that that currents bill recognizes the importance of ports to recovery, and that fact is due in large part to the great work of our staff. further infrastructure funding is critically important given the seismic and sea level risk we face and the underfunding of capital investments we are doing at this time to recognize the extreme revenue declines we are experiencing. includes specific objectives to secure external support. moving to productivity, next slide, please. connected to tenant recovery and revenue generation, and includes maritime business development. at pier 80 and 96, as one example with cargo benchmarks. cruise return through safety improvements at pier 27 and 35.

objective to return cruise to 85 calls per year by 2023. important investments in commercial fishing at fish are man's wharf and hyde street harbor, following the devastating fire at 45, covid impact on the industry and delayed fishing season. it's a long haul for the fishing community. finally, the plan includes continued emphasis on the productive use of the shipyard at pier 70, specifically the identification of longer term maritime tenants by 2022, and tenants for the historic land site buildings by 2022. longer term strategies, includes historic pier restoration program that has piers 30 and 40, northern piers r.f.p. will put it on the rehabilitation of at least six finger piers by

2026, a goal in the plan. advancing the 70 acres under mission rock and pier 70 included in detail, to see the new diverse and sea level rise prepared neighborhoods and earn the port some rent, including tax for sea level rise work. on portions, on other parts of public property, not at pier 70 and mission rock. finally, this goal includes the delivery of 27.5 million in capital projects and wish the number could be doubled, we truly do, the bidding climate provides the opportunity to make the capitol dollars go further and it's important to get the investment into our properties at this time. next slide, please. now to equity. here you see substantial improvements in the plan as it relates to equity, and along back, it's important to note the port has been adversely impacted by san francisco's long history of creating and/or enforcing

laws, policies, and institutions that have perpetuated racial inequity in the city. to address the conditions, the city passed legislation in 2019, mandated the office of racial equity and developed departments for a racial equity plan, a document outlining the visions, goals and overarching strategies to address racism and disparities. ports reap is a goal to design strurl changes and long standing commitment to equity, expressed repeatedly and in a leadership role by the port commission and was included in the first strategic plan in 2016. while we have achieved some success as an organization, due in large part to this commission, we can and we will do more to be an equitable organization where success is

shared with black, indigenous and other people of color internally and externally. equity goals of the plan rely on the actions in the organizations of cultural belonging diversity and equitable leadership, and it will lead to more equitable policies, plans and objectives listed on the slide. the reap includes a total of 125 actions, all of which will be completed by 2024, we are anxious as a port team to engage our subcommittee, president kimberly brandon and commissioner gilman as early as this week in their oversight and look at our implementation of these goals and objectives. next slide, please. i did want to point out in the area of economic recovery and

equity that we are in a shifting context or we are in a context without a clear play book, and that really requires a feedback loop more intensive than the loops in the past, and the foundation to the success in these areas is the willingness to evaluate, refine and try again. and in this context, transparency and accountability are evermore critical methods to amplify the success of the efforts. the chart explains the ever moving wheel of implementation, evaluation, refinement and operationalizing actions. i know port staff is ready to use the methods and tenant relief method is one of many examples i could use what the port has, so i'm anxious to continue to engage in this kind of work which government is learning more and more is

important for our success. next slide, please. now to resilience. building on prior successes in the waterfront resilience program to establish the waterfront resilience framework to address immediate hazards, to complete the multi-hazard risk assessment to understand impacts and partner with the army corps of engineers on the san francisco waterfront flood resiliency study. through these efforts, the port has connected with thousands of people to learn public priorities and preferences. building and this work and amplifying engagement with port commission, this plan aims to put the port in a leadership role in the region in resilience planning and project implementation. the plan includes objectives that will protect people during earthquakes and prepare for rising sea levels.

southern waterfront sites and other key port facilities and flood analysis port wide. will prepare to guide long range plans and identify and deliver proposition a funded projects. resiliency efforts require coordination and effort from federal, state and private partners. the port will continue to coordinate projects and look for funding sources for the efforts. and we have deeply underfunded in this effort, but sufficient funds for the important planning and analysis work and get started with key projects. goal and objectives below represent key stepping stones to bring it into more focus. on to sustainable. the goal of sustainability, and

our requirement to advance environmental stewardship to limit climate change and protect the bay. here leading with our values and by example is so important, regardless of our impact to the overall problem. like any other need for big collective action, our individual contribution absolutely matters. included here is the goal to create a sustainability framework to update the port's climate action plan and this goal will be to achieve 0 net greenhouse emissions for port operations by 2050. to achieve this very bold objective requires intervention and operations of the port from using electrical power over natural gas as a requirement in our building code, reducing waste, changing our internal practices and working through public-private partnerships. health of the bay is also included here in the plan. from natural shoreline

stablization to move away from wood piles to other sustainable products by 2022. next slide, please. the evolution goal recognizes the port is an evolving waterfront that needs to continue to change to respond to the public's and the port needs. here in this goal we have the adoption of the waterfront plan, which is something the commission and the public worked on for some time, two and a half years to be specific, and getting that plan is adopted is critical for the long-term vision and use of port property. we have transportation coordination, which we have seen in the past and will continue to work through with our city agencies to provide a safer and more vibrant waterfront for all forms of travel. and open space improvements to really be responsive to the public's need to create open spaces and parks for real

enjoyment along our very, very beautiful waterfront. the engagement goal is critical to the values, to listen, gain perspective and approaches, through active engagement and listening. public awareness to strengthen our constituents' understanding and support of us and our knowledge and support of our constituent, diverse community involvement for race and age diversity in the constituent meetings, agency coordination, and internal collaboration so we are not siloed and we work together as a team to continue to improve our waterfront. i hope that the plan update today and the report and all the specifics in the plan really give you a feeling of where we are headed in 2021, as well as how we will approach the year,

given all the uncertainty. the next steps will be designing the document and public distribution and i really want to take an opportunity to thank staff who put this together, dan and kirsten, they did a great job integrating with all the leadership of the port and the divisions to update the strategic plan and one more slide and i want to say thank you and i am here to answer any question you have as is senior staff and others who contributed to this plan. thank you. >> thank you, elaine. we will now open the phone lines to take public comment on item 9c. members of the public joining us on the phone. jennifer will be our operator and instructions now for anyone on the phone who would like to provide public comment.

>> thank you, president brandon. at this time we will open the -- we will open the phone. comments limited to three minutes per person. the queue is now open, please dial star three if you wish to make public comment. >> thank you, jennifer. do we have anyone on the line? >> there are no callers on the line. >> public comment is closed. commissioner woo ho. thank you, thank you elaine for the strategic plan update. i think it's a great exercise and your staff has put a lot of time and effort into updating

it. and i agree with all the categories that you put together and agree in terms of refraining that is an important objective. you did not mention some of the specifics you want to put in each of these but all major, major categories and i would suggest somehow, maybe we dive down into each one of these sections, not on everything, it's too much to cover at once. but what i take away from it is the headlines where you are focussed and each category where the major focus is, and i don't think i would disagree with any of those, but i think skip down to the tactics in those major strategies we probably need a better sense and obviously are already working with you in some specifics in terms of some of the transactions we have already done on tenant recovery, etc. so

i think just more of i guess a drilling down, under economic, what else are we doing to get a sense of some of the things that you are thinking about, because i don't disagree with the objectives. it's very hard to disagree with the objectives. the only one that i would say, and i think we will go into more details, reserve comments on resilience. i think we have a discussion on resilience today. i'm not going to make a comment on that as well, and even on the equity, etc., and i like your circle, so to speak, and as i said, i think it's going to be helpful to be productive and constructive to not talk about whether you put the right things here, i think you have but to understand what's behind them, you went through a quick fashion, i understand, only so much time and that's where maybe we can move objective, not to say we disagree with what you

put together, i think the strategic plan, we have worked on for many years, you reminded me today, 2016 we started on this effort. i think it's been really good. i think on the sustainability, i think i would say it's a little broader than when you say, but i'm going to wait until we get to the resilience part to go forward to make any specific comments on that one, and the evolution, i think i would say -- i think we need to tie in with what the city's plan is on the evolution of where the city is headed and i suggest maybe something we tie in, because i think there is both an economic recovery plan for the city and evolution to where this city is headed is not going to be going back to precovid, so we should be tying into the bigger framework and that will be helpful in the future to know

how that's being worked into the larger framework by the city. i would not going to the region, i think we can stick with the city and i like the focus on resilience, on economic recovery, and equity, i think those are the right priorities in all these categories, they are all important, those are the ones you want to highlight for now and in the near term. i'm going to stop at that and saying this is tremendous work, i think it's very helpful, it's kind of a road map to help understand where you are going to put your focus and attention going forward, in addition to the operational day-to-day stuff we have to have. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner gilman. >> thank you, elaine and senior staff. i agree with so many of the comments, commissioner woo ho beat me to the punch on several

of them, i'll just add one thing i thought was evident is the reframing, which i think is appropriate in the time of covid and also the time where equity and inclusion is taking front center of everything we do, and flows through resiliency, evolution, engagement, sustainability, and equity should have some through line or threading a needle through all of those, for us to be an inclusive city. that's are weighty subjects of goals, and maybe one a quarter to do a deep dive and see how the line of equity and inclusion is page out. and also engagement, that has through lines to all the other goals. i wanted to add that. food for thought, and one place where i think i might have a different perspective, because i do regional work. i think on the evolution, i

think commissioner woo ho's comment is spot on, how the city is envisioning itself coming out of the next chapter but i would actually say where it's appropriate, also looking at it from a regional perspective, whether it's water transportation, is a regional entity with weta and what it is doing, you know, just announced a new ferry service, new schedules, lowering of fares this summer, affects the region and who can access the waterfront in ways they could not access it before. so i hope we also look at how the region is moving towards a more equitable framework for the region and how the region is tackling many of the sustainability and resiliency issues we, i think it's important to look regular oolly and very comprehensive and thank you and the senior staff for everything to put this together

to pivot, to really elevate the economic recovery in our equity framework. thank you so much. >> thank you, commissioner gilman. commissioner burton. >> well, first of all, thank you very much for the report and i want to go back to a comment prior to you, but i think the slide show that was given that would be the commissioners is something that in going along with what commissioner adams said, that goes along with being edited but then by the chair and the director, provide that like to the supervisor, provide that as some p.r. slides that can be shown to our congressional members, to our state delegation

to what the port is doing and what is contributing to the economy. you know, of this city and actually of the whole bay area because i think most of the people, including the elected officials, which would put me in it a few years ago, have no concept of the things that the port is doing and specifically encouraged that in my judgment the port is showing more imagination in dealing with the homeless population than the homeless department of the city, which is long been a disappointment to me and the director's report itself, i agree with my fellow commissioners that it is a great

broad brush with things going on and i think as it gets kind of down to some of the, i was going to say something cutting but kind of finalized but i think it's a very broad brush report that shows a lot of thought and a lot of direction that it's going to send this i think into a fairly successful future and just openly near future and not too far away. so, thank you very much. >> thank you, commissioner burton. vice president adams. >> madam president, my remarks are very short. director forbes gave an excellent presentation. my fellow commissioners have all said what needs to be said, nothing needs to be said for me. thank you very much, president brandon. >> thank you. director forbes, thank you so

much for this very detailed report and help in preparing the report for you. i think myself, commissioners have made a lot of comments and i think that -- i think it's great that we are updating this strategic plan because so much has changed over the last couple years. i think economic recovery, equity and resilience are some of the top priorities for the next few years. and i also think that in this strategic plan i'm happy that we added an equity portion, but as commissioner gilman said it needs to run throughout the strategic. there needs to be the component to each and every goal that we have. for instance, under the

sustainability, climate justice and racial justice are inseparable. it's wonderful to do the climate justice and make sure we are protecting it, we have to look at protecting the communities that have historically been impacted by hazardous environmental activity. and so it would be great if we could maybe prepare guidelines for environmental hazardous uses in the communities where systemic environmental and justice have historically occurred. under evolution, we are looking at transportation coordination, and we don't mention the southern waterfront where we are creating two new communities that are going to be hugely impacted by transportation. so i agree with commissioner woo

ho that what the specifics of the categories are the meat of the plan. so i don't know how you want to move forward, but i do think that we need to think a little more about what exactly we are trying to accomplish in our plan, in the next 2 to 5 years. >> thank you. >> thank you, president brandon. i think it would be -- i think it was a great suggestion to come back every quarter and discuss 1 or 2 of the goals to really dig in. because it is -- it's hard to -- it's a big plan, so it's hard to cover it in one presentation, so i think that would be excellent. and i will say that we struggled, i struggled with equity and whether it should be its own section or something that flowed through the strategic plan like water, in the words of tony, through the

organization like water and i think resiliency can be like that, and definitely engagement is like that, so there are values that need to throw out, and diversity lens put toward them, so that we can do. and this is a work program, so it can be updated at any time. next month if we come back on equity, for example and find new suggestions and advice, we can update the program as an internal facing document. we do publish it but always updating our goals and objectives, and the framework of continuing review and iteration and i love coming back every quarter and possibly more, good way to handle this going forward. >> great. thank you. commissioners, any other comments or questions regarding this item?

>> i guess i just want to say one thing of encouragement, you know, you all have incredible opinions. i want to commend you and the staff and goes back to something that commissioner burton did, and any other city department, we have during this crisis from food distribution to medical testing to continuing our commitment because we have two other navigation centers on our property, commitment to solving the homeless crisis we really stepped up and i hope we can provide a leadership role to some other departments in the city who seem to be struggling on a day-to-day basis to execute on their goals and i think we are executing well. i wanted to thank the staff for everything we do and a great framework, just refinement. >> thank you. you are absolutely right, commissioner gilman. this is incredible work and i know that a lot of time and effort has gone into creating this document, and we really appreciate the presentation.

and look forward to you coming back in the future. thank you. karl, next item, please. >> all right. that would be item 10a, informational presentation on a second incremental mission rock community facilities district bond financing to fund phase i horizontal improvements at seawall lot 337. >> i'm the project manager for the mission rock project. today i'll provide a general project overview and a quick update. then introduce raven anderson from port staff to continue the detailed financial presentation and the planned bond issuance proposal for you. [please stand by] -- 1200

housing units, 40% affordable, from 45 to 150% a.m.i., up to 1.4 million gross feet of office space, retail and production space, primarily on the ground floor of the buildings to activist the site and a sense of neighborhood. and the rehabilitation of pier 48 at a future base. next slide, please. and to quickly 0 in and zoom in on phase i, four buildings in

it, two residential buildings in parcels a and f, and two commercial office buildings in parcels b and g. and also ground floor retail in these buildings of approximately 65,000, and park on the north side of the phase, fronting china basin at about 5.5 acres. horizontal work, the structures, utilities, are now being installed for phase i and about 25% complete, well on the way there. and phase i buildings a and g are now under construction, and you've been by the site, you have seen the pile driving activity underway, soon be replaced and surplanted by the buildings going in and the buildings rising vertically in the next few months. next slide, please. important component of the project is a strong workforce

plan. mission rock team is committed to achieving goals to this area and provides regular detailed reports to the port. the project has goals for local business enterprises of 10% and the preconstruction era of the project, now passed, and 20% in the construction phase of the project which we are now in. to date, the project is achieving a 19% participation rate for these firms, and firmly committed to exceeding the 20% goal and believing going forward as the project matures and more trades and skills become needed to build out the project that we will achieve these goals and hopefully surpass them. i would now like to introduce raven anderson from port staff, and the budget and the financing actions. raven. >> thank you, phil.

good afternoon, commissioners. my name is raven anderson, project manager with the port's development team. there are three sources the project uses to fund eligible product costs, the cost of infrastructure at the site, including roads, sidewalks, sewer and other utilities. you can see these three sources at the bottom of the graphic on the screen. the first source is developer equity, subject to an 18% return when they are reimbursed for that contribution. the second funding source is the land value of the parcels themselves as reflected in prepaid leases, and the last source which is what we are focussing on today, consists of two special tax mechanisms, c.f.d. and i.f.d., and of course

the ability to bond against those revenue streams. the port strategy to limit the compounding accrual of the 18% return and use public financing and c.f.d./i.f.d. sources whenever possible and as early as possible in the project. next slide, please. the phase i budget which you approved in september of 2019 consists of costs and then the sources used to cover them. the cost in phase i, include hard costs, which is the cost of the actual infrastructure on-site. soft costs like management, planning, legal, and other fees, and of course, that 18% developer return on equity. revenues or sources consist of the prepaid lease value of the four phase i parcels, public

financing sources, the c.f.d. bond proceeds, as well as pay go taxes, just c.f.d. and i.f.d. taxes not capitalized into a bond issuance. next slide, please. this is a high level overview of the phase i budget as it stood when it was approved by the port commission in september 2019. total cost 265.5 million, of that, 145.4 million is in reimbursable development costs and the rest entitlement sum and the 18% developer return. i'll note these are the figures from september 2019 when it was approved and since there have been some delays on permitting and construction, that developer return figure may have increased, and will bring full

detailed update to the port commission in the coming months there. on the sources side, we have the land value, the development rights proceeds, and public financing sources. so the project team has taken a number of financing steps to get us to this point. the first was in february 2018, when the port formed infrastructure financing district project area i, covers mission rock. i.f.d. district along the entire waterfront allows us to capture the growth in property tax increment to fund infrastructure needed for our development projects and project area i is the project area specific to mission rock. the second action was in september 2019, when the port made amendments to the city special tax law in order to pay for seismic improvements and waterfront resilience projects

using special taxes. in may 2020, we formed a community facility district or c.f.d., additional tax improvement for fund on-site and bonding against here, and then finally in december of 2020, the board of supervisors approved the first issuance of c.f.d. special tax bonds in an amount not to exceed $43.3 million following the port commission's recommended approval of the same item in september 2020. since then, port staff, the city's office of public finance and the controllers office, underwriter, bond counsel and looking at what's necessary to close and deliver the funds. we expect the price close and first round of bond funding in april of 2021, so next month. next slide, please.

this bond issuance, like the previously approved issuance, uses the c.f.d. as the primary source, specifically the development special tax. there are four types of c.f.d. special taxes at mission rock. the development tax, which is what we are talking about for this issuance, funds infrastructure and parks. office tax, which as its name implies, special tax levied, slightly more flexible and the development tax. in general, office pace more than the residential parcels. finally we have shoreline tax for shoreline protection and sea level rise mitigation and the services tax, which is to fund ongoing operations and maintenance at the site. next slide, please. the amount of bonds that can be sold is limited by two factors.

the first factor is the ongoing special tax revenues, paid by the building owners. and the second limiting factor is the appraised value of the c.f.d. itself, because the c.f.d. land is the security for the bonds. so for the first approved bond sale, which the port commission approved in september 2020, the first four parcels will far exceed the debt service coverage needed to cover the initial bond issuance. the expected max special tax sums to $14 million a year, the debt service to support that $43.3 million issuance is 1.8 million for the year. so there is capacity in development special taxes. which means the limiting factor is really the appraised value of the c.f.d. itself.

the c.f.d. is the security of the bonds and the city has the policy of only issuing c.f.d. debt, at least 3 to 1 lean value ratio. established via appraise al, must be three times the outstanding amount of bonds and any other type of special tax debt. next slide, please. so the value of the c.f.d. as established by appraise, not to exceed the amount approved last year, 43.3 million, that appraisal there a date of value of october 2020, and the appraised value at that time was $130 million. 130 million divided by three,

with the 3 to 1 value to lean ratio gets us to the $43.3 million amount of that issuance. since october, a number of exciting things have happened with the project. the project team and the developer closed on the remaining three phase i parcel leases, developer received the horizontal and vertical permits and notice to proceed and began the construction on-site, making significant investments on the horizontal and vertical improvements. this includes paying some pretty significant impact fees for the two vertical parcels that are under construction. so based largely on this investment on the developer's part, the latest draft appraisal of the c.f.d. leasehold estimates value at 334 million, which is obviously a very significant increase from that prior $130 million value.

334 million divided by three gives us a maximum amount of 111.3 million in phase i bonding capacity. so at this point we are recommending a second issuance up to $68 million to get to that 111.3 million, 68 plus 43.3 million gets us to the 111.3 million in total phase i unimproved land bonds. i should note that we are proposing that high amount now, but the 68 million value could come down if we get feedback from the city's office of public finance or our underwriter on marketability and risk associated with that amount. so this 68 million would obviously have significant benefits to the project, it would help us get that 18%

developer return replaced with relatively low interest rate public financing, preserving the port's land value and ability to benefit in later phases. so, that is very good news for the project. it is partially offset by a couple of issues we have had since the phase i budget was approved. the project has faced some delays. the key horizontal permit, which is the street improvement permit was issued in october 2020, which is a full year after phase i budget approval rather than three months as was anticipated in the budget. and the first issuance of c.f.d. bonds, i have mentioned is now scheduled for april 2021, that is occurring 12 months later than was anticipated in our model of record. so while we are thrilled the project is moving forward, that

our residential building with over 100 affordable units and office building which is the future site of the visa headquarters are under construction, there are also some delays and increased costs that we have run into. phase i horizontal about 25% complete and the project team and the developer are focussing closely on the cost and scope management issues and we will be providing the >> um, just like the first approved bondish issuance we're working on the public finance. these bonds will be sold without a rating because this transaction is for a new real estate development and it would likely not receive an investment rating. the bonds are limited obligations of the city.

so they're secured and payable solely by the pledge of the special taxes in the mission rock cfd. the general fund and harbor fund are not liable to pay the principal or interest on these bonds. but, of course, there is reputational risk because the issue name still says city and county of san francisco and the office of public finances. understandably concerned with managing that risk. so we'll be following their advice and the advice of our underwriter about the size of these bonds and the market for them. this will be a large issuance for undeveloped land and we'll be following that relatively conservative three to one lien policy. the ultimate security of these bonds is the land itself. and, since this is a lease property, the city and port have coveted in the cfd documents that as a final

recourse, the city can foreclose on the property in the unlikely event that the tenant stops paying their special taxes needed to cover the debt service on these bonds. next slide, please. for next steps, we'll be coming back to the commission shortly with an action item to request approval of the second issuance. in the meantime, project staff -- staff from the project finance and bond council as well as the developers will be working to finalize all the documents and agreements including this appraisal needed to price close and deliver the $43.3 million in the first issuance of mission rock special tax bonds. and, that same group will also be refining the size and use of proceeds as well as those documents for this second proposed issuance of mission

rock special tax bonds. you can see in the calendar on the slide that we're hoping to work through these legislative approvals throughout the spring so that we're able to close on the second issuance this summer . that concludes the presentation the project team is happy to answer any questions. we have rebecca benisini. and annettete jackson our city attorney on this project and have been instrumental in getting us to this stage in the public financing progress as well. thank you. >> president brandon: thank you for the presentation. i'm sorry.

we will now open the phone line to take public comment on item 10a for members of the public on the phone. jennifer will be our operator and provide instructions now for anyone on the phone who would like to provide public comment. >> thank you, president brandon. we will provide anybody on the phone who would like to make comments. please dial star 3 if you wish to make public comment. the system will let you know when your line is open. others will wait on mute until their line is open. comments will be limited to three minutes per person. the queue is now open. please dial star 3 if you wish to make public comment. >> president brandon: thank you jennifer. do we have anyone on the line? >> president brandon , at this time, there are no callers on the line wishing to make public comment on this item. >> president brandon: see no

callers on the phone. public comment is closed. phil, can i just ask you real quick, was the presentation finished? >> we are finished. thank you, commissioner. >> president brandon: okay. commissioner gilman. >> commissioner gilman: thank you for this report. i don't have any substantial questions. it seems like you've mitigated your risk in case for some reason that service can't be paid or there's issues with the bond. i always want to take every opportunity to [inaudible] mission rock for setting in my opinion somewhat of a historically using isd public funding and 30% affordable housing. and, on their land, they're the first ones that came up with that. so i want to thank feminine for that. public financing and it's important that there's public benefit. thank you so much. i have no more questions.

>> president brandon: thank you. i think this project has 40% affordable. >> you're right. >> sorry. i apologize. you know what it is, it's been a long day. so that's even better and should be the precedence i would argue for anyone else using isd financing. >> and, president brandon, may i make one small correction. thank you for noting the 40%. and commissioner gilman, you have a great memory. pier 70 is using irsd. mission rock is using their impact fees from office. so you have -- you have all the constellation of financing sources in your brain. but, in this case, we're not using the isd and affordable housing. >> commissioner gilman: thank you so much and i apologize to the public if i caused any confusion. >> thank you for the comment. >> president brandon: thank you. commissioner woo ho.

>> commissioner woo ho: yeah. thank you and this report's very straight forward. i do have a couple of technical questions. so i understand revenue sources from the taxes also have different tenures. so when this bond goes to the market, what's the term of the bond? if you can answer that question. >> yes. it's 30 years , commissioner. >> commissioner woo ho: 30 years. okay. so my other question, i looked at the timetable and i just want to understand the impact. okay. because we are now sitting in a potentially rising rate environment. i think if you follow some of the capital markets, you know a lot of attention's being paid to the fact that the long end of the yield curve is up and tenure treasury is up and there's a lot of concern and gyrations in the stock market for the last few days and so we're not going to be actually selling closing until the

summer of 2021. so assuming there is some right rate gyrations between now and the summer of 2021, what is the impact and what are the assumptions going in terms of the pricing of the bond and what would that impact your model in terms -- i don't know. i don't see any financial impact here. can you just talk to that so that if we understand, what if rates continue to increase on the long end. people are concerned about inflation at this point and there is a long time between now and then before this long issue is closed. so let us understand the full ramifications here. >> thank you, commissioner woo ho. i'd be happy if phil, raven or nate are able to respond as well. hope you can hear me okay. so the bond underwriters had started the process of pricing the first bond issuance and

they haven't provided pricing on the second. your assessment is spot on. they're stating we would anticipate something potential a little bit less favorable in terms of the second bond issuance. so on the first issuance, they've given us a high mark of 7%. hopefully we can get something better than that. there are also projects that it could be in the high 3% rate. as we move throughout the summer, they haven't tried to assess, but each month that we move on they add 10 basic points or so to the assessment what they think when we go to market. and we will be paying the bonds back or the cfd service tax or the cfd facility tax will pay it back and they have a variable pricing in terms of how -- in terms of the debt service that will be made each year. and, if anyone has any other technical items to add or if that answers the question,

commissioner. >> i might just add -- >> commissioner woo ho: so i'm not concerned -- go ahead. >> i mean, ultimately, any rate fluctuations between now and the summertime would likely be dwarfed by the 18% that we're trying to replace. you know, the amount of investment by the developer earns an interest rate of 18% so we're replacing that with a debt interest rate of 4% maybe 5%. but all of it is positive to the port. so the economic ramifications of the long end of the yield going up is still we should be issuing debt as often as possible. >> commissioner woo ho: okay. i absolutely agree with you and you're right to point that out, nate. but i'm just wondering and, of course, nobody can project, but it seems to me that you all so have a sensitivity analysis of

where rates would be versus today and versus whether it would be 100 basis points between now and when this issue closes and what does that mean. it does change if you have to pay more. [inaudible] -- if you do the bond. 18%. but there will be some ramifications, i guess. there's no free lunch here. so, at the end of the day, there is some ramifications on the impacts of the port as a result of having to pay a higher interest rate. so i just think we need to know what that is and that's something you can report back to us. obviously, the lower the rate the better. there will be a ramification and i guess we just have to watch the market accordingly and be aware of it. i just want to be sure that -- i know that the debt service coverage is not an issue. you mentioned that in terms of this. it's not a question of the ability to repay, but there's a cost and we're going to bear that cost one way or the other. that's all i want to say.

>> thank you, commissioner. >> president brandon: thank you commissioner woo ho . commissioner burton. >> commissioner burton: well, i have no questions. my only comment is i'm very happy about two things. one is that the giants included units for [inaudible] kids below market and also i was in the room when jane kim pushed very hard and got the percentage of below market units more than originally. the giants, even some of the advocates were pushing for us in the room when jane came in late and everybody was kind of mad because they'd thought they cut a deal and she pushed and got a better deal. i was there. [inaudible]

>> president brandon: thank you very much for your very vital input on this. vice president adams. >> vice president adams: i'm good, madam chairman. all my questions have been answered by my fellow commissioners. thank you. >> president brandon: thank you. thank you raven and rebecca and phil for jumping in. this project is so exciting. we are just so happy that the shovel is in the ground and the project is moving forward. my only question was going to be besides the instances that have been mentioned, has 2020 affected the project other than the two issues mentioned and the increase in the appraisal? is there anything that we should be aware of? >> really excellent question. the one -- and i hope i'm not speaking out of turn for the folks from mission rock who are on the line. but i would interject that i'm presuming they anticipated they

would have more leasing in the second office building at this point, and that that might have -- two buildings are under construction. the other two are starting construction later this year. and that might be the primary effect would be they might have been able to start construction a little bit earlier had they had building g more preleasing. and i hope mission rock folks, that's my impression of the time line. if there are other items of note. but i think that's the primary impact of 2020 on the development thus far. >> president brandon: thank you. i think most of my questions have been answered regarding interest rates and it's phenomenal that this project has 40% affordable. who is the underwriter on this project? >> nate.

[inaudible] is the primary. nate, i don't recall whether or not bear is a sub. please chime in otherwise we'll include that in the next staff report when we come back for the action item. >> stacy steeple. they're the underwriter. >> there are no other subs? >> we can find out and get back to you. >> we'll report back. >> president brandon: okay. thank you. we all really appreciate the report. thank you so much. >> thank you, commissioner. >> thank you. >> president brandon: carl. next item please. >> clerk: all right. that was would be item 11a the water front resilience program. >> good afternoon, president brandon, vice president adams, commissioners, director forbes and members of the public. my name is brad benson i'm the

port's waterfront resilience director. here to talk about our development strategy and planning framework. next slide please. so i just want to go over our presentation today. this is a follow on presentation to a presentation that we made in fall of last year. we will give a brief overview of the water front resilience program and the activities going on in it. really talk today about the adapt plan including adapt plan alternatives to reduce seismic and flood risk that the team is in the process of developing right now. the intention of today is really to receive feedback from the port commission on key elements of our planning

framework. we have a draft vision statement and principles, evaluation criteria, opposition and funding guidelines and adaptation guidelines that will be part of the adapts plan. president brandon, i'll note that the way this presentation is structured is that there are questions along the way. i know it's the commission's preference to take public comment first before engaging in back and forthwith staff, but we're flexible if the commission wants to respond to questions as we go, that's an option or we can save the answers to the end. >> president brandon: what do you think will work best for you? >> i think it might flow better to get initial feedback from the commission as we pose the questions. so during the presentation, while the material is fresh on the slide, you know. so we'll go that way.

thank you. next slide, please. i want to start the presentation today with just a brief update about some of the incredible engagement work that is going on in the program. we have just such a talented communications team. we want to play today a new video produced by bay cat with the help of san francisco low income youth and young people of color. and this is part of a broader youth engagement effort that includes outreach to 15 youth serving organizations across the city. we've got communications leading the youth engagement effort. and so carl or tedman, can i ask that we play the short video now. >> we are some of san francisco's young people and today we need to talk about the

water front. >> the waterfront is the area of san francisco. >> i can't wait to dine in again. >> and where many san francisco ans work. >> the water front needs us. >> from a sleepy out post, the port of san francisco has always served as the city's gateway to the bay area, the nation, and the world. >> the port's water front effort ensure that the city wide assets are resilient in the face of hazard such as earthquakes, flooding, shoreline erosion and others. >> so how did we get here? >> the united states geological survey estimates there's a 72% chance of a major earthquake between now and 2043. with the potential to shake san francisco sea levels -- >> also sea levels rise primarily caused by two factors related to global warming.

the added water, and the expansion of sea water as it warms. >> if either happens, the water front would be destroyed. >> through the waterfront resilience program the port is looking to support the program today. >> public participation is vital l sglp there many ways to get involved at sfportresilience.com. >> so thank you for playing that. it's just such clear communication about what we're doing in the program and i can't thank the comm s team enough. next slide, please. so this is a brief overview of

the work that is ongoing in the waterfront resilience program. there are some efforts that are waterfront wide like the adapt plan that we'll be discussing today as well as the army corps of engineers flood resiliency study across the seven and a half miles. other efforts are geographically focused like our work on the embarcadero sea waul. port engineering is leading so we can advance our understanding of seismic risk exposure in that part of the waterfront. we're also working with the planning department, the san francisco municipal transportation agency and other city departments on the isthmus creek adaptation strategy. that work will give us a jump start in terms of the flood study work that will be ongoing

after the strategy is complete. other port divisions are also incorporating resilience in their work. notably the historic pier rehabilitation program. next slide, please. so just a lot of the focus of the presentation today is on these key elements that will guide program development particularly over the next year. we'll dive in to a program vision statement and principles. these are really intended to capture port and public values to guide program development. we're in the process of developing seismic and flood alternatives. and, we'll present today an overview of the evaluation criteria that we're using to compare these alternatives to improve these alternatives so that we address what's

important to the commission and the public. and these evaluation criteria are tied to the mission statement and principles. later this year, we'll be coming back to the port commission to seek endorsement of one or more preferred geographically scaled seismic and flood alternatives recognizing that we have very distinct geographies along the port and different solutions will be needed to address the different conditions in each area of the waterfront. and, then we'll go over again proposition a funding guidelines. this is to help staff sort through, you know, the large range of potential projects that we could initially invest in recognizing what director forbes emphasized earlier is that we have a down payment. we have $425 million in hand to tackle the most important life safety and disaster response

projects. next slide, please. so this gives you a sense of where we are in terms of developing the program. we've completed multiple years of risk assessment work. we've done a lot of work over the last eight to ten months on developing seismic measures and flood measures and other study efforts to support the work that's going on right now which is developing these seismic and flood risk reduction alternatives leading to a program and project recommendations that the commission can endorse in the latter part of the year. all of this will be documented in the adapts plan and we'll then be able to move into conceptual design, sequencing, permitting, and construction. next slide, please. so, today, i want to provide

just a high level overview about the adapt plan. we think of this as the port 's road map to resilience. next slide, please. so, again, this is waterfront wide fisherman's warf. we hope to have a draft of this plan by the end of next year. recognizing what i mentioned earlier which is that we have a down payment to focus on high priority projects. the adapt plan is really the tool through which we'll communicate to policy makers, the public that we have a strategy going forward. you know, over the next several decades. and, this plan will guide actions as new funding becomes available as new actors are ready to invest in the water front. it really will give people the confidence that even if we were unable to fund a certain project and a certain location, there's a strategy moving

forward that will carry out of this planning effort. next slide, please. the adapt plan is consistent with other port planning efforts. today was a good day to be at the commission to show the linkages with the waterfront plan which has a resilience plan, the strategic plan which you heard about earlier. for the adapt plan, the planning horizon is the next century, but we expect that the science is always changing. we'll need to revisit the adapt plan every five years or so and update it if necessary with the focus on resilience and adaptation with the port, city, and community over time. next slide, please. the plan will include important context for the work that we're doing including the regulatory context, environmental considerations because it's so

important that we build that into this resilience work that we're doing. historic resource considerations that we're trying to preserve on port property. next slide, please. so now i want to dive in to the part of the presentation where we're seeking the commission's feedback and i'll pause where we're seeking specific guidance to open it to commissioner comments. next slide, please. so for more than the past year, we've been working on this draft vision statements. we've included it in our public presentations and prior port commission presentations. the vision statement is the port's waterfront resilience program will take actions to reduce seismic and climate change risk that support a

safe, equitable, sustainable and vibrant waterfront. the guidance that we're requesting from the commission today is does this vision statement reflect port commission values? are there changes that the commission would like staff to incorporate? so i will pause there. >> president brandon: okay. first question, commissioner woo ho. >> commissioner woo ho: yeah. i actually don't have an issue with the way you've presented it, brad, in terms of the context of the waterfront pavilion. but tying it back to our discussion on the strategic plan and i think, elaine, you articulated it earlier the struggle of equity and resilience, etc.. so my reaction when i look at the original wording in the strategic plan which was a broader statement about resilience and not specifically to just reduce seismic and

climate change risk is i agree that the priority on resilience at the moment as a value for part of the strategic plan is to reduce seismic and climate change risk, but then, we've just been through a pandemic and to be able to be sure that we have resilience in terms of everything that we do to be prepared for contingency that's going to hit us is important. so i would not suggest changes to what brad's trying to do with adapt and everything else. but i do think in the strategic plan, there should be a broader statement on how resilience needs to flow through all of the areas of what we do and not just seismic and climate change. that is probably one of the more strategic things that we're working on today. but it seemed to me when i saw the change in the wording from what was before was i guess it was natural and human made something changes or risks or

whatever, something to that extent that i don't disagree that there's still broader resilience. so it's really a comment more back to elaine and not that level than just specifically telling brad that you're doing specifically on the resilience and the waterfront side as far as seismic and climate change because i don't have an issue with that. does that make sense? it's a struggle to kind of understand how we're tying it to the general versus the specific. and, again, how some of these things flow through the strategic plan overall. it's a very specific program. i'm still addressing it not strictly to brad, but to you as well. >> understood. thank you, commissioner. and, i think that the strategic -- >> commissioner woo ho: will that be something -- >> yes. i'll come back on that.

the strategic plan does look at the waterfront resiliency plan there is a broader understanding of resilience and what it means for the organization. so when i come back on strategic plan, i will cover that concept more broadly in terms of actionable moves that will make up an organization to be more resilient internally, externally, and, of course, to address sea level rise and seismic risks along our waterfront is one important question in that quest. >> president brandon: commissioner burton. >> commissioner burton: very interesting. no further comment. >> president brandon: thank you. commissioner gilman. >> commissioner gilman: um, i like it and concur with some of

commissioner woo ho's comments. i have nothing to add. >> president brandon: thank you. vice president adams. >> vice president adams: thanks, brad for the presentation. more to come. thank you. i enjoyed the presentation and looking forward to more to come on this draft issue statement. thanks. >> president brandon: great. brad, thank you. i like the vision statement and i think that you did a great job and put a lot of thought into it. i agree with commissioner woo ho though that there needs -- it needs to flow together and there's more work to do, but, overall, i think so far so good. thank you. >> excellent. thank you. next slide, please. so these are the program draft principles that underlie that vision statement. again, we've been out to the public, engaged, received

feedback on these principles and affirmed the public's support behind them. obviously, we want to prioritize life safety and emergency response. we will advance equity throughout the water front resilience program and all aspects of our work. enhance and sustain economic and ecological opportunities. inspire an adaptable waterfront that improves bay health, ensures public access, protects historic and maritime resources. provides businesses and neighborhoods to thrive. and, throughout our effort, our goal is to lead a transparent and adaptive program. so i will pause there and invite any feedback from the commission. are there any further principles the commission would add to guide our resilience

work? >> president brandon: commissioner gilman. >> commissioner gilman: i am continue plating for a moment. you guys have been so incredibly thoughtful. i know how much community process you've had in this. i would maybe -- maybe reordering them. i think the inspire is such a beautiful concept of everyone like visualizing and seeing what can really what the waterfront can really be. but this is beautiful. thank you. i have no comments. >> president brandon: thank you. commissioner woo ho. >> commissioner woo ho: yeah. actually , i actually like the life safety and emergency responses, the first ones because i think that is part of what we're kind of doing with resiliency. it's not that i don't agree with the inspire. the only other minor, well, change i would make and you all

sort of think that i'm very predictable here is under the enhanced. because there is a difference between economic and financial, i would actually add enhanced and sustained economic financial and ecological opportunities. some of the ways we transack, we understand the economics of the deal but in terms of timing when things actually happen slow to our financial statements or cash or whatever. so i would actually make a [inaudible] that this should be financial opportunities. so there is a distinction between economic and financial and i would just add the word "financials." does that make sense? >> yes. thank you very much, commissioner. we can make that change. >> president brandon: commissioner burton.

>> commissioner burton: i'm fine. >> president brandon: thank you. vice president adams. >> vice president adams: thanks again, brad . i reaffirm with what commissioner woo ho said. other than that. thanks, brad. let's keep pushing. thank you. >> president brandon: thanks, brad. i think those are some great points that were made. so under inspire and adaptable waterfront that i would include "improve the health of neighboring communities" because i'm stuck on that climate racial justice thing and both are extremely important. we have a waterfront that is in the heart of our city next to very vital communities, so i think we have to take that into consideration when we're making these decisions. >> thank you. we can make those changes.

appreciate the feedback. next slide, please. now we want to dive in to adapt plan alternatives. and, this is really the work through which we will build this bigger program for your consideration and consideration by the public over the course of this year. next slide, please. what is an adapt plan alternative? this is a series of actions that can be implemented over time to improve resilience , seismic safety, flood safety along the waterfront consisting of construction projects, physical improvements like seismic upgrades or building coastal flood protection, policies, seismic performance standards for buildings which already exist in the building

code and for infrastructure. a city flood protection standards, looking at our preferred sea level rise curve for planning and additional free board or safety margin, relocation of critical assets out of the future flood plain. and, we're very confident that the planning work that we're involved in now will point to additional planning work and stakeholder engagement to further build the program over time. so all of these different types of actions can be included in an adapt plan alternative. next slide, please. we presented in the fall some of the work that we have been doing both in the flood study and through our seismic measures development to develop measures and approaches to reduce these risks.

through the alternatives process that we're engaged in right now, we are looking to find all of the opportunities to develop alternatives that reduce both risks. so that we can then bring that learning back in to the army corps flood study. the army corps's primary mission is flood risk reduction. it's really our team that's bringing that understanding of how to reduce seismic risk to the work. next slide, please. in terms of our work to develop alternatives and we will be back to the commission. this is work that we'll do at the commission, the public, with city departments. we'll do outreach to our regulatory partners to gain feedback. at this time, do you have any questions or concerns related to the adapt plan alternatives

development process? >> president brandon: thank you. commissioner burton. >> commissioner burton: it's fine. >> president brandon: thank you. commissioner woo ho. >> commissioner woo ho: i think that, brad, i have no questions. i think this is great what you've done so far. i agree with it. >> president brandon: commissioner gilman. >> commissioner gilman: um, brad, you guys have done a tremendous job. i have no questions at this time. i want to commend you for how much thought you've put into this. thank you. >> president brandon: vice president adams. >> vice president adams: i have no questions, madam chairman. thank you. >> president brandon: i think you guys did a great job on this portion and we look forward to the development

process. thank you. >> thank you, very much. next slide, please. evaluation criterion. these are the next level down from the vision statement and principles. next slide, please. evaluation criteria really help with the program development process to make sure we're tied to the vision and principles and objectives developed with stakeholders. it's really a way that the public can have direct input into the technical process of program development, make sure that we're being transparent and accountable. it can also help us identify trade-offs or additional benefits. so we are using these criteria to compare alternatives in the different geographies of the

waterfront and ultimately to recommend preferred alternatives. these are the four categories for evaluation criteria. next slide, please. these are some examples of criteria and there's more detail in exhibit a to the staff report about these evaluation criteria. i'll just pick out a few criteria. is an alternative feasible? will it meet our performance standards? what are the capital costs and life cycle considerations for alternative? the number of jobs and diversity of jobs that the construction work will create? under society and equity. are we achieving social cohesion and community resilience? to president brandon's remark earlier about healthy communities.

have we properly considered environmental risks and environmental opportunities? so it's through the application of these evaluation criteria to draft alternatives that we can actually be thinking, have we been complete in our approach. so, next slide, please. our question today is: would the commission suggest any additions or amendments to the evaluation criteria in exhibit b? and, our second question to the commission, and this is very important. we're not proposing to develop total scores using these criteria to score the alternatives. rather, we'll provide an evaluation of the application of the evaluation criteria to the commission so that you can understand the different lenses that we talked about earlier, but we think that not coming up with a total score gives the

commission more flexibility to bring its policy perspective to the alternatives process and selection later this year. so i'll pause there and ask if the commission has any feedback on the evaluation criteria. >> president brandon: commissioner woo ho. >> commissioner woo ho: yeah. so i'm going to tie this into my earlier comment, brad. i think these criterias are great. but i would say under the economic/financial because i would add two categories. one, you have capital cost in there, but i would put "increased operating cost" and, i would also have "loss of revenue" because there may be some things we do that either are going to increase our operating cost and capital cost, but also a loss of revenue. i can't give you an example of that, but, you know, it's something that's possible that you have to do here to reduce

seismic and climate change. so i would be explicit about that. and i would just say "economic flash financial" does that make sense? >> yes, it does. excellent suggestion. >> commissioner woo ho: okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> clerk: president brandon, you're on mute. >> president brandon: sorry about that. thank you. thank you commissioner woo ho. do you have any comment on the scoring? >> commissioner woo ho: are you asking me specifically? i guess i'm not sure i understand how the scoring

would work anyway. so i'm not sure i have a comment on it at this time. >> president brandon: and, maybe, brad, you want to expand on that a little bit? >> sure. so when we come back with an alternative for a specific geography. i'll choose fisherman's warf. and we've looked at that alternative to reduce seismic and flood risk exposure through the lens of this evaluation criteria, we would provide you a written analysis. and, you would understand the economic /financial ramifications of the alternative, environmental social cohesion and equity. so it would be a written analysis, not a numeric score and we think it gives you a look through all of the different lenses and you look at the board with a little more flexibility in terms of choosing what you think for the

ports commission. >> president brandon: thank you. [inaudible] >> commissioner woo ho: so i would say based on that explanation, i would agree that i don't get into a strictly scoring. i think you should do a qualitative and if we've learned over time there's a better way to do something but i think discussion to begin with is more [inaudible] >> president brandon: thank you. commissioner burton. >> president brandon: commissioner gilman. >> commissioner gilman: sorry. i'll come off mute. sorry. i just want to -- this is very

expensive. the only question i have was in the staff report. i want to make sure i understand this correctly. i understand there will be no numerical scoring which i think gives us all a greater latitude to within these categories that a commission as port staff to feasibility for some instance illustratably is more valuable than utilities. but using social equity, using that, you can't see me really, but using that bucket as an example, are you saying that the staff would go through and score on all -- two, four, six. there's seven criteria. would you be looking at all of them or is this a menu you would pick from when you're reviewing these alternatives?

>> we would look at all of them but report on those that are applicable. >> commissioner gilman: okay. so this is more of a menu. not all of these will always be applicable? >> yes. that's a good assessment. >> commissioner gilman: yeah. it's very expansive. i just want to dive a little deeper. i think it's great and i actually do think it's good that we're not numerically scoring them because within social equity, you know, life safety and emergency response, you'd probably argue numerically, for some people it would be more important than historic resources. but the department of diversity. so i like the flexibility in it and i think you've done an incredible job laying it back here. thank you. >> thank you. >> president brandon: thank you. vice president adams. >> vice president adams: brad, i just want to say i really appreciate your patience and due diligence. you've went through this thing

with a lot of patience and a lot of due diligence answering all the commissioners' concerns, thoughts, what we may be thinking in the future. please continue to do what you're doing because this is -- this will continue to be a working process, a long process. and, i just want to say thank you. i appreciate you taking your time and really going through this and not pushing this or rushing through this because sometimes things happen. so we all can get our head around it. so thank you. thanks, madam chairman. >> thank you so much. >> president brandon: thank you. the only thing i would add, brad, is under "economy" under small business opportunities, i would include lbe opportunities. >> okay. >> president brandon: and, then, under "environment" again

i would include environmental impact on underserved communities. and, as far as the scoring, i agree that the scoring is probably -- you're probably better not to score to give us more opportunity to figure out what works best for us now versus, you know, long-term. but i want to reiterate what vice president adams just said in that you guys have done a lot of work and have come a long way and have been very patient with us because we're not in this every day and we're not as technical as the team. so just walking us along and making sure that we really understand what's going on and what decisions we're making, we truly appreciate it. >> that's -- we will make those changes and very kind words, president brandon. and, i do want to give a shout out to mike martin, the assistant port director who's

playing a more direct role in the work that we're doing and he's really helping us trying to figure out how to be clear about what we're asking of the commission as well as, of course, as director forbes. next slide, please. draft proposition a, funding guidelines. so this is beyond the alternatives work. this is when we're getting down to a range of projects that might be at a different set of locations along the waterfront and how to choose what to fund first. so this will help staff with our recommendation to the commission and we hope we'll help the commission with its decision making process. next slide, please. so we come back to life safety and disaster response are the priorities that we communicated

to voters. we think that the highest, you know, most beneficial life safety and disaster response project should float to the top. then we have a question: do we have sufficient funding for those projects? maybe they're beyond the budget that we have for propositiona or more analysis or more funded is needed to undertake the work. partnership opportunities. a fellow city department undertaking work in an area that we could piggyback on or collaborate on? equity . do we have an equitable distribution of funding in the first phase and subsequent phases of the program and are we protecting those community assets such as affordable housing that really reflect the

commission's commitment to equity? propositiona schedule and program. does the work that we're looking at and proposing fit within the program and the schedule that we broadcast to voters? and, then, finally, in a specific location: do we already have a development partner who's planning rehabilitation efforts or existing tenant that's seeking a lease extension who may want to make a significant investment and is there therefore another source? can they undertake the work that we're proposing to do in that area and still meet that all-important financial feasibility test for development? so these are the funding guidelines that we're proposing as a draft to the commission. we can, of course, revise these as we move along, but this is our first stab at this and our

guidance that we're requesting from the commission today, are there factors that we've missed that the port commission wants us to incorporate in these draft funding guidelines? >> president brandon: well, i can answer the first question. no, we do not have enough funding. [ laughter ] okay. commissioner gilman. >> commissioner gilman: i just have a question and it might be obvious. it might just be me because i'm hitting some sort of information wall right now. is geographic distribution baked in to this somewhere and i'm missing it? because i know you've mentioned it and spoken about it so i apologize. it's not jumping out at me. >> when i mentioned equity i mentioned equitable distribution. so that can certainly be a

consideration for the commission in its evaluation of projects. >> commissioner gilman: yeah. i think maybe because equity can also mean especially if we have an equity framework for the port and thread it to everything we're doing. i actually might want to call out geography as a sort of guideline just to avoid none of us knew we were going to be in a worldwide pandemic. we don't want to look back 20 years from now and say the port was so foolish, they only paid i don't think we can ever have that intention and i don't think this commission would steer us in that direction. if other commissioners feel it's fine with equity, i feel that equity can also mean other factors to mean geographic distribution doesn't jump out as being that obvious to me. that's my only comment.

>> thank you. >> president brandon: thank you, commissioner gilman. commissioner woo ho. >> commissioner woo ho: i don't really have much to ask. i think this is a sub text equity, that's fine. i think either we're going to have to be balanced in distribution because we're going to think about economic recovery and where does most of the people come to the waterfront versus where do we want to be equitable in terms of the constituents of san francisco we serve? so there's going to be a balance somewhere. if you're talking about the equitable and the health of our neighborhoods, you're talking about the southern waterfront. but we're going to have to balance. it's not going to be one or the other. i mean , i'm just using that as an example. it may not be the best example, but one that popped into my head. so i think equity can be interpreted in many different ways and i think it's not going

to be strictly geographic, but maybe there's sub text in there but i don't know if i'd spell it out to be geographic only is i guess what i'm trying to say. we need some flexibility and latitude to be able to apply this. and, i think the others that you've mentioned are good examples and i don't have any further more creative ways to tell you in terms of your funding guidelines at this point. i do agree with the first one. >> thank you very much. >> commissioner woo ho: and it's great work that you're doing, again. so we appreciate it very much. >> president brandon: thank you, commissioner woo ho. brad, just let me confirm that the prop a funding is specifically for the seawall. >> that's correct.

it's from fisherman's warf to the creek. but we are working to pursue those other sources as you know. >> president brandon: thank you. vice president adams. >> vice president adams: yes, president brandon. i don't have anything. i just want to thank you, president brandon, and commissioner woo ho. when i look at this i used to always think and feel about certain things. you have taught me it's all about process. i get it now about thinking how the process go and process is how it should go. thank you, bye bye. thank you. >> president brandon: thank you. so, brad, the guideline how would these seven guidelines be used in making a decision? can you just give me an example? >> sure. so let's say we have a range of potential projects across, you

know, the different geographies in the northern waterfront. and, then, you might look at this as just a set of sorting questions to try and narrow the list of projects, so which of those projects have the greatest life safety benefit? which improved potential city regional port disaster response? so you prioritize those. and then, you've got that prioritized list, you're looking at the top of the list. how can we afford those projects? do we have enough money now to address these? maybe we don't. maybe we need to wait until later phases of the program. or maybe we need more analysis or planning work and they're not ready to fund now. then we would look through that city partnership lens. you know, is there an opportunity to partner with

another department that needs to make improvements. we would examine equity just through the pure equity lens and we could either look at geographic distribution under this lens or we could create a new one as commissioner gilman was recommending earlier. we would ask yourself the question, do these projects that are then sorting up to the top projects within the program schedule? can we deliver in the timeframe that we have promised? and, lastly, through six and seven be asking is there any funding source. so it's just trying to be an organized sort of sorting of priorities. >> president brandon: great. thank you, so much for that clarification. this is great. thank you.

>> thank you. all right. next slide, please. we'll close with adaptation design guidelines. the commission's been very patient tonight and we appreciate getting feedback on so many items. next slide, please. adaptation design guidelines are really thinking about the fact that we're dealing with sea level rise in this program and we may have opportunities for major investment that's very long term in, you know, in the near term. we saw that at mission rock. we saw that at pier 70 for our development partners were literally raising the grade of those sites. so these adaptation design guidelines will help us understand how much we need to raise the shoreline to provide future coastal flood

protection, how we accomplish that change in grade when we've got enough money to invest in that kind of move. we are looking at other examples. boston has done a lot of good work around this. port of new york, new jersey. i want to say that the focus of this is really elevation. it's not urban design. we have a lot of existing design guidelines up and down the waterfront and we want to honor and respect all of that good work as the foundation for what we're doing here. here, we're really looking at elevations and design approaches for resilience actions that multiple actors can take, the port can take delivering proposition a projects. development partners might be able to take. this is a framework for adapting the water over time. there will be initial moves, but also subsequent adaptation moves as sea levels continue to

rise. and, we want to set one set of standards and guidelines for all port property regarding adaptation. so the guidance requested here and we'll have opportunity to dig into this a lot more later in the program. we'll come back to the commission with these adaptation guidelines. but, today, do you have any questions or direction for our team as we advance this important work stream? >> president brandon: thank you. commissioner woo ho. >> commissioner woo ho: okay. try to get off mute. you know, i think, brad, you've given us a lot of information. so i'm on information overload a little bit. i would say i don't have anything to say. i think probably once we go through it and see how you seed through these adapt plan

guidelines and how you apply them, we probably will comment more. but, at this point in the -- i guess in the theorizing and strategy of this, at this point, i'm probably in the information overload that i can't really give you anymore suggestions at this point. i'm being honest. >> yep. >> president brandon: thank you. commissioner gilman. >> commissioner gilman: i'm definitely at a saturation point, but i do just want to commend you and the staff. i mean, this is a tremendous body of work that you've put together and the thoughtfulness, it's striking. so i just want to thank you. i might have comments later, but very, very impressed with your due diligence and your thoughtfulness of you and the team. >> thank you. >> president brandon: thank you. vice president adams. >> vice president adams: brad, like i said, very thorough.

like my fellow commissioners, i'm going to have some questions on the followup. but it's been very thorough. i know you've been through tough times you lost your father and things like that. thank you and your team for all your work. i can't wait until you come back in front of this and i'll have more questions as i'm sure all the commissioners will. but this is very thorough and thought out and this is one of these projects that not flamboyant. it's very [inaudible] and we're getting there and i'm really excited once we get to the finish line. so thanks, you and your team for all your work. appreciate it. >> president brandon: thank you. brad, see, now you understand it's not just me. it's a lot of information, but it just goes to show how hard you and the team have worked over the last couple of years

to bring this document before us. and, we can just see the incredible amount of work that has gone into it. and, i'm sure that we're all going to have lots of questions throughout the process, but i would reiterate that as much as you can get in front of us, you should to keep us updated forward and moving with you. and hopefully we've been helpful. but now, we will open it up to public comment. we'll see if there's anyone on the phone that would like to make public comment on item 11 a for members of the public. jennifer will be our operator and provide instructions for anyone on the phone who would like to provide public comment. >> thank you, president brandon. at this time, we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make public comment on item 11a.

please dial star 3 if you wish to make public comment. the system will let you know when your line is open. others will wait on mute until their line is open. comments will be limited to three minutes per person. the queue is now open. please dial star 3 if you wish to make public comment. >> president brandon: thank you. do we have anyone on the phone? >> president brandon, at this time, there are no callers on the line wishing to make public comment on this item. >> president brandon: thank you. seeing no callers on the phone. public comment is closed. commissioners, i think, unless anyone has any further comments, i think we've made a lot of comments. so let me know. commissioner gilman, do you have -- no. >> commissioner gilman: i'm good. >> president brandon: commissioner woo ho, do you have any additional comments? you're good.

vice president adams. >> vice president adams: thanks, brad. appreciate it. >> president brandon: brad, thank you again for this great presentation. we look forward to seeing you again in the near future. >> thank you so much. >> president brandon: call next item please. >> clerk: that would be item 12, new business. >> good evening. i've recorded coming back to the port commission quarterly on goals and objectives and strategic plans. is there any other new business? >> i have one question. you know the new homeless shelter that's right across on the embarcadero, we haven't gotten an update on that lately. i live down in that neighborhood and i haven't heard anything, so things must be going well. right over by delancy street. do you have update on that and how it's going? >> i think it is going well. i don't know if randy is still

on. he staffs our outreach as well as someone from the planning division. i believe it is going well. the occupancy is down because of covid. it's a covid unknown or covid negative facility with a smaller footprint than pre-covid due to the virus. i do think the neighbors have had more or less positive feedback since the operation is going, up and running. i'd like to include this in my next director's report so i can do more due diligence. that's my best understanding this evening, but i'll do a little digging and get you a better report next commission meeting. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> president brandon: is there any other new business? not. can i have a motion to adjourn. >> commissioner gilman: i make a motion to adjourn.

>> second. >> president brandon: please have a roll call vote? >> clerk: of course. [roll call] >> president brandon: thank you. the meeting is adjourned at 6:09 p.m. everybody have a great evening. >> everybody have a great night. >> good night. >> appreciate it. >> see all of you tomorr.

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