commissioners, can i have a motion to not disclose any of our closed session discussions? >> so moved. >> second. >> we have a motion and a second. all in favor, say aye, opposed, motion passes unanimously. we are now in open session. item number 6, pledge of allegiance. >> pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> item number 7, announcements. reminder that masks are required at all times in the hearing room and failure to adhere may result in removal from the room. masks are available out in the front and we approach your cooperation. please be advised the ringing and use of cell phones and similar sound producing

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at this time there are no members of the public on the phone wishing to make public comment. >> thank you, jenna. public comment is closed. next item, please. >> 9a, executive director's report. >> good afternoon, president adams, vice president president woo ho, staff and members of the public. i have a lot to report today, i'm going to dive right in. it's great to announce the port will receive an award from the american society of civil engineers region 9, and this is now the second award we have received from the society for cranko park. the design of the park preserves are historic and industrial feel of the site and it gets the public out into the waterfront and we are really seeing all the community planning effort this commission led over a decade come to life in the park.

the award will be accepted april 22nd. congratulations, port engineering. and i have more exciting news. mission rock is over one year into construction, and recently topped off building b. this is going to be a new major life sciences building. the ground breaking for the final building in the first phase will happen this spring, and that's a housing building. so that will be much needed new housing, this is a big achievement for our city. i want to thank our real estate and development team for their dedication to this project, and the commission for your leadership. each of you made major contributions to shape and shepherd this project. on to economic recovery. the port's external affairs and maritime division collaborated to produce a short video, highlighting the unique and special fisherman's wharf character to local regional and

national audiences. the video to give a hand to the fisherman's wharf community. video highlights crab and fish sales and sportsfishing and commercial fishing and the character of our wharf. i would like to take this indulgence to play the video for you and for the public if you will allow, president adams. >> by all means. >> thank you. ♪♪♪ fisherman's wharf, this is a working wharf and it's part of the beauty of san francisco wharf area. >> it's not just t-shirt wharf. the fishing was here before the restaurants, before the t-shirt shops. >> the fishermen bring the catches in, unload to the processes, process the crab, ship it, export it.

>> the back of fisherman's wharf is industrial, it is fish processors. >> it's a working, living, breathing place and great place to visit, a lot of history. i'm a third generation italian fisherman. one of the oldest fishing families at fisherman's wharf. my family has been working here since 1908. my vessel called the lovely martha, currently a sport fishing vessel. that means when you come out and catch your own fish on the boat. commercial fishermen, they go out, catch fish, sell them to the market, it gets processed you buy it in the store. luckily they are selling crab off the boat. the freshest catch you could get. nothing better than a fresh dungeness crab. ours are sweeter, better tasting, the meat is firmer. >> we love the people on the boats, they are awesome. >> easy, and good meal tonight. >> we just barely got down here

in time, we would have come earlier if we knew how much fun it was. >> this is the place to get crab if you are looking for it. >> every boat does a different thing. come down and have wild-caught salmon just caught that morning or the night before, and there is nothing fresher than that. >> that's the whole thing of coming out on a party boat. come out, get your own crab, rock cod, halibut, link cod, sturgeon, salmon. you can't get that kind of fish. >> now they can buy here and take it home which is great, or buy it here and take it to a restaurant and have them steam it and then sit there and have a glass of wine and enjoy the crab we brought in for them. make a day out of it. >> come on over. it's nice and beautiful here in san francisco, and the port, and definitely comes. >> fishermen are super excited, neat to have the public come down here and interact with us, and brings a sense of community back to the wharf. >> the whole experience for the

family where they bring the kids and wow, it's crab and claw meat and everything. >> they get excited. coming down here, picking out the crab and going and posting the recipes and pictures of their food or their kids picking up the crab. making a whole experience out of it. >> it is going to give the locals a part of san francisco that was taken away from them. >> because of this, oh, now i have a reason to come back and realized it's so nice to be here. >> i had a guy the other day say he has not been to fisherman's wharf in ten years and he walked down here. he only lives two miles. he said i'm going to be here every weekend. >> i would like to thank randy who pulled this off. thank you, randy. equity, excited to welcome back sale g.p. to the bay. an international sailing competition using high performance catamarans, where

the teams compete across the season to multiple grand prixs around the world. san francisco will host the grand final on march 26 and 27 on the waterfront. g.p. has set up a technical base camp at pier 96 to temporarily house the racing vessels and equipment. this temporary two-month license has contributed to activating our parcel for maritime, generating revenue, and we look forward to opportunities in this location going forward. g.p. is working to accelerate diversity and inclusion in sailing with the promise to connect to more than 1,200 young people with education and teamwork experiences in march leading up to race weekend. g.p. and local sales events coordinators have connected with schools in d10 and community centers to provide awareness and access to local use.

these race organizations goals are to leave a positive legacy and build a sustainable sport, by providing equal, life changing opportunities and new career pathways for all achieving diversity. and we are happy to be host. i want to recognize our maritime division for ensuring equity is prioritized in the partnerships, including our youth sailing program, jobs for district 10, residents in the agreement and more, please keep up the great work team maritime. now to key projects, we are proud to partner with the san francisco water agency transportation authority, they recently won an award for 3.4 million from the federal transit administration to build a 0 emission electric ferry. this ferry is to support treasure island and mission bay neighborhoods. the port is excited to welcome more ferry services connecting people through the neighborhoods

and jobs and electric ferry services green, which is very good news for our waterfront. i want to thank our speaker, nancy pelosi, and the coalition of the bay area delegation that made funding for this project real, and we have more news on green transportation. good progress on putting in the 2-way bike lane. now open from mission to broadway. we have pedestrian signals, new flexible posts, paint to define the bike lanes and signs to show cyclists about the bike lane. a special thanks to hudson, and many neighborhood users who helped make this work. we are going to be back to you in the commission in spring to talk about how it's going and think about the next move. i would like to thank my team for preparing this report and that is my conclusion. thanks so much. >> thank you, director.

any public comment, seeing none in the room, jenna, let's go ahead and open up the lines for anyone at home. >> thank you, president adams. 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 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 are limited to three minutes per person. the queue is now open. dial star 3 if you wish to make public comment. at this time there are no members of the public on the phone wishing to make public comment. >> public comment is closed, next item, please. >> oh, i'm sorry. apologize. commissioners. commissioner gilman on the executive director's report. my bad. >> no problem. director forbes, thank you for the great report.

i had already seen the video but i want to say how wonderful i think that video is. i cannot wait to have that at every little demarcation along the waterfront, from the southeast to the northeast, and then zoomed in on the bubble and when we have a whole set of these it brings people to the waterfront. that's one of the things for the communications team and push it out on our social media channels and as commissioners we should push them out, too. and one comment on the bike lane quick build project. i know we are coming back in the spring but always remember hag the protective bike lanes are critical for our waterfront and while alexander samie, a bartender at water bar hit on her bicycle riding home after work, illustrates the example why we need protected bike lanes throughout the city. her tragic accident, she is in

recovery, with traumatic brain injury, a young vibrant woman, a picture of water bar, the bartender with the pink hair, alexander was her friend and i want to take this opportunity to say how important it is as support that we do everything we can to make safety for our bicyclists our utmost priority. thank you for your report. >> thank you commissioner gilman. john, commissioner burton. >> no comment. >> elaine, thank you so much for your report and happy women's history month. congratulations on the award from the american society of engineers and the funding for the 0 emission electric ferry, i think that's going to be a wonderful addition to the waterfront, and hopefully as commissioner woo ho says all the time, we can continue to expand our ferry service.

i also saw the video earlier and what an incredible job brandy and the team did in producing it. i think it was very inviting and inclusive and it made me want to go to the wharf. so thank you so your for your report. >> thank you, commissioner brandon. vice president woo ho. >> thank you, director forbes, that was a wonderful report and i also love the video and i think it will, i think encourage more people to come down and it's nice to see something that we can see in action actually what we propose in terms of live sails on the waterfront, and the rest of your report, i think my fellow commissioners have made some great comments. so, thank you and look forward to hearing more on these projects going forward. thanks. >> director forbes, stellar report, great video and to my fellow women commissioners and all women, today is

international women's day, thank you very much for all that you do. appreciate it. >> you are welcome. [laughter] >> they never have nothing like that for men. next item, please. item 10 is the consent calendar. 10a, requests approval of executive director's nominations of e.b. min, joe igber, noelle yuen, meng-hsiu chen and ken lindberg to the review board. and b, paul furman doing business as bay natives, a new lease for reduced premise of 5,000 square feet of outdoor paved land at pier 94 to the payment to be comprised of the new rent at $0.45 per square foot, and back rent for lease 15017 of $1,500 a month to

reduce outstanding balance. and outstanding on the five year team, and not in default under the new lease, port 2 forgive the remaining balance at the end of the new five-year term. resolution 2213. 10c, adopting findings under new state urgency legislation to allow certain members of this body to allow members remotely, and for the next 30 days, and directing the commission affairs manager for a similar resolution at a commission in 30 days. resolution 2214, and new procedures for public comment at port commission meetings, to comment in-person or via teleconference, resolution 2215. >> so moved. >> second.

>> at this time is there any public comment? seeing none, we will now, to the people at home, jenna will provide instruction for remote participants. >> thank you, president adams. at this time we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make public comment on the consent calendar. 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. queue is new open. star 3 if you wish to make public comment. at this time there are no members of the public on the phone wishing to make public comment. >> public comment is closed. consent calendar, no discussion. we have a motion and a second. all in favor say aye, opposed,

resolution 2212, 13, 2214 and 2215 are adopted and pass unanimously. >> 11, informational presentation on mission rock project updates and intent for port to enter into agreement for the purchase of non-potable water from mission rock utilities, china basin channel, 3rd street, mission rock street and san francisco bay. >> new technology, just one second. >> thank you. and good afternoon president adams, vice president woo ho, fellow commissioners. phil williamson, project manager with you today. today's informational presentation will provide updates on several project

components and review the project sustainability plan or strategy -- >> i'm sorry to pause you, would you be willing to speak closely in the microphone? it's harder to project with the masks on. i know you are tall and the microphone only goes so high. >> no problem. should i start over? thank you, elaine. today's presentation will provide updates on several project components and review the project sustainability strategy, including a preview and agreement to purchase non-potable water to irrigate the project's parks and open spaces. this slide is a quick written and graphic representation of phase one which you have seen before, but just for a quick recap, that phase one includes two residential buildings, two commercial buildings, one life science and one more of a traditional office building. ground floor retail of

approximately 50,000 square feet and construction of the inland portion of china basin park. the project team has been keeping very busy over the past several months working on bokt horizontal and vertical aspects of the project, parcel g, underway, put my glasses on to read it, and the facade is now being installed and working its way to the top of the building. we are working to issue a temporary certificate of occupancy this fall with full occupancy to occur in 2023. parcel a, residential building at the corner of 3rd street and tony stone crossing is underway as well. we expect that building to top out at its highest level, 423 in may of this year, and occupy that building in 2023. parcel b is under construction,

life sciences building, just to the south of parcel a. construction is underway. we had a big ceremony there a few weeks ago and topped out the structural steel and target occupancy is 2023. next year we will see a lot of new people occupying the buildings. parcel f, residential tower slated to start construction the beginning of april is currently in its final permit review process and we are looking forward to that building, pile driving starting in a few weeks. regarding workforce, the port received an updated information from the developer just a few days ago, and are reviewing that now, and will be coming back to you at a subsequent meeting with the full update. just, we wanted to share some of that information with you, even though it is still under review, but we are seeing prim larly

looking at it, $7.3 million, that's helping the project continue its trend toward 20% participation. the latest report again, information is still being reviewed but it's showing us that to date the project has issued $72.8 million to l.b.e. firms and participation rate is up to 13.2%. heading up towards 20% and hopefully beyond. we have a brief budget update for you today. primarily have told you the items before but to refresh your memory, last fall we were successful in issuing our attorney bond financing for the project, totaling just over $99 million. very attractive interest rate, and speaking of which, the project team is keeping a close eye on the interest rates environment which is apparently

in a very volatile moment. also on construction costs and supply chain issues. all challenges to the project that we are grappling with successfully and will keep you updated as the projects change going forward. the current focus for the team is to close on a construction loan for parcel f, and we are anticipating that could happen as soon as this friday, if not early next week, so a big step forward for parcel f ensuing project commencements. as originally reported to the commission back in 2017, the project is now implementing sustainability strategy. in the areas of transportation, resilience, water and energy use. the project has achieved a lead goal certification for neighborhood development based on these project elements and constructability efforts that are underway.

back in 2019 we came back to the commission and you adopted resolution 19-40 that supported the formation of mission rock utilities. mission rock utilities is a non-profit entity that will build and operate infrastructure that's critical to implementing the project sustainability strategy. the key components of this infrastructure are district energy system and a water recycling system that together will produce 100% carbon free electricity for the project as well as 100% of non-potable water needs for the project irrigation and other non-potable needs. the water recycling system will produce non-potable water from the buildings on the project site to meet the project wide needs for toilet flushing, irrigation and cooling tower operation. this system is being built now

as part of phase one, and is located in building b, the life sciences building now under construction. the recycled water itself will be purchased by the vertical parcels for use in those buildings and the port for the parks and open spaces. the port and the mru entity are currently negotiating terms of a purchase agreement for this recycled water. the port's obligation to purchase the water will be subject to a cap on the costs, and the water's cost will be based on actual costs to produce the water itself. a fully negotiated agreement is expected to be brought back to the commission at your april 12th meeting for your consideration and should you approve that resolution in april we will move on to the board of supervisors for their consideration. so that concludes my

presentation today, but before moving on to any questions you may have, i would like to ask fran weld from mission rock partners, i believe is on the line as a participate, to address the commission. fran, are you there? not sure how she -- how would she participate? >> just a second, commissioners as we work out the technology. hold on a second. >> thank you. it may be a couple of minutes. we may decide to forego the comments from fran today if we can't get a resolution in the next couple of minutes. she's not in our virtual meeting. >> that answers that. thank you. >> that concludes my presentation. any questions you may have i would be glad to answer. >> thank you, phil, for your

presentation. >> mr. chairman. >> yes. >> president. i have a question and i'm trying to remember. there's a commitment by the giants for, it was either 10 or 20 units for aged out foster children which i got them to accept at a meeting that lasted 27 years it seemed. but exactly what is the number of units that was set aside for aged out foster children? >> thank you for that question, commissioner. the project is aware of that requirement for those units, transition aged youth, i believe is the terminology. the last i heard that will be a phase two element and the number i recall hearing is 21 units, but i would want to confirm that. >> so that's still in, and

that's the deal? >> yes, that is my understanding. >> is there any way to confirm that's kind of locked in stone? or i mean -- who's monitoring to see that that happens and it also that the part of that was going to be a support system for these young children? i mean -- who's responsible looking after that? the port, a non-profit? >> so the port will be working closely with the developer to implement that part of the project and also with the mayor's office of housing and economic development, or mayor's office of community development will help us implement that component. >> no question that's going to be in the deal. >> that's my understanding, that's no question. >> the understanding of the developer? >> i believe so. they are not here to affirm that, but that is my

understanding. and the port will -- the port is aware of that obligation and will keep you informed, commissioner. >> phil, if i may, could we send to the commissioners information about how that fits in our deal term, where it's required of the developers and who is the responsible party for enforcement? >> certainly, we'll do that through the commission secretary. >> you done commissioner burton. let's open up for public comment, nobody here, jenna will provide instructions for remote participants. an thank you, president adams. at this time we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make public comments on item 11a. please dial star 3 if you wish to make public comments. the system will let you know when your line is open. others will wait on mute until their line is open. comments are limited to three minutes per person. the queue is now open. please dial star 3 if you wish

to make public comment. at this time there are no members of the public on the phone wishing to make public comment. >> public comment is closed. commissioner brandon. >> phil, thank you so much for this update and this report. a couple questions. have we ever entered into a purchase agreement for non-potable water? >> not to my knowledge, commissioner. we are deep in negotiations working closely with the city attorney's official to hash out that agreement. it's a new agreement for the port, there are new examples in other jurisdictions that we have seen and looked at, but so far to my knowledge the agreement we are working on is unique to the port. >> and it has -- has it been done in the city? >> i recall looking at some agreements with -- from municipalities. i don't recall any that were san

francisco-based. >> this is a totally new concept that we are embarking upon. >> yes, it's fulfilling, it helps fulfill coincidentally, a city requirement to use recycled water that the city enacted many years but there has not been a source of recycled water to use to fill that ordinance requirement. what will happen in any projects, the project will build the infrastructure for the use of recycled water but no water to charge the system with. we now have a source for the buildings and the open space and we have to execute this agreement to fulfill the requirements of the utility to have customers to buy the project. >> if i may -- >> your mic looks to be on. >> i'll get very close. >> very, very close. >> i just wanted to let you know that as we were collecting

exemplars for the recycled water purchase agreement, phil and staff worked with the city attorney's office and the public utilities team to gather what they have encountered and what they used with other agencies to formulate an agreement that will be before you once they are negotiating. >> interesting. well thank you. and i look forward to coming back in april to see what it actually looks like. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioner brandon. >> commissioner gilman. >> i have no questions. i want to say how happy i am in phase 1, 199 affordable units outside the phase two work that senator burton mentioned in his comments. this is what real estate deals in my opinion should look like. i have no questions on the water, meeting the environmental goals. i'm super happy it's happening in phase one.

>> thank you. >> thank you, commissioner gilman. vice president woo ho. >> yeah, i just had a couple questions, not related to the non-potable water, i think you answered the question commissioner brandon had. in the mission rock phase one, is there preleasing going on now for a and b? >> i believe so, but we have not had that confirmed. i would -- the developer, i believe, is actively seeking tenants, but we don't have any details about their efforts. >> well, we know obviously that the visa is taking on one of the buildings. i think it would be useful for us to know and it's part of, i guess, i see it as a data point for understanding economic recovery in the city and this is just to know if there is active preleasing going on and what the lease interest is with these buildings since they are coming on stream late this year and

early next year. so it would be good to know and if they are actively looking to do the preleasing, and if there is interest. are they promoting and secondly is there interest so we sort of know what the trends are going to be in office space. >> that would be very useful information, i agree. we have heard that there is interest, to verify that and get some actual data points would be very useful. we'll look into that. >> whenever you do another update can you please provide that and have the giants tell us as well? >> we'll do that. >> president adams, one request. i also think it would be very interesting for us to know on the 50,000 square feet of ground floor retail as we ourselves have a lot of retail space coming up, i would like to know what the interest of that is, and similarly, what the deal points are for that? >> just on that point, we have the kick-off meeting foreground floor phase one development, friday, actually, so we should have more information for you with our next meeting, hopefully

on april 12th. >> phil, great presentation. i live down in that area and i drive by every day, walk down to the waterfront and do my exercise and it's in front of your eyes, it's just something coming. so i really appreciate that and i'm really excited about this project. ok. i think commissioner burton spoke. >> actually, president adams, we were able to get fran weld on the meeting, if it's ok if she has a moment to address the commission. >> sure, go ahead. can you hear us, fran? >> hi, thank you so much, i'm sorry i was not able to get the teams up earlier. thank you president adams and commissioners. it's nice to see you all.

my name is fran weld, with the san francisco giants, senior vice president of our development. thank you as always for a great presentation. i just wanted to note on behalf of the giants, i think commissioner gilman you mentioned how excited we are to be able to bring on this environmental info vagus -- information in the first phase and i wanted to highlight that this is one of the first items that the citizens group 15 years ago called for mission rock to be an exemplar of sustainability, and we are happy we have been able to achieve that and look forward to working on this black water treatment, or black water purchase in the coming weeks and months. i did also want to say that yes,

we are inactive conversations, both with potential commercial tenants for the office and clients space in building fees, the office space in building a, and the retail space on the ground floor of all the buildings. we are seeing some uptick in conversations and people's interest and availability to tour the site and have expressing interest in signing leases in coming out of the most recent phase of the pandemic, so we are optimistic that we'll be successful in bringing on tenants in the commercial and retail space and hopeful to have positive news to share throughout the summer with the group. i also wanted to take a moment on a personal note to let this incredible commission know that after 11 years with the giants and at the helm of mission rock,

i personally will be moving on to my next adventure and i wanted to thank this incredible body for your vision and leadership for mission rock. it's been an honor of a lifetime serving as a steward of this important piece of the san francisco waterfront and i have learned so much from each and every one of you and have really appreciated your support of our collective vision here, and when i joined the extended port family there was no cruise terminal, there was no seawall program, resiliency, leadership, you know, collecting interagencies. there was, you know, no racial equity plan and you have over the last decade led the way on so many things for the city and i've just been truly a pleasure and honor to work alongside you and your incredible staff. so, thank you for just giving me

a few minutes to express my gratitude for your partnership over the years and i will be seeing you all around. >> you will definitely be missed, fran. thank you so much. any other commissioners? doreen or kim, you have known fran a long time. >> i would like to say fran will truly be missed. she was such an integral part of this whole team and project and all that it is to say and because of the foundation and the ground work that you were engaged in, this is going to be a phenomenal project. it's been such a pleasure working with you. i highly respect you and all that you have done to create a great team and a great vision for mission rock and you will truly be missed. >> vice president woo ho. >> i want to echo the comments,

she said them so eloquently. fran, we definitely will miss you. we have learned in the beginning in terms of how to go about mission rock coming, there were steps forward and then there were steps backward, we have worked them out so it's extremely collaborative, and we have openness and transparency and good conversation. i got a text today from jack today, and i didn't know it was the announcement he was referring to we will miss you, you are leaving at a good point, the project is underway, and it's been as commissioner brandon knows something on the agenda for years and years, even before i was on this commission but i think you are leaving it at a great point. you'll have a great legacy. you are part of that legacy and we won't forget it. thank you very much for your work and best of luck in what your next chapter will be. whatever it is. i hope it's still in the bay

area, best of luck, thank you. >> commissioner gilman, you have anything you would like to say? >> i want to echo what my fellow commissioners said, and as an early community supporter of the ballot initiative that brought mission rock to be, and 40% of affordable housing, thank you for your stewardship and leadership, and on international women's day, thank you for everything you've done. >> commissioner burton, you have anything to say? ok. only fitting that the executive director, or director forbes. >> thank you so much for giving me this opportunity, president adams. fran, we'll miss you terribly, as the commissioners have said, we have seen over the decades this incredible hard work that you've put into the project. you are part of the port team. you have always demonstrated

transparency, collaboration,s problem solving, even on our worst negotiation times before we had a deal, fran, you were tremendous. your innovation on how to bring to life all of these various values in the resiliency, sustainability program, to the equity program, across the board. you're a true talent and the project is shaped with fran weld's name on it and we all are going to miss you and we hope you stay in touch with us and that we see you in your next chapter. thank you so much. >> thank you, director forbes. next item, please. >> 12a, informational presentation to review the port's proposed 2022 federal and state legislative priorities. >> good afternoon, commissioners. good to be before you in person and in chambers. port legislative affairs manager. the iet echl before -- the item

before you is the port's proposed federal and state legislative priorities for 2022. this presentation and the accompanying report are working documents that provide an overview of the port's legislative priorities and very dynamic and changing context. last year we managed an active legislative advocacy program focussed on pursuing state and federal funding to mitigate the negative impacts of the covid-19 pandemic. we are very successful in this endeavor, thanks to your support and contribution. in 2022, our primary legislative objective is to target funding available through the bipartisan federal infrastructure bill and governor gavin newsom's proposed 22-23 budget. key legislative goals, one, leverage federal and state funding that advances maritime business, reduce earthquake and flood risks and protect key

facilities for the port. two, we want to position port capital projects to access federal and state infrastructure funding that supports economic recovery, resilience and equity. three, we want to ensure that supply chain congestion relief funding for the maritime transportation sector includes support for small ports like ours. funding for ports to remain high, while establishing rules on disbursement that benefit the port of san francisco. we want to effectively partner with the army corps and other federal agencies and finally, monitor progress of new laws that may impact the port's sidewalk vending permit program. this slide highlights some of the specific federal initiatives we are targeting to meet the goals i just outlined. the infrastructure investment in jobs acts, also known as the bipartisan infrastructure bill is a $1.2 trillion spending agenda to upgrade the nation's

outdated roads, bridges, broad bands and transit systems. and this initiative, our greatest opportunity to access the funds for the port of san francisco. and bid and win infrastructure funds in a moment, right now i want to turn to the build back better framework which was introduced alongside the build back better bill for climate change and social equity initiatives. passed the house in november but failed to garner support in the senate. last week there were discussions about reviving a stripped down, build back better, the framework currently provides over $500 billion for clean energy and climate change solutions to benefit the resiliency program.

we receive weekly updates for initiatives like build back better from our federal lobbyist. in 2020 port staff worked with speaker pelosi to amend the water resources development act. we wanted to modify, did modify how benefits are considered by the army corps when determining project eligibility and funding levels. the amendment ensures that port projects are able to compete by requiring the army corps to take account of higher costs when building flood reduction projects in earthquake areas. and rivering flood management projects. working with the speaker's office to clarify the language and ensure it's not only rivering projects but coastal projects like ours. returning to the federal infrastructure plan, most of the funding is reserved to augment existing federal programs, with

550 billion in spending. important to note the money from the infrastructure plan is spread over five years. competitive grant opportunities, like the contract rfps and rfqs, solicited through notice of funding opportunities which provide a description of the projects and the entities eligible to apply for funding. i mentioned earlier the infrastructure bill provides our best opportunity at obtaining federal funds of all the available programs, our best chance to win funding is through the port development infrastructure program, made available through meradd. the purpose of the funding is to improve facilities, operations, and intermodal connections to seaports. this was issued last month. over the next five years,

$450 million will be made available annually. we have several projects eligible for these funds in our southern waterfront, berting and fendering, and drainage work, berth electrification and facility improvements at piers 94 and 96. a lot of the money currently made available is tied to goods movement, making our southern waterfront ecoindustrial projects uniquely positioned to committee. rebuilding american infrastructure with sustainability and equity offer planning and design funds to study transportation waterfront, brad benson is leading that to submit a proposal for transportation, infrastructure around the latest. other yet to be released nofos for which we have eligible

projects include ferry boat and terminal facilities program through d.o.t., could benefit mission bay ferry landing or china basin ferry terminal. building resilient infrastructure and communities, the brick program through fema creates opportunities for the waterfront resiliency program. money available for electric vehicle charges and refueling, grants and some state and local cybersecurity grant money available through the department of homeland security. we continue tracking federal nofos and assessing grant opportunities that align with our capital needs. the funding available from the federal government is allocated again through competitive solicitations in order to put forth the most successful proposals, our senior leadership team, led by assistant director martin, have i'd tied capital projects, the ability to

generate the revenue and serve the public. we analyzed past awarded projects to ensure our future applications are good fits in the given criteria. hiring a grant writer with previous experience applying for federal grants to help support our effort and make sure we offer proposals to line up with the goals and objectives of the federal programs. on all the efforts we coordinate with the mayor's office to ensure we can leverage their support, thanks to our lobbyist in d.c., met with agencies to date for mandates and cultural obligations. and over the next five years, we will be playing a long game to strategically stack projects that build upon each previous year's efforts. now turning to our state priorities. the legislature began the second year of their two-year

legislative cycle in january. the legislature, through the president pro-tem and assembly speaker identified covid response, climate change, housing and home lessness as top priorities this year, and spend the $45.7 billion state surplus, resulting from tax revenue and federal funding support. there are currently four vacant assembly seats, including assembly district 17, which covers the entirety of port jurisdiction. general election april 9th, to finish the term of former assembly member david chu, followed by a primary in june and general election in november to elect a new representative to the seat beginning in january 2023. the deadline was february 18th, monitoring several bills, over 2,000 were introduced. these are some of the bills and

initiatives we are tracking, again a very dynamic and evolving list. the governor's proposed 22-23 budget includes $2.3 billion in supply chain investments for ports, this funding is designed to invest in port specific high priority projects that increase goods movement, capacity, and promote the state's climate change goals. the majority of the funding available through the budget is slated for large container ports in san pedro bay, like l.a. and long beach. the port of san francisco is working with our colleagues at the port of san diego and others to remain funding high but the rules benefit small, medium and large ports. california's ports have different business lines and strengths. together the state's ports are a foundational economic engine that benefit all of california and we need your help to make that mission, to send that message up to sacramento.

last year thanks in large part to your efforts. the governor allocated $250 million to california's ports, to provide economic le leaf from covid pandemic. in december, awarded san francisco 56.6 million to recover losses in 2020. application for 2021 are due march 14. in april, the state land commission will distribute the remaining 130 million in available funding. staff is currently evaluating revenue losses and slated to apply over $50 million. today mayor breed introduced a resolution at the board of supervisors to allow us to accept and expand the first $14 million in funding. resolution was co-sponsored by supervisors peskin and haney.

we are working with the city's real estate department, and fire department, to list the public trust on 2.6 acre for a new training facility for sffd, and legislation to ensure passage of the bill known as ab2357. sidewalk vending is a hot topic in sacramento, a number of bills introduced to deal with the issue. from sb972, provision for the california retail food code to remove barriers for vendors selling food and sb1290, a spot bill introduced potentially repeal sb946, the sidewalk vending act law that decriminalized sidewalk vending in 2018. today the board adopted mayor breed's sidewalk vending legislation, which is mirrored

on our program. finally, we are also monitoring a couple other bills, including ab79, position for a supply chain coordinator. sb551, coordinates 0 emission vehicle authority to deal with activities among state agencies, and ab2387 is a $7.4 billion obligation beyond that could be used to finance safe drinking water, wildfire prevention and flood protection. and conclusion, our primary legislative priority this year is to secure federal and state funding for targeted capital investments that advance maritime business, reduce earthquake and flood risk, and protect key facilities for the public. i want to assure you, commissioners, that we are

firing on all cylinders here to compete successfully for the funds. we realize it's a once in a generation opportunity and we are ready to meet the moment and take full advantage of the circumstances before us. we are working to leverage and maximize the expertise of the port staff, lobbyists, grant writing services, support from our san francisco, thank you, san francisco state and federal delegation, along with your skill and constituencies to make sure we put for the best effort and find funding. we will have updates on the action steps discussed. i thank you for your time and available for questions you may have. >> thanks for your presentation. now let's open it up for public comment. no one in person. now for remote participants. jenna. >> thank you, president adams.

at this time we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make public comments on item 12a. please dial star 3 if you wish to make public comment. the system will let you know if your line is open. others will wait on mute until their line is open. comments are limited to three minutes per person. the queue is now open. dial star 3 if you wish to make public comment. at this time there are no members of the public on the phone wishing to make public comment. >> public comment is closed. commissioner gilman. >> boris, thank you so much for that detailed report and please drink some water, and i just have two questions about our state advocacy and they are more procedural. i guess my question on the state was do we -- i know governmental entities do this but the private

sector and non-profit do it all the time. issue letters to the governor on the revise, just wondering, with such a surplus of one-time money, it can go a long way for us if we are using it in the tool kit to secure funding. >> absolutely, it's a tool we have in our tool kit, it's something we do along with capa, group letters and individual letters as ports that list our project needs and request funding. yes, it is something we do proactively. >> my only other question was, do we have any concerns with the redistricting for the assembly seats, that high street pier that was in 17 is now in 19, or the two assembly members that represent the port. >> it's a fraction of port property. i don't think it will have an

impact overall but will give us an opportunity to engage the assembly member. >> thank you for your report. commissioner burton. >> no questions. >> commissioner brandon. >> boris, thank you so much for this report. they are very detailed and a lot of exciting opportunities for us to seek funding for so many other projects that we need funding for. but i just want to let you know that we are all available to help in any way that we can, whether locally, state, federally, we are here for you. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioner brandon. vice president woo ho. >> thank you, boris, for this very comprehensive report. i am totally convinced that you are firing on all cylinders, so i really appreciate that. and that you know, we know that we are looking at every possibility and under every rock and i think that's really critical, given all the needs of

the port. i was glad to hear in the report we are adding resource to make sure. other than generating income ourselves, this is the only other way we are going to fill our gaps so it's important we stay focussed on it and i think you have a lot of people on the commission who continue to be resources for you and i'm glad to hear that we are working on this and good to have an ongoing report and as you said, this is a unique window of opportunity right now that so much money has been released out of the federal government and there is a state surplus right now, so we want to take advantage of that. and so far you have done a great job in getting a share. hopefully we continue to do that. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> boris, great job. i'll share with the commission and with you, boris. my day job, my real job, i had the opportunity to have lunch with president biden and all the international presidents in

wilmington, delaware, and this is the first president, you can go back not even obama, clinton, trump, bush, nobody has put this much attention on ports like president biden has. the last time we had something like this was woodrow wilson or f.d.r. his vision, he understands it, secretary waltz was with him. just by the fact that pete buttigieg came down to l.a., i was with him, and the port envoy, governor newsom came down and the first time the state has actually come up with the money and governor newsom has stepped up. gavin deserves a shoutout. normally the money would come from the federal government but gavin has come out of the box, put the money out tlcht the problem that i see that we have is this -- commissioner brandon said you can use us, l.a., long

beach and oakland. but san francisco, port wineie stockton, sacramento, we have to fight to get our share of this pot. if not, because each port is different and they are going to look at the major ports that have all the containers and when l.a. and long beach is having 20 million containers, and $2 trillion going to the west coast port that's a lot and that's where the volume and stuff -- we had a meeting today, 25 ships out here in the port of oakland waiting to get in. that's a good thing. and even when we are talking about inflation and all that, which you know, which is crazy, but through the department of transportation, secretary buttigieg, i have a good relationship with him and we have to apply for the merit grants and he gets it. secretary pete, he might have been a mayor of, you know, of some town in indiana, but he gets it. a smart guy, and he's down in

the ports and he's willing to help ports and he wants them to thrive. on the state level, speaker reardon, i know anthony very well, we have to use our legislators from here, scott wiener and those, phil and whoever wins the election seat, that's between them. but we have to use them, and we have lieutenant governor, i was at a fundraiser for her recently. so we have to engage and use what we have. the problem, nobody is more connected here than john burton. former chair of the democratic party so i think we have to work it on the state, the federal level, we have to claw, beg, do whatever we have to do, we have to be able to get some of that money because the money is out there, this president, hopefully he'll get another term. this is bold vision, we need to

take advantage and have our hands out and say just as important as l.a. and long beach. we have to say, we might be from san francisco, but we want some too. and we got to go out there, we got to own it and we got to fight for it. so, thank you very much. i really appreciate you have all of our support. don't be hesitant to ask us, because i'll make calls, whatever. we are here, and we are engaged. we support you. >> thank you. >> right. next item, please. >> item 13 is new business. >> i have not captured any new business, mr. president. >> well, i'm going to ask the commissioners. any commissioner, anybody have anything? they say no. ok, is there a motion to adjourn? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor say aye.

>> aye. >> opposed? passed unanimously. we are done at 4:25 on happy international women's day. [cheering]

>> flyshaker pool was a public pool located on sloat boulevard near great highway. it operated from 1925 to 1971 and was one of the largest pools in the world. after decades of use, less people visited. the pool deteriorated and was demolished in 2000. built by herbert flyshaker, pumps from the pacific ocean that were filtered and heated filled the pool. aside from the recreational activities, many schools held swim meets there.

the delia flyshaker memorial building was on the west side of the pool. it had locker rooms with a sun room and mini hospital. in 1995, a storm damaged one of the pipes that flowed to the ocean. maintenance was not met, and the pool had to close. in 1999, the pool was filled with sand and gravel. in 2000, the space became a spot for the san francisco zoo. these are some memories that many families remember swimming at flyshaker pool.

>> the hon. london breed: welcome to chinatown, everyone. it has been a very, very challenging two years. we have missed our incredible parade. we had to distance ourselves and celebrate virtually, so the fact that we are here today to start the new year, to kick off lunar new year in san francisco, is extraordinary. >> well, good afternoon. we are now experiencing a massive surge on the national, state, and regional level, and let me be clear: san francisco is in the midst of a major surge of covid-19 cases. >> i've