tv Port Commission SFGTV August 17, 2022 5:00pm-7:01pm PDT
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>> i second. >> i need to abstain there was not a commissioner, here, yet >> we have a motion and a second? all in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? >> motion passed unanimously. the minutes of july 12, 2022 minutes -- are adopted. >> item 3 public comment on executive session. >> we'll take comment on executive session. is there any public comment in the room. >> if not there will be instructions for remote yoochl thank you vice president upon brandon. we'll open the queue for anyone on the phone who will like to
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make public comment on executive session. will dial star 3 if you wish to comment. the system will let you know when your line is open. others wait on mute until their line is open. comments will be limited to 3 minutes per person. the queue is open, please, sdooil dial star 3 if you wish to make public comment. >> at this time there are no members of public on phone wish to make public comment on this item. thank you, public comment is closed. >> item 4, is executive session. well is one executive session conference with real property negotiator. >> so moved. >> is there a second. >> second. >> we have a motion and a second. all in favor? >> aye. >> opposed? >> motion passes unanimously. >> we are now in closed session.
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meeting, on gov. tv, streaming, there is a short delay. listen only through your telephone which has no delay. and that brings us to item 8, public comment not listed on the agenda. >> thank you, carl. we will now take public comment on items not listed on the agenda. is there any public comment in the room? seeing none, corey will provide instructions now for remote participants. >> thank you, vice president brandon. at this time, we'll open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make a comment on items not listed on the agenda. please press star-3 if you wish to make public comment. the system will let you know, if the 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
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public comment. and i'm opening the line right now. and then they stopped. so at this time, there are no members--hang on a second, they're back. okay, open the line now. >> hi there, i'm brian berk, i just wanted the council know that the alcatraz crew is going through unionization efforts with ibu. >> thank you. >> okay, and i would like to read our section letter to the council if time allows. >> okay. >> all right, great. this letter was addressed to
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michael berk, b pc oo of park services and concession and also assistance to general manager. contract within nps it also has created an llc that operates out of 133, so that is the background information. and the letter starts off, we are writing to request that you formally recognize our union. we're working with inland union of the pacific known as ibu. each day we provide quality services to the tours and
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residents of the greater san francisco bay area. not only do we transport people from all over the world to one of the most historic areas in the area. we clean the facility, we train new hires, we serve guest we transport fuel and waste and fresh water and we have done this during a change in ownership, during a pandemic, during fires and during rise in cost. we are union, we will work to create a work place that is collaborative and supportive.
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that create ability to our personal lives. lastly, we want to collaborate on proper training that will ultimately lead to higher standards and greater respects for our co-workers and our profession. this mediator will support our cards with the part-time workers and our following department. engineering, food and service, tram driver and services department. we ask that you accept or reject. >> thank you, brian your time is expired. thank you, your time if you want to send me the rest of the letter, i can include it. >> thank you for your call. >> madam chair, i'm not sure
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what the beef is. i mean how do we read this letter. there is a beef with the workers and somewhere on the port, and it's not clear to me exactly what the holdup is. how do we get this issue before us? it's kind of a rhetorical question. >> he's still on the line. >> commissioner burton, it's not on the agenda so we cannot
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discuss it. >> can we ask a question. >> would you like to open it up again? >> well i don't know, how do we get it to? i'm interested in the issue. we don't have to deal with it today. how do we get it on the agenda so we don't read in the paper that there might be a union strike. >> commissioner, i think they're trying to form a union with that operator. so madam chair, so so it's a property that is not recognizeder by the inland.
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they've always been a problem. >> they're totally non union. >> okay, so either, how do we proceed? >> i don't know offhand, i would like to understand better about what we do. >> so we can put that under new business for further discussion. >> agreed, that will be under new business. >> corey, any other callers on the line? >> at this time, there are no other members on the public on the phone--take that back, somebody just showed up, sorry. opening up the line now. >> hi, can you hear me okay? >> yes. >> my name is edmond i'm actually the northern california organizer for the
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union, the union that worker does alcatraz cruises working to join right now. just wanted clarify. right now, we just want to make sure that the commission knows that workers are trying to organize to get better commissions. we want to make sure that the commission knows what is going on. we're in the process of getting an nrb election and we're hoping that blower remains a respectful and lawful employer and works with us collaborative to get a contract and better working conditions. at this time, we want to make the commission aware of what is going on. we want the commission to know what is happening. thank you. >> thank you, very much it would be helpful. >> thank you.
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>> okay, at this time, there are no other members of the public on the phone wishing to make public comment on this item. >> thank you, public comment is now closed. >> next item please. >> item 9-a is executive director's report. >> good afternoon, vice president, commissioners and port staff and members of the public. i'm michael sitting in for our executive director elaine forbeses and i'm here to deliver this report on her behalf. proud to welcome steven lee to the commission. he's been a passionate advocate for hospitality entrepreneurs
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including service on the california and culture association and the san francisco entertainment commission. and this experience and this focus will be greatly beneficial to the port and all of its business. so welcome commissioner lee. >> thank you. >> moving to economic recovery. port staff have worked hard to recover and grow our business. and today we're seeing more glimmer of hope as they celebrate, eat and enjoy all that we've got to offer. i'm excite today report out on our financial status and our innovative mild stones for the organization in september and october. and after much anticipation, we invite them back to our climate part of the economic prosperity and will continue to be today. it has a long history in our city, the vessel was built in san francisco by the shipping
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corporation in 1954. it was between 1850 and 19 38 there were 120 ferry boats in transportation. today the climate is just one of 5 of that number that can be accounted for. so we're happy that this treasure has been restored and will be available this month. it will be in the conference center and will be open to the public to enjoy. the bay area council continues to ready the site for the climate's arrival to once again contribute to the city and welcome more people to the water front in new and creative ways. turning to equity i want to highlight the san francisco youth. the summer interns have been hard at work learning what it takes to oversee the san francisco water front.
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our interns have been working on some very important projects. guide have guided our interns to create maps. review an updated database on on board property to ensure a current visual record. assist staff to review and assist needs. create a director with black latino and indigenous populations and many many more vital tasks. we wish our task. they're an inspiration to us all. everyone is a decision to serve a better generation.
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that presents a nice segway to our next section. resilience and will be integrated to all operations. director forbeses is looking forward to add updates to the report going forward. at this time, several mild stones have been achieved this year and port staff have reported out on many of them. and expansion of that study to much larger efforts.
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in june the work program earned recognition at the 2022 flood and postal excellence awards hosted in united kingdom. the water front resilience was strongly committed. we're proud to partner with the army corps of engineers to protect the water front and the city from flooding. highlighting defense of work in october. next i'll provide enhancement program of which we can see today.
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the project has created a new bike way to the fairy building to broadway. the update preserve and expand taxi zones in the water side of the embarcadero. the project i am praofpz two of the sections, at washington street, and add broadway. at a education plan which is critically important to encourage proper travel and traffic behaviors along the embarcadero as well as comprehensive update.
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newly installed signage directs all users into the bike way and in doing so limits to limit e scooters. next steps for the programs are the following. to use a new bike way and to be ambassador of appropriate use over the promenade. the evaluation will include changes using bike way versus prom nod and traffic compliance for all modes. and feedback from the commission. in closing, we want to thank you commissioners for your steadfast commitment. but before i close, i do want
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to say that director forbeses and all of port staff are happy to congratulate our president on a huge mild stone. was appointed in august 1997 making her the longest-serving commissioner. also the first african-american woman to serve in the port commission. director forbeses and i can spend the whole day talking what the port accomplished. together with port staff, our partners and stakeholders. but what director forbeses really want to highlight is how generous commissioner has been with her time and responsiveness to in particular. in fact, it was commissioner brand on of the southern
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>> nt a is informing the public as ambassadors along the embarcadero. >> what does that mean? >> i don't believe it's an education campaign at this point to see if behaviors can be modified. and as part of their report, they will talk about what further strategies may be pursued in the behavior is not moving in the direction they want to. what steps can be taken and sta discussion will happen at that time as well. >> nt a, has very little confidence all over, i have a lot more in the new person,
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but, i felt like you can do anything you want when they want, and not tell anybody. >> thank you, we will now take public comment. >> thank you, at this time we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make public comment on executive director's report. please press star-3 if you wish to make public comment. others will wait on mute until their line is open. comments will be limit today 3 minutes per person. the queue is now open.
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>> can you hear me? >> yes. >> this is support director, thank you. and i wanted to have an opportunity to comment on commissioner brandon's 25 years of serving the port. i was reflecting on her years while providing policy director and director encouragement and accountable of huge of water front which is a great transformation that she is overseeing. so we're ready for the future.
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and i think she was able to needed to start strong because she has seen literally thousands of agreements over 25 years and project planned and policy and contributed so much to guiding back to our best results. so i want to thank her for innovation and knowledge on what the port wanted to do. now who is commissioner brandon? she is completely dedicate today transparency and our organization travels with. and also very loyal to our partners. makes huge public comments. very wide ranging not just for the port but for many many public institutions, she has dedicated her time and she is an amazing public servant. she also mentors people
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including me, she has many people under her wing that she encourages to do their best and move forward and responsities. she has guided us through so many good and challenging waters and i thank her so much for her contribution and look forward to more years with commissioner brandon and her wisdom and expertise. thank you. >> thank you, and i feel better. >> at this time, there are no other members on the public on the phone wishing to pick public comment on the item. >> thank you, corey, public comment is now closed.
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president adams was unable to be here today. as one of the newer commissioner, i want to say your support for me has been phenomenal, a word that you like to use a lot and your diligence over your career over the port of really elevating, but the southeast front. you're one of the main reasons that that they have looked at obligation which previously in its pay day was industrial shipping and manufacturing.
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that you have and you parents are justly proud of you and what you've done. >> thank you, thank you very much. >> even though i'm a new bee, it's a pleasure sitting next to you. i've got four more years, congratulations. >> thank you so much, i really appreciate it. this is totally unexpected and i really appreciated, i felt so honored to serve with so many amazing people. thank you, thank you, thank you. go ahead commissioner. to revive and bring it back to the water front. we discussed prepandemic so how excited i am to see that happen.
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tourist go back and somebody who patronizes it often, we're still having a lot of, competing uses on our promenade particularly on the weekend. >> new business. >> thank you, we'll add that to the list. >> commissioner lee. >> no, no comment. great report. >> thank you. >> commissioner burton, anything else to add. >> no comments. >> thank you, again, everyone, thank you so much. i don't know how but i actually forgot that it's 25 years this month. so i really want to thank you for acknowledging it and it's been a true experience over the last 25 years to see transportation of this beautiful water front and to
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work with so many wonderful people and the staff and, so commissioner lee welcome. >> thank you. >> we're so happy to have you here with us to serve with us and your hospitality will definitely help us. >> i'm here to help you guys. >> thank you, i look forward to receiving and reviewing, i think that's going to be a great addition to the water front. thank you so much for supporting our program.
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resilience is great to see that army corps has expanded their study and that is going to really help us with the future and it's great to have them as a partner. i want to thank them. i'm definitely looking forward to hearing their evaluation of restructuring and how that is going. and i agree that we still need to discuss the wield still
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competing so i do think we need to look at that. it's a promenade but also a sidewalk we need to figure it out, so we don't have any pedestrians on the embarcadero. thank you so much for your report, it was a great report. carl next item please. >> and number 10 is the consent calendar, adopting funding understate urgency to allow members of this body to continue to attend remotely for the next ten days. monthly rental rate schedule parking skaul rates and special event rates known as parameter rates. resolution 2241 and approval of
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proposed lease amendment with golden gate steam ship doing business as red and white fleet and 2022 to 2022, that's resolution 2241. >> i so moved. >> second. >> thank you, we have a motion and a second. we will take public comment is there any public comment in the room? >> thank you, vice president, at this time we'll open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make public comment on the consent calendar. please press star-3. the system will let you know when the line is open. others will be unmute. comments will be limited to
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three minutes per person. please press star-3 if you wish to make public comment. at this time, there are no members of the public wishing to make public comment. >> public comment is closed. we have a motion and a second. all in favor. >> aye. >> aye. >> any opposed? >> aye. >> the motion passes unanimously. resolution 2240, 2241 and 2242 are adopted. carl, next item please. >> 11 a is information presentation to support access to capitol for local business enterprises loan as lves.
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>> good afternoon, i'm here to discuss the program. i'm joined today on the line have i at phone, kaidle shaw. and we are really delighted to have her and her wonderful team and her department engagement. thank you, you've been invaluable to this process. and it's fitting, this is an item that she helped sphere head and champion.
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t t.x. has the authority for the city to engage in banking relations. they manage 14 and recently negotiated on behalf of the entire city. i believe there are 5 financial institutions who the city is doing their banking with. to make sure that our money is being used and tra taoej i can values and other values that we have in the city. t t.x. will be the leading in the program. i'm delighted that they're engaging other city departments to understood to expand not just the port dollars but how we can do this on a city wide basis as well.
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you can see before you, there is a number of federal the state and the city county level. there are, if the city reinvolving loan program. there is all of these, there is a vas network of different programs that exist. is there an unmet need. as we move forward, i want today tell you the strategy of why we're doing it this way. first the port and conversation with owe and other stakeholders what we see in its grap.
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and these are valuable and wonderful. we heard that, i think they're nodding yes, that's what we heard in many small businesses. we didn't see what we call entry level products. so how are you managing the money. that's what we heard over and over from the small business community. we didn't see that program available. the other thing we saw, is banker needs to know you. they need to have a relationship with you.
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and we think that many programs like the financial institution, we use the loan program are wonderful program. le and that's where we thought, hey is there a way in which we can do something in which a policy level, they're lending their money not our money. and product and working with the bank. we think this business, having a program having cd fied program. finally we want to maximize our impact. how do we do this with our city and how do we use a very city department and having greater impact and that's where this
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part of the reason that they will be is that they will be better in the interest rate when we structure it that way. they would be and one of the requirement is that we want to make sure that, returning it back and that's the idea that you need to repain, you need to be putting the money back so that you're getting ready to this volving the funds. you would have to maintain zero bals for 30 days. many of these items, they would ask are you in business, history, you can have a history
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of financial crime. we also need to know that you have funds to pay this back that is related to the service ratio. we think this is the right but not too own russ. you also have to have a continuing relationship with the port. that's part of the idea of the qualification but the small business is going to be working with the bank.
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ultimately we want to know is this making a difference. are you able to participate and are you hiring more people. the port is excited as we're going to understand there is going to be things that we don't know about some of our criteria and relationships at the bank. that's part of the exciting things.
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please press star-3. the system will let you know when your line is open. others will wait on mute until their line is open. there is one person on the line. please open the line. >> okay, opening now. jie,z my name is francisco. small business in san francisco have suffered. and while the san francisco received millions of dollars from federal government, they
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did injustice to small businesses that mostly needed, now if you attend virtual meetings as i do and participating in the meetings with a small business, this is county of san francisco, they will tell you, that they don't get themselves involved in program such as has been presented by this presenter. and i have been attending the
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those who have never been, i'm a straight shooter and you know that our or five management, from your exercise department, so all, pilot models, projects, affect something. thank you very much. >> thank you mr. costa. are there any other callers? >> at this time, there are no other members on the public wishing to make other comment on this item. >> thank you, corey. public comment is now closed. >> commissioner lee. >> yeah, this program, actually is really good timing, because, you know, with the ports you know backing, a lot of these
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banks will not give us known. we suffered a lot during the pandemic. there was a supply, cash flow is key. and sometimes, but you have to pay your employees. and you have to pay your employees first before you pay your invoices. and cash flow because of covid there was always an issue when getting the cash flow. so this 50,000 as a credit line, not only helps the business but also that business that does not have the credit, or the small backing to develop a credit. so that's why i really support and applaud this issue, because it really helps, especially right now.
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is this loan is going to come in handy and hopefully, they will be able to pay their credit and pay down and also buildup their credit and they will not need the port support, so i applaud this program and thank you so much for doing this. you have my support on this one. >> thank you. >> thank you for this support, this is one of the last thing that commissioner hoa wanted us to do.
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i'm fully supportive, i would hope that we would give incentive for credit unions to be looked at beyond banking institutions. you have my full support, thank you. >> commissioner burton? >> thank you, thank you so much, i really want to commend you and katie. i know this time, several years ago, we had several meetings and i was like we have to do something. we're not going to survive the pandemic. we were focusing on alternates
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answer. we can use a cdfi, and as we were looking into, you know, you saw the strategic plan and the raegt, we talked about the bank. they're the only one that says we're going to have. this is a partnership but also a requirement that we do it this way. to identify what else may be interested. that is not something that we as a port would do alone. that's a way that t t.x. has been invaluable in thinking through. as for t t.x., that i don't know.
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and if you're on the line, you can jump with probably also. >> good afternoon, i'm really sorry, i'm not there on this beautiful day. it's something that we've been hearing a lot about also, in the department and businesses that we work with. will they also do underwriting. mostly because we don't have in
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relation ship and the contracts that we have, don't have the and normally in traditional to the scope that we have. we did reach out to a lot of departments and we got i lot of responsible. that they would be interested in participating in the program after the four and after with the power are accomplished. we feel confident, in terms of the partners, we would be reaching out also are the credit union to the commissioners request and that is definitely part of our four, union list of bank that's we reach out as part of this, the
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san francisco federal bank. i want to support that part of the design that is not an obstacle for them. and the other thing that we would meet regularly to see and check to make sure that there is a, they're having some challenges and we're able to bring some coaching at a timely manner before they're in a situation that is in jeopardy. >> thank you, and so is it a component or do you do it in
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the sports or do you have 50 million for people to respond? >> go, go. >> the department but we've always spoken about the port itself. and benefit obviously is for the companies to see the potential progress. >> also are we requesting that these institutions develop relationship with whoever qualifies under this program? within a service, say you
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see how that progress is. to see that opportunity for the work bank. recognizing that need and hoping that they show the case and inspires or really pushes us to create products that meet the needs. >> thank you, and i like the impact requirements that you put in place. i think that is great and will give us a lot of information on the success of the program. i really want to congratulate you and thank you for the partnership. sounds encouraging, thank you. >> commissioner gilman. >> i have two follow-up conversations.
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that you're issuing this rfp on our behalf. i was looking from a scoring criteria, that other unions sort of when an lbe applies, credit union are similar versus institutions that they should have some weighted benefit to applying to this fund. does not mean that you have to take my comment and execute it but i wanted to be clear on my comment, i understand thank you. >> any other comments or questions? thank you, both, we really appreciate that presentation. and good luck. >> thank you.
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as detailed in the report provided, we provided a information in march of 2019 and an undate in october 2020 on the peer 39 sediment remediation project which is being performed by pacific gas and electric with support from port. i'm pleased to provide port commission and the public status report and the work that pg&e continues to perform in compliance with the requirement from the san francisco water quality control board. sd detail on courtation and stakeholder engagement currently under way.
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manufactured gas plant. in 2017, the water board ordered pg&e as a responsible party in the sediment and the port is the property owner to further investigate these off-shore sediments. as zone on this group, pg&e have respond today water board orders since the approximately 2014, completing over 5 years of remedial investigation work, followed by the submittal of a draft feasibility study remedial action plan in october of 2020.
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in the ceqa document. pg&e with the port, peer 39 and while in october of 2021, and again just this past may 2022. can discuss the plan in september 2021 meeting october and december meetings. i want to point out that as a result of stakeholder feedback on concerns about and impacts from proposal to rehandle dredge materials down at the property.
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pg&e withdrew the so that portion of work is no longer part of our project. it's no longer part of the project that we're talking about today. now pursuing setting up their construction staging and handling operation. requires plans and sediments gas plan operation located beneath the bay floor in the
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off-shore areas shown on this map from peer 39 to peer 43 and a half. the sediment pose potential hazards to fish and other marine organisms and bay ecology. the sediments did not pose hazards to humans. sxwh institutional controls as shown on this issue, remediation will be performed in 5 areas less i go natured area 5, 2, and 3, based on the 2020 estimate, the total estimated cost for bgne to implement this plan was 211 million.
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pg&e will begin construction in 2023 complete construction by area over a 5-year period ending in 2027. pg&e mobilize spring of each year followed by construction activity from june to november during what are called end water regulatory work windows. work is assumed to take place monday, through saturday during daytime hours. foltd by the end water construction work which will include demolition, contaminated sediments, installing clean and rock material and then site restoration.
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as construction equipment will be water side, the project does not anticipate impacting land site traffic, parking, public and pedestrian access to peer 39 or the visitor experience along the water front during the busy water seasons of each year construction will take place. monitoring and reporting program that is required under the order. construction contractors including those listed on the slide. third party field inspectors will be used to observe and document field operation and ensure compliance with the monitoring plans including those protecting the community health.
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as shown here, the pg&e in collaboration are performing a number of critical coordination task to support remediation of area a and b. pg&e work on the project has undergone extensive review by the water board state and other federal agencies. including core of engineer and b.c. dc and other agencies. these permits will require pg&e to make measures and compensate
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followed by 339 next month and will include the topics listed here. included in these working group meetings are port real estate, and engineering staff who are focused on insurance that construction minimizing impacts to tenant operation and community uses in the project areas. due to contamination. and finally, i want to note that
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>> thank you mr. decosta, are there any other callers? >> at this time, there are no other members of the public on the phone wishing to make public comment on this item. >> public comment is closed. >> commissioner gilman. >> i want to thank you for your report. this is still very critical issues. i actually want to commend you on the out reach particularly with the impacted businesses for 39. i have no questions, thank you. >> thank you, commissioner lee. >> i do have a question.
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agreements between pgn in the port and the tenants that currently in the process. the tenants are retaining consultant to see work with them on temporary relocation options, and on the cost of that relocationer or loss of business. the schedule for the work is shown in this schedule here. you start construction in water construction dredging june first is the earliest you can begin. so it could be anywhere from 4
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to 8 weeks as they proceed with their dredging in area, a, b, c, e. dredging piece of it is a couple of months within the work because they have to demo dredge and put down clean rock and be out of there by november 30th. so now pg&e will figure out the cost as part of their as part of the cost agreement. >> the cost agreement between
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the tenants and legal council and pg&e are working towards those components. >> that's important because it's good revenue. covid, we're still recovering so i don't want anymore issues. >> our maritime and staff are participating in the working group are so all of this is critical part work to get them into a construction mode next may. >> okay, thank you. >> out of curiosity, where is the hotel?
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>> so on this map, so on this map, the hotel is not on port property, it's between mason beach. >> which hotel is it do you know? >> you know, i don't know. >> it changed names, it's not the ar go naught, that's further down. it changed names a few times. i can follow-up and give you that. >> thank you again for your presentation. i think most of my questions were answered. it sounds like a very complex project and i'm glad that we are work withing our tenants and advisory committee and work withing everyone involved to make sure it does not have a lot of impact.
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it sounds like the planning process has been long enough to be able to find great solutions to upcoming problems. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> that would be item 13 new business. >> commissioners do we have new business? >> i've recorded one is receive between horn blower election and see if there is further action at a future commission meeting. second was request as fmta comes back to also bring back discussion and recommendations of potential action this commission can take with your authority to further deconflict the promenade. is there any other new business?
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i'm curious if we can discuss how to do more publicity in general public. programs that may be available. i don't know if we such a department, you know. that web maybe beef up a little bit. i know a lot of people out there don't know what is available ob the port. i'm wondering if that can be in the future. >> would you like the information on leasing opportunities? >> leasing, space available, i mean, you know, anything, the loan program so it sounds more
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of how we're out reaching about our different leasing opportunities and other programs that we offer. i'm wondering if we can speak about it. >> we can see what can be useful. >> great. >> go ahead. >> i was hoping possibly this year, if the schedule allows origining of q1 of next year, i would like us to revisit our signage and weigh finding. many of our signs have been vandalized and pointing to our neighborhoods border rest.
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sorbet view, china down, i would like to way finding and signage. and i think that goes to commissioner lee is saying too, i went and bought 8 pounds of it. but i need to say, i had a very hard time with all the direction and commissioner and using gps to see where i was going to find my fish. so maybe also, tying to what commissioner said, what our strategy really is beyond just pointing to the website or to instagram which is i love. celebrating what you're doing.
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>> sounds good. >> any other new business? if not, can i have a motion to adjourn. >> i make a motion that we adjourn. >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> aye. >> any opposed? the meeting is adjourned at 4:50 p.m. >> madam chair. >> yes. >> what the benefits of those lights that are blinding me? >> for the camera.
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>> hole to everybody i'm the executive director of the office community investment and infrastructure, oci. i want to welcome to the grounds breaking of the mission bay, bayfront park. [applause]. >> you seat park sit in intersection of person open space transit and development project in mission bay. 5 and a half acres will largest mission bay park in the 40 acre mission park system. future ferry service. fantastic chase arena where the warriors play and tell be a contribution to the 350 mile bay -- san francisco bay trail system. >> this park once complete will be a huge benefit for the 6 thonned houses in mission bay and the bay area residents who
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will criminal the city's other new parkses bay front will be an amenity for those who visit. i want to thank the mayor for her leadership in developing parks throughout the city and supervisor dorsey for district 6 and our commissioners oci commission. wee have commissioner gustos in the audience and charles whitaker and e lane forbes from the port and the port staff this will be their park and we look forward to turning it over to you in a year. >> i like to invite our great mayor to speak. mayor london breed. >> thank you. you know it is hard to believe that this entire area of mission bay just over 25 years ago was a
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place that was under utilized railway. and this was a place that most people never visited. so to see it come arc live and i started on the former redevelopment agency commission ocii for 5 years. remember when the buildings and the conversation around ucsf and the things happening here, i thought to myself, how are they get being that done? well, we look at mission bay today and -- it is truly a jewel of san francisco. over sick thousand new homes have been created. over 25 acres of park space. new restaurants, new small businesses even i come for the market which i love. one of my favorite markets in san francisco. but there is also people who work and biotech. they are ucsf, we all know has
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been extraordinary lead and helped us get through a difficult global pandemic. and last but not least i will say how excited i am to have the national championship team the warriors right here at chase arena playing -- on a regular basis but the concerts issue events and activities. this is such an extraordinary place and now with this new park this bay trail park, tell be more beautiful to watch when we play in the final games and other things the arial views of san francisco. and people will continuing is more beautiful than they remember. the past year. already, weave have the docks the parking and other areas the bay trails and the bike trails. so many great things but i already know upon that this is going to be a destination.
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get ready e lane forbes, because people are not going to want to watch the games at the thrive center they want to come here and watch a number of games played bite warriors. some of the soccer games and other activities this will now be a place to be as it relates to getting together on the great lawn for sports and activities. we are luck tow see this community finely come arc live. i wanted to thank so many people for making so the developers, thank you for your work and leadership on developing this mission bay. and we want to thank the port. and ocii and so many folks including especially the warriors for really putting mission bay on the map like never before. we know that curing diseases and the important work ucsf does is truly remarkable but there is
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nothing that puts a smile on your face more than watching a game here at chase arena or any place in san francisco. the spirit of san francisco exists. because of the warriors and because of the life that mission bay is bring to san francisco like never before. i'm excited be here with all of you to break grounds. and to get this park done. on time and under budget. finger's crossed. >> thank you. [applause] >> thanks i'm matt dorse i'm the prierz for district 6. and you know like mayor breed i will tell you, it hen a joy to watch mission bay come arc live. 22 years ago i worked on berry street during the. comera i
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remember this space, it was under utilized. a year when they were building the ballpark and to watch this remarkable neighborhood come to life, i remember i think this was an idea that started as far as the jordan administration with ucsf it was envisioned as a place this was fwk to be an initial leader in limp sciences and biotech and health care and we are seeing that come to life and seeing the density that fulfills the promise of progressive urbannism. and an important part is open space and high quality public realm this park represents. so, it is just an honor to be able to represent that this and to be a part of this. i am coming up on my third month anniversary as a member of the
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board of supervisors, this is my third grounds breaking i was at one last week. last week a graduation at one treasure i lands for young people who were trained got 17 certifications in construction trades and were going to work. we handed out certificates for them. and i was saying how important it is that the job that you have to do is not just it is a great job and contrary and provide for your family but it it is a way to shape the future of our city and right wrongs of zoning and things that happened in housing. this is meaningful. the work that they are doing is changing the world and making our city better. i told them a bit about what to expect. i wanted educate them and do my part. i said the beginning of projects you will have a ground break. there will be politicians who show up and for no reason they will put hard hatos there is
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zero chance of them getting hit in the head they will pick up a shovel and shovel one shovel of dirt and get the press and leave and you will do all the work. i said go with it. because those politicians other people i need to work with to make sure we get the projects approved. i will go to the mat to fight for the projects like this open space and that housing and the kindses of work we need do to improve our city and fulfill the promise of our ambitious housing goals it is an honest torto be here and a part of that. and i would that i would like to -- thank partners the port of san francisco. mission bay development brew. bay confirmation will ocii and everybody the members of the communities and -- one i say, among my favorite constituents i
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am so proud to represent the world champion your world champion golden state warriors and happy to introduce brandson schneider. thank you. [applause]. >> cutting the cord with the celtics. i love that. hello, everyone. and thank you all. especially mayor breed. supervisor dorse and he the team at ocii for your leadership and partnership o this exciting project. i wanted acknowledge we had titan in our sport's world pass away. so first bill russell. who we know speak of the boston celtics 11 time champion with the celtics. but perhaps more important low is civil right's pioneer. we know him as a basketball player, his contributions off the court exceeded what hoe did on the court. the other one, yesterday was vince skill. we are all giant's fans he was a
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dodger. 87 years as the voice of the dodgers but an incredible man and pinormal in our sport. i wanted to acknowledge those before i started. >> what an incredible day it is to be here with you all. to celebrate the grounds breaking for the bayfront park. as we go back i'm looking arc lots of you involved throughout the process, the vision in bringing the warriors here in chase center in san francisco. what we talk about, the park was always a huge part. i hear peter in my head talking about every detail of what this park was going to be and how it would compliment when we were doing across the street. talked going from a basketball team and sport and entertainment company the basketball team was the center piece we celebrate our fourth championship in 8 years. we are proud of. yes. we think about our expansion and
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building a communities gathering place. so you heard a bit from the mayor and supervisor of what this is. inside chase you have warrior's games wee hosted the ncaa tournament in march fer the quest regionals the world finals coming up. concerts. family eventses that in the chase centers then outside, we got 3.2 acres of open space and in the last week we hosted fitness classes. concerts the live at thrive city series we the have movie nights we will add more restaurants and retailers for everybody to enjoy. and the park the site now, will be complementary to all of that. we are so we look forward to partnering with the city and communities organizations to have the right programming, to have something for everybody this is what this about. diverse. we talked before we started a
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diverse wave of event its is crazy to here but not everybody is a warrior's fan we want something for everybody that hen the goal. the park helps bring that together for all of us. >> we are so thankful for the partnership with ociiu mission bay develop employment mayor breed. supervisor dorsey, mayor's office and the port and mission bay community. and surface design, designs the park that we will see here. thank you to everybody, we can't wait to be standing here a year from now. as we cut the ribbon on this incredible park. with that, i would like to welcome speak of the mission bay neighborhoods our neighbor and my new friends a member of the mission bay cac that is sarah davis. >> thanks for coming out and having this day with us. what you are seeing here is years and years of people think burglar mission bay.
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when i grew upon here we moved here when i was 7 the house boat upon community abandoned train yards with jack rabbits and a group partnered with all city friends, some are in this room, to envisionmation bay and sat at tables with building blocks about what ideas the whole community would have. and what it needed to be an addition to the city. you know when i was a little girl, the mission rock would rent row boats row from mission rock to the ferry building and fishermachine's wharf, tic toc was down the way. everybody friday night you see along this strip, city workers gathering with their friends drinking beer and fishing along this water front. this area's had a history of people gathering and having a
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good time. i think for the people in the community when we saw this all this mission bay come in fruition, we were not sure like how it was going to affect us. and when chachs center moved in and the ballpark moved in, it welcomed people to this neighborhood. and i think that the challenge now is that san francisco come down here and take the bayfront park and make it a san francisco park and recreate the tradition this is we had in the past. it has been a pleasure to be here and i wanted acknowledge that we stands on the shoulder of great people and acknowledge woods from the mission creek harbor who yea, there is not a city family that she did not touch. and i wanted to acknowledge her today because she would be proud of this. >> also you may want to explain what you mean by tic toc not. >> okay.
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so -- tic toc burger was on the corner and weate there all the time. waitresses give my family christmas presents. and it was funny when than i upon went away it was only when spashs came in and chase center came in i saw our community gathering in the same way it had. >> [applause]. >> thank you, sailor's. i want to thank the mission bay cac and their work. the early residents of the community had a lot of input to where this community was designed, parks and buildings. now there are new residents we want to thank them. i think i want to thank everyone we will head over to dot actual dig. everyone make their way over here. 4, 3, 2, 1... there we go. that's all we are doing.
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>> there is a lot of unique characteristics about visitation valley. it is a unique part of the city. >> we are off in a corner of the city against the san francisco county line 101 on one side. vis station valley is still one of the last blue color neighborhoods in san francisco. a lot of working class families out here. it is unusual. not a lot of apartment buildings. a lot of single family homes. >> great business corridor. so much traffic coming through here and stopping off to grab coffee or sandwich or pick up food before going home. >> a lot of customers are from the neighborhood. they are painters or mechanics. they are like blue color workers, a lot of them. >> the community is lovely.
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multi-racial and hopefully we can look out for each other. >> there is a variety of businesses on the block. you think of buffalo kitchen, chinese food, pork buns, sandwich. library, bank of america with a parking lot. the market where you can grab anything. amazing food choices, nail salons. basically everything you need is here. >> a lot of these businesses up and down leland are family owned. people running them are family. when you come here and you have an uncle and nephew and go across the street and have the guy and his dad. lisa and her daughter in the dog parlor and pam. it is very cool. >> is small businesses make the neighborhood unique. >> new businesses coming.
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in mission blue, gourmet chocolate manufacturing. the corridor has changed and is continuing to change. we hope to see more businesses coming in the near future. >> this is what is needed. first, stay home. unless it is absoluteliness scary. social distancing is the most important step right now to limit spread of virus. cancel all nonessential gather everythings. >> when the pandemic litly land avenue suffered like other corridors. a few nail salons couldn't operate. they shut down. restaurants that had to adapt to more of a take out model. they haven't totally brought
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back indoor seating. >> it is heartbreaking to see the businesses that have closed down and shut because of the pandemic. >> when the pandemic first hit it got really slow. we had to change our hours. we never had to close, which is a blessing. thank god. we stayed open the whole time. >> we were kind of nervous and anxious to see what was going to come next hoping we will not have to close down. >> during covid we would go outside and look on both sides of the street. it looked like old western town. nobody on the street. no cars. >> it was a hard eight or nine months. when they opened up half the people couldn't afford a haircut. >> during that time we kept saying the coffee shop was the living room of the valley. people would come to make sure they were okay. >> we checked on each other and
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patronized each other. i would get a cup of coffee, shirt, they would get a haircut. >> this is a generous and kind community. people would be like i am getting the toffee for the guy behind me and some days it went on and on. it was amazing to watch. we saw a perfect picture of community. we are all in this together. >> since we began to reopen one year later, we will emerge stronger. we will emerge better as a city because we are still here and we stand in solidarity with one another. >> when we opened up august 1st. i will not say it was all good. we are still struggling due to covid. it affected a lot of people. >> we are still in the pandemic right now. things are opening up a little
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bit. it is great to have space to come together. i did a three painting series of visitation valley and the businesses on leland. it felt good to drop off the paintings and hung them. >> my business is picking up. the city is opening up. we have mask requirements. i check temperatures. i ask for vaccination card and/or recent test. the older folks they want to feel safe here. >> i feel like there is a sense of unity happening. >> what got us through the pandemic was our customers. their dogs needed groomed, we have to cut their nails so they don't over grow. >> this is only going to push us forward. i sense a spirit of community and just belief in one another. >> we are trying to see if we can help all small businesses around here.
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there is a cannabis club lounge next to the dog parlor to bring foot traffic. my business is not going to work if the business across the street is not getting help. >> in hit us hard. i see a bright future to get the storefronts full. >> once people come here i think they really like it. >> if you are from san francisco visit visitation valley to see how this side of the city is the same but different.
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