brandon here, vice president gail gilman, president. commissioner. willie adams here. commissioner ed harrington here, and commissioner stephen lee here. the san francisco port commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone , who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. item two is approval of minutes for the april 30th, 2024 port commission meeting. so moved

second. we have a motion and a second. all in favor? aye. any opposed? motion passes unanimously. the minutes of the april 30th, 2024 meeting are adopted. item three is public comment on executive session. we will take public comment on executive session. is there anyone in the room that would like to make a comment? seeing none, do we have anyone on the phone? let me open the lines for callers on the phone, please dial star three if you wish to make public comment. the system will let you know when your line is open. others will wait on mute until their line is open. comments will be limited to three minutes per person. the queue is now open. please dial star three if you wish to make public comment. there are no callers for public comment at this time. thank you. public comment is closed. next item

please. item four is executive session. there is one executive session. item conference with real property negotiator as agendized. motion to go into executive session. second we have a motion and a second. all in favor? aye. any opposed? the motion has passed. we are.we discussed in close session. >> second. >> we have a motion and a second. all in favor. >> aye. >> any opposed. motion passes unanimously. now we're in open session. >> first the "pledge of allegiance". >> i mraoej 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 7 is announcements, please a member of the public has up to three minutes to make public comment on each agenda item unless they adopt a shorter period. public comment must be in relation to each item. for remote public comment dial and enter access code 26617266140 pound, pound, then

dial star 3 to discuss the item. if you're watching this meeting on sf gov. tv, there is a short delay, to not miss your chance to comment, please raise your hand when the item you want to comment on is announced. we'll take public comment. seeing none, do we have anyone on the phone? there are no public commenters. >> item 9 is executive director's report for callers who wish to make public comment, please dial star 3 to raise your hand to comment. >> good afternoon, president brandon, gilman, commissioners, and members of the public. i'm executive director. i have a lot to report today,

so i'll try to move through things. first, it's pride month, happy pride month, i want to say that this year's event will be throughout the month at the water front. we will have lots of things that are fun and excited at pride and each june you'll see our pride along with other tenants and we're really proud to fly the rainbow flag from pier 1. it's a contribute to the, i'm quaoerz and i've enjoyed the pride parade as a young lesbian in the city. so i love pride and i also want to acknowledge that there are struggles that we're really going through for the trans community and for continued evolution that young people are teaching us about gender

fluidity. june is also, juneteenth month and we are celebrating. the first week end this month, we hosted the return of juneteenth at fairy plaza, mayor breed came, she has come to every juneteenth since we started. : provided seed money and continues to invest and the ferry building. and madam chair, i want to thank you for being part of this program, we saw people in kitchens grow to regular farmer's market, and then to every saturday and then to grow into having employees, and business and scaling up, this is not just one business that has gone through but many.

we had 17 food and ten retail vendors so it was really really exciting thank you so much. this year we're also going to have a sculpture display, we'll be unveiling the art, we're doing this with the arts commission, it's a nine-foot bronze sculpture, it's really a beautiful piece. the sculp showcases, the many way to see love our water front and reflects representation and equity. now to our southern water front, we're going to be celebrating islit creek interpretive, inviting stakeholders to celebrate the new newly installed, it reveals and protects history. the event take place june 15th

from 11 to 1, in the bay view park behind the san francisco fire station 25. thank you in advance president brandon for coming down with us. it's an accumulation from a lot of work of planning and residents and maritime, while you're out like we all do with staff, please have fun but also remember that the port needs to be safe for all to enjoy. so if you see something call it. turning toe quitity. --to equity, i told you it's a long report. this month we're welcoming our summer interns and we're excited about it. each division is hosting interns. and in a new development they have partnered with the police

accountability to host two interns from historically black colleges and universities. we're going to have 15 interns joining us beginning june 10, it's mix school age and young adults and they will actually attend port commission in july, so you'll see every one, they're going to be learn abouting policy ports and commissioners like yourselves so i look forward to meeting these wonderful young people. moving to resil yens, we have a few public comment and you'll hear about that today. we're on the way to hear from army corporate progress, what we're doing with the received comment sxz you'll hear more in your item about the disposition

of all the various comments. so we're on track. and you'll hear more about that later. on to the grand jury on the management effort entitled come hell or floodwater, and then changing climate. the report includes recommendations for intern agency coordination and we will be part of that interagency coordination, there are no specific actions and we'll have 60 days to respond to the report. i'm happy to keep projects, i'm happy to report that the san francisco partnership voted, shoreline restoration project, the outstanding environmental project of the year. the project won the award because it provides a valuable demonstration of nature base approaches to managing erosion on our shoreline with excellent

ecological outcomes and they're also being monitored to see their value and how they go to other projects, so congratulations to the team in receiving such a prestigious award. in closing, commissioners, thank you for your steadfast leadership of all of our leaderships and no%backer now i'll turnover to acknowledgments which i have a lot. first to commissioner lee, may asian american hawaii heritage month, i want to recognize commissioner lee's effort to highlight aapi through his work in china town and with the sculpture of the railroad workers. nbc bay area had a piece for commissioners, had highlighted many efforts to celebrate

commissioner lee's life, it's available on the bay area website. congratulations commissioner lee. now, on behalf of the leadership team, would i like to move to retiring staff and i would like to acknowledge three people today who have served the port for a long time, and this is, the, the day of their retirement, so we want to see them off well and appreciate their contribution. so i would like to start with allen, thank you. allen has had a 17-year career with the port. and 33.5 years of combined service to the city and county of san francisco. that's a long time, we're not going to talk about the year but it was a while ago.

alan is a creative person and brought his personal skill, to find the best solution for the port. over the last 17 years, alan has distributed over 17, i'm sorry, 75 million dollars of project value. thank you so much, that is really really a huge contribution. the project range from the large transformation work such as the new wharf to medium projects such as the joint operation to covid shelter and place project and the southern water front. just smaller but also very important improvements like pier 1 and pier 50. he had a hand in countless project to keep the port in a repair. fay keep going, we'll never stop, 19, 19.5, we have a lot of piers that he kept in good

condition, serving as a equity champion to shift contracting opportunity to small black and brown owned businesses. thank you, alan for your years of service, for your sacrifices to the city for being an excellent employee and for keeping our portfolio safe and open to business, congratulations on your retirement. >> congratulations. [applause] . >> thank you, thank you so much for your service and your dedication to the city and port of san francisco. we're sad to see you go but know that you're going to enjoy the next chapter. do you want to say anything?

>> and for. is there anyone that would like to says anything about alan before he gives us his words? >> come up and line up. >> come on up. >> alan and you can find your speaking notes. >> speaker: hello everybody, i'm wendy i'm the interim deputy director of engineering and previously senior architect and i was the one who had the pleasure of hiring alan in 2008, i'm going to say it. and our working relationship, we learned a lot from each other and grew together and in our partnership, we were able to perform a lot of architecture work in-house which was not always the norm at the port, so we were able to bring a lot of savings to the port and use that it savings for project funds and we felt a lot of pride in that. in this, i would like to

celebrate with alan on the legacy and very proud to have worked with him all of these years. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you, wendy. is that good, director? and port commissioners? thank you for this recognition. my time working with the port has been a blessing, i worked on many meaningful design projects with very dedicated colleagues. and i feel an incredible sense of pride being part of this agency that is committed to enhancing the quality of life and experience for every one who visits the city's water front. thank you again. >> thank you. [applause] and congratulations again.

>> now we would like to recognize, david, combined service with the city at the port and the department of building inspection. also a very long established career. david brought a breath of experience as a mechanical engineer, he enjoyed solution to see his work at the port, he helped with implementing complex projects of particular note are the dry dock number 1, demolition project, illinois street bridge, rerouting, port wide energy mechanical ac upgrade project. fire sprinkler system, container crane demolition project. elevators and escalator, round house two building h vac, and

water front sewer improvement project. quite a lot of work, congratulations. thank you so much for helping to improve the health and safety and energy efficiency of the port and congratulations on your retirement. >> congratulations. [applause] >> thank you. come on up, david. >> i just want to thank you commissioners for throughout the years and help me give me a lot of help. and also our engineering divisions management, like a, wendy, day et cetera, you know. made some change with the ports, so i'm so grateful very happy, thank you.

>> thank you. [applause] >> thank you, commissioners. for the final staff recognition, i would like to

recognize dan hodap. dan has had a long and productive career with the port of san francisco, where are you dan? there you are. thank you. he began his career in 1998 and has been the port lead designer and worked under 23 commission sxerz three different executive directors. you're not to say who's your favorite. [laughter] dan professes a deep understanding and helped to guide new development and leasing for variety of projects ranging from small to grand. dan's passion is to enhance the experience and draw of the water front so that it continues to be notable attractions for local visitors. dan has a passion for mentoring young professionals. he began the inter ship which has been hugely successful. dan lead the port on a number

of engineering project including the 1997, water front plan designed in access element which guided port desewn or historic preservation for over 25 yeaeder. he--years. he established and set up numerous guidelines including embarcadero guidelines and signage guidelines and banner design guidans and biodiversity guidelines. dan's major project, he helped shape include the harbor expansion, pier 43, crewship terminal, piers ferry building, pier 14, bay view gateway, way findings and public art program. that is a lot of work, dan, thank you so much for all of your years of service and

sacrifice that you have made to advance the city water front. thank you so much, dan. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> so i know dan's workers would like to say something. >> speaker: david planning and development, dan and executive director forbeses, dan just wanted to take some time to appreciate the work you've done. i've worked with dan for about two-thirds of his career here at the port. he's been a terrific colleague, not only have been a colleague but i've learned a lot about design, i know he has lot of passion for height design. so we're going to miss dan and his design ability, his ability to work with the variety of people and his goals, i wish him well in retirement but i

know he's going to come back and help us in the future. so thank you, thank you very much, dan. [applause] >> would anybody else like to comment? >> speaker: president forbeses, director, i've been a member of the member of design advisory for the past 31 years, and i'm joining everybody who is honoring dan today. first and for most, i want to acknowledge the role of the leader of waac, that's not an easy task given that you have people with high opinions but dan has perseveres and all the projects that director forbes's mentioned are testimony of what dan has achieved. dan is a quiet force, what he

has done for the water front cannot be acknowledged simply by describing his leadership at the helm. there is living proof out there that is evidence in the beautifully consistency and high quality of the water front and many parts that string the water front together. dan comes with a high taste of design. and it deserves mentioning, it is a depth of dan as a professional that has guided and shaped, not only over the last 21 years, but together with the large number of projects that have been planned, much debated designed and completed during the two decades. it was dan's remarkable ability to always stay open to different view points and still find common grounds that has

created remarkable results. and throughout those years, you have touched and inspired many of us, i speak for myself but i know there are others that would echo, i want to thank you for being a colleague and a friend. your handwriting in this chapter of the water front will always be known to those of us who had the privilege of working with you and thank you for your service. [applause] >> speaker: good afternoon, i'm inix and i'm a planner at the recreation and parks department. but at one point in time i was

an intern here in the environment department where i was fortunate you have to have dan as my supervisor. i was here from texas, panel was dan and david. while i got many smiles from meeting david, i remember dan being stoic like a rock and i was feeling super intimidated. but little did i know that he would be one of the best mentors i would have. through this day, i always tell people about the first appointment that i received from dan. as somebody who was intend to go do policy and data analysis. and if you you've been given a task by dan, you print them out a copy of your assignment, mark up again and again until your

work product is perfected. and this is the case. and but he really challenged me to think about the layout and i like to tell people that this moment of my internship was like mr. magiay, teaching the karate kid wax on wax off. for the embarcadero sea wall program, easy to read maps and most notably designing and laying out the 200-page water plan. he helped me have a design that i didn't even know i had. he helped me land jobs with several design firms after i graduated. now where i supervise insurance i do any best. he always created a safe space and made me feel welcomed to ask questions and not be afraid

to make mistakes. when is received the news that dan was retiring, i texted the rest of the interns. but, we could not help but to feel joy for him. how many people can say that their jaoups helped transform a water front into a world renowned destination full of parks and open space. as dan embarks into his well deserved retirement, he leaves behind a legacy including myself. dan, may your retirement be filled with swims and walked and time spent with loved one. congratulations and best wishes for a happy and fulfilling retirement. [applause]

>> speaker: good afternoon, president and members of the commission, director forbeses and dan, i'm diane oshima, i would like to start by saying, don't worry, retirement is fantastic, the water is glorious jump on in. i know from firsthand, i had the privilege of working with dan for his entirety of his time. and i'm so happy that catherine and phoenix were preceding me, because they reflected the imprint that has the future imprint for all the projects that has dan has shaped and developed along the way. the development design and access element to set the foundation of what the water front design should be, was so fundamental and all of his years devoted to the water

front design advisory committee to ensure that the city, the port b.c. dc are all in the same so that each project that has happened along the water front not only is beautiful and amazing but it contribute something more than to the ho will ising pick experience. and i think that's something that just is the forever saying so. dan, thank you so much for all of the devotion to that. it's not an easy thing but it comes from the heart and compassion that he has brought to the port all of these years. and while i'm standing here, can i give credit to david and alan too, when i found that these guys were on the retirement list as well, i was thinking, i'm not going to recognize any of those names on the phone roster anymore, the turnover in the staff is amazing.

and you know, both alan and david also, they, i'm glad that you described elaine many of their projects. it reflects what happens behind the scenes. there is a lot of stuff that may not be visible and david and alan worked on those projects but it's essential to keep everybody safe to enjoy. so i hope to all three of you, you have the time of your life. thank you so much. thank you, diane. >> speaker: good afternoon, president brandon and commissioners, director forbeses, dan. i'm alice rogers current president of the neighborhood association. and i've also had occasion to work with dan, but i want to

say that each he always filled meetings with great great. but what i mostly want to say and not listed on copious, dan drives the meanest white board when he does public comment. it makes people really want to:ep and say something interesting to see how it translates. so from now on, in your retirement dan, i hope you get to ride your bicycle with a little less weight on your shoulders and i wish you well. thank you. [applause] >> are there any other comments? >> director forbeses, president brandon and david for inviting

every last friend i have, to say such nice things. it's quite wonderful. you know we all have choices where we want to spend our time in and often where we want to work. and i've been here a long time, as they've described. and what is kept me here for such a time is the culture of stewardship and collaboration that the port has. when i say stewardship it's taking care of the 7 and a half miles that incredible resource that we all get to play with, we all get to help, fixing roofs and power outages, doing the landscape space and keeping the water front clean and so much in so many ways, it's engineering, finding creative solutions how we resolve all of these problems in a port that is 1165 years old and past its

engineer design life. and automatic the other departments, whether it's finance, resilience team. and environment division all contribute to go this stewardship and all of this happens because of collaboration. we don't work on projects by ourselves, nobody does. i mean accomplish anything by myself. everybody wanting to work together to solve problems and be good steward of this resource. and the direction starts at the commission. it starts with the executive director, it comes from our senior staff and it translates down to every one in the organization, every one you see here. it's a culture of want, of collaboration, want to go work together want to go meet with each other, wanting to solve problems together. knowing where their expertise

and commitment is. and that's spilled over into other departments that we work with whether it's mta, public works, i think we're a little con tagious and our thrill of how we do this. it's inside and outside our walls, i think you're conducting an agency that is a model about how we operate and how much we accomplish with a limited staff and i just want to thank you for letting me part of this for such a long time. [applause] >> dan, if we can please take a photo with you.

>> i just have to say that we've had three great people retire today and the port is going to really miss them. i've had the opportunity to work with dan his en vier time here at the port. and i cannot imagine the planning development without you, you have brought connected the city to the water front.

and exceeded in our mission in water front because you were able to create so many open space sxz beautiful things and we're really going to miss you, dan. thank you. >> thank you, madam president, that was excellent that we were able to acknowledge three incredible employees. that leadses me to the end and i would like to acknowledge commissioner edward harrington, commissioner harrington has served for a little over a year and his term ends this month. in that year, he drew from a vast arena to advise on our sheet, visionary and really

really much much more. in his work, he always demonstrated integrity, and general you're care for those who live and work in the city and county of san francisco and enjoy our water front and to our staff. we extend our deepest appreciation. on a personal note, i just think you're one of the most most brilliant minds and hearts of the city of professionals that i have worked with. i will not go into details but i said some silly things to you when i was a young person. we have the training to be quality and you always appreciated the civil servant and how this in high reguard and thank you ed for being a model to me. , so, i have no doubt that we will continue to be guided from what you brought to us here.

we wish you well in your future endeavors and i have a beautiful paper waiting for you and flowers and you also get a photograph so please come on up with commissioners.

>> would anyone like to comment on commissioner harrington? >> good afternoon, commissioner. mike martin, commissioner harrington our paths passed a long time ago. and uper super kind to me as a super green deputy city attorney. but my vivid meg rewas when you got to a agency royaling in some controversy had a lot of front in terms of a multi water system retrofit, and i remember i was not on senior staff but

everybody saying, here comes ed harrington and i was so struck at the time how you were able to be empathetic but made us sort of realize that the discipline and focus that was needed to deliver the mission that we had to deliver to the people of san francisco. i want to emulate that now. so when i heard that you were going to be a board commissioner, i had this trepidation, i'll be honest. you know how the city works how the port works, how we do the things we do. from the first day that you worked with us, i felt the same

empathy, the importance of mission and trying to be clear with us how we can provide more information, how we can be more focused on things that are not just in the approval that is in front of us and how we can deliver more with what we're doing. it's been great and i'm hopeful that i get another chance to cross paths with you and see what i can learn from this episode. thank you very much. i've been with the city closing in for 26 years and you've been in the leadership position lment whole time. and, i think elaine and mike spoke well, you're brilliant

you get right to the heart of the matter and you bring an approach to problem solving that does not make people feel defensive about the problem, you are helpful in thinking through how to get to the other side of the problem. then director came to supervisor concerned about, the pucs credit rating there was a voter approved rate freeze on sewer rates and supervisor immediately, we need ed harrington to be part of the brain trust in terms of what to do with the problem. and it was not an easy fix, it was asking vote inventories unfreeze rates, it was transferring the approval rights from voters to the

commission, and then setting up the capture to guide the programs on both the water and the sewer side. and that measure passed just a by hair. it would not have made a ballot, so that was my first up front view of how you can help with that kind of problem solving. i was thrilled when you were announced as a port commissioner. we've always been happy to have a great commission but to have somebody who sat in the seat of building a large capitol program, thinking of all the complexity and how to finance and permit and scale up to a program like that and i just want to say on behalf of the whole resilience team, we appreciate coming to the commission with the work and the questions that you ask and the advise that you give us.

and we are hopeful that we can stay in touch overtime and draw on your wisdom going forward, so thank you so much. any other comments? >> great report, thank you so much. >> we're not in public comment yet. believe it or not, we have not done public comment. >> commissioner harrington. >> would you like to say anything? >> i was going do that in my closing. you can. >> i can wait. do it altogether. >> i would like to say, commissioner harrington, it's been a pleasure working with you. you've been a super star, when you came to this commission, you raised the bar. and you pushed us along like a tail wind and something about you from the first time i met you, you have a majestic

preference about you. and to know that we have an ex city controller. you know how to make things move in this and that direction. and you have the impulse, you sat na that seat and like i said, you offered so much and then the work that you've done in the community, the nonprofits you've been a stellar guy. you're something who has committed your life and sole to the city and county of san francisco and you brought those talents to the port commission you jumped right in, you wasn't shy, you spoke truth to power and added guidance and leadership. and i think you challenged all commissioners to think and even the staff to think this way and that way but you always had

that kind of thinking, your mind is like a genius that is always moving. i want today personally say it to you, thank you so much for being on this commission. i hope that you and i will stay in touch, because definitely you have been a trailblazer on the city but on this commission, it's not how long you stay, but it's what you did so you hear and clearly you raised the bar for all of us. i just want to you know, thank you. as somebody who ran a major nonprofit, you were infamous to all of us civilians moving through the world and you had so much grace, for example worked on complex situations, you've taught me a lot. and i want to say that i'm

super excited about whoever our new commissioner will be. this moment in time, we have outside of history of our tenures, we have somebody steep in business, we have labor and somebody who contracted and somebody who has been a controller and i think the mriment of that breath has made the commission really really special this past year and thank you for everything you've done to contribute to that. >> i don't know what is left to say. but i just want to say, that you know, i've known you over the years, and when i heard you've been appointed to the port commission, i was like, what a great choice. and really look forward to working with you and over this past year, you have contributed so much to the commission, and to the staff and it's just been

really great and refreshing working with you on the resil yaens project on so many infrastructure projects and really getting understanding and you just make it so clear so you have been invaluable and we're going to miss you, thank you. >> well thank you very much and i'm a flash in the pan compared to people before me. but it was a great year. it was maybe 14 months and i enjoyed so much and so much because this is a great commission, thank you very much president brandon. it's been wonderful working and get to go know at least some of the staff. thank you others, it's just been a great experience.

i've enjoyed it, and things come and things go in the city. i do think that, there is so much before the board, there is so many challenges and successes waiting that i will be watching and hoping and sending you all of my best wishes. and thank you for all the kind comments, anyway. thank you so much. >> thank you, that concludes my report. >> why thank you. >> we will now open it up to public comment. is there any public comment on the executive director's report? seeing none. in the room, do we have any on the phone? >> there are none my time. >> public comment is closed. commissioner lee? >> okay, elaine great report, thank you for my aapi

recognition. you know, work hard for small business and the community but you know what i really wanted to say about the retiree as part of the reason requesting to come to port is because of small business but it's because of how the water front has been designed and engineered, it's been amazing how this port has become the world destination it's because of the retiree. and i just want to say thank you to the people that retired today. and of course commissioner harrington, my god it's like, i usually focus on one thing, you know small business and what it takes to really operate a small business. and you know, city government and all that, was thrown together to me and i'm learning as i go. but commission per harrington, when you joined us, i'm waiting, i'm listening to you on all of these things and i've learned so much about these

projects and how to deal with them. but the biggest thing is all the great gossip that you told me about, working with all the mayors. the stories is crazy. people know me as the night life guy, come on down and have a cocktail with me, thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner adam. >> director ford, stellar report, i want to thank all the work and president and all the good work. and that'ses the boost and arm and even the water front needs as san francisco we're

recovering, still from covid that people continue to see san francisco as that bright light and we're turning that corner. i'm impressed with the report, thank you. >> congratulations and other things that's enough for me today. >> thank you. >> director forbeses, amazing report, i mean it's been highlighted so much and i just really want to stay to all the staff, each one continues to this water front, this seven and a half miles of beauty. the only commission i've wanted serve on. and i just want to thank you for being stewards and i want to say, and i think dan said it how we set the example for collaboration, and how we do our the inner workings and i

think too what i get most impressed with is this department is we embrace equity from your report from honoring commissioner lee to juneteenth has been around equity. i do want to give a shout out, this shows how we pressed our partners, like the folks who manage the ferry building. i want to give a shout out to the new restaurant, lauld lineta's is thes a come cambodian restaurant. and she is award winning, one of the only cambodian restaurants here in san francisco and this is a love letter to cambodian food and to her heritage. has been recognized by the "new york times" and hope that all of you will come out. i'm not even sure it's open to the public yet but it's here in the ferry building and it shows

to small businesses by from the folks that run the building. i wanted to thank you. >> thank you. who knew executive report was going to take an hour. [laughter] and i don't want to repeat everything that already been said, happy pride month. so happy that the juneteenth has become such a success and helped so much businesses grow. congratulations on the harrington award, congratulation to see commissioner lee, on his story, his piece, great job. congratulations again to alan, david, and dan and we wish you an amazing retirement. thank you so much great report, elaine. [applause]

>> item 10 a request authorization to award one as needed hazardous management for over water demolition. clean up and marine vessel to sil verado contractor that is resolution 24-25. 10b request authorization to amend the traffic code to establish on street voting and other controls at mission rock that is resolution, 24-26. request approval to reward a sole. smithsonian environmental to the living sea wall and prepare a final report, that is

resolution 24-27. 10d request approval of a no-fee license with the specific crewship terminals llc with a periodic use of approximately 20,000 square feet of 29 shed space for parking 27 commencing on june 15th 2024 for a term of 29 months. that's resolution 24-28. item 10e request waiver of one port of san francisco birthing fee for a period of 9 months. and two port of san francisco dung news crab fees for a period of 5 months. may 15, 2024 through october 15, 2024 in light of economic disruption of commercial salmon season and multiple and

commercial dungeonous season. to receive delegation for the port commission to seep improvement for parks p-19 and p22 along boulevard into the ports park system. port commissioner would be kong tin enter by the san francisco department of public works for improvement among other findings and approval of delegation for certain authority related to acceptance by the board of supervisors, that is resolution 24-30. >> thank you, commissioners is there a motion to approve the consent calendar. >> i move. >> can i remove some items. >> please, so, commissioners. i have changes to item 10f, the resolution for item 10 of

changes that i was able to make prior to publication so they need to be read into the record and ask for your consideration for that item and i believe there is, oh, okay. got it. >> so we will take that consent, so taken off content. >> and 10-e for public comment. >> we will hear public comment but right now i need a motion. >> so moved. >> second. >> is there any public comment on the content calendar? >> i have speaker cards. generalet idle, and then john barnett, and then lawrence collins. >> good afternoon, president brandon, commissioners and executive director elaine forbeses. my name is janet with fishery. we are sea food processor, we

buy the dungeness crabs. we're on pier 45b number 6 and number 7 and we also have storage facilities at shed a. we want to thank you for over the years, the port has been so supportive of the sea food industry and i would like to thank you for that. you helped us through covid and relief plan. and i'm asking today, we store in instead a, grab equipment, and then in our planted, we have a brian freezer, we have a

compressor and a freezer, it's worth about a million dollars and we only allocate that for the crab season. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> john bernet? >> thank you, commissioner. yes, john barnett, president of the crab owners association owned by a couple of fishing boats, times are tough, no need to tell everybody that. and i wanted to thank the port for coming up with this relief package, it's going to be needed. it's just one part of our expenses but ever little bit helps.

>> lawrence? >> good afternoon, director and commission. thank you for the opportunity to address you today i'm larry collins and i'm president of the san francisco fishing association which is a coop owned by about 25 families and their businesses. we wished out since 84. i would like to thank you that the local facing unprecedented hardships brought on by gross mismanagement for the salmon and crab histories by the federal government. we use today fish salmon for five and a half months and crab for six and a half months. that was a full year of

opportunity. so now we've been reduce today three months of crab fishing, the boat payments, the insurance, the maintenance, and the permits are all the same as if we fished for a full 12 months. so we're relieved and thankful that our local government partners have stepped up to keep this plea alive. thank you again you've helped us a lot in the past. thank you again. >> thank you. is there any other public comment? do we have anyone on the phone? >> there are no callers for public comment at this time. >> okay.

so i would like to recommend regarding 10e, if we can look at including the processes and the fisherman's all those involved in the crab season. >> you're pulling item 10e? >> no. this is a consideration for new business. >> yes. >> yes. >> thank you. >> thank you, so much. thank you, mitchel. >> so i have an amended motion, i think, to take out 10 f.and that will be discussed after we vote on 10 a through e.

>> yes. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> any opposed? resolution 24-, 25-26, 24-27, 24-28, and 24-29 have been approved. >> yes. as amended, right? >> okay, 10c request authorizing to receive delegation from the board of supervisors to help mission bay parks improvement, along terry into the port part system. acceptance for maintenance and liability on notice of

completion by the department works for the improvement among other findings and approval of delegation for certain authority related to acceptance. resolution 24-30. >> thank you. so commissioners this item has been before you today. this is with respect to court park that you're receiving from parks 19 and 22. they're six new resolves, let me quickly read that and you

can read along. where as park also contained in the eastern edge of the park adjacent boulevard. which are identified as a parcel block numbers, 8721-04 lot 14 and 8722-020 parcel c where the city will require the process at the time 222 is accepted and they will be merged into the park and where as ocii in the letter dated may 6, pound that the city actions represented to acceptance of parks p22 and p 19 and where as the planning department in a letter found that the city actions relate today park p22 and p 19 within the scope of the ceqa analysis at the mission bay development plan and on balance consisted with

the general plan and planning code section 101.1. and, that concludes the where ass. there are now six resolve added, 2 through 8 in the resolution. resolve, oh i'm sorry, resolve clauses 1 through 7 in the resolution, resolve the port commission relies in the letter for ceqa purposes and adopts the findings, the port commission recommends that the board of supervisors acknowledge that port commission will accept ownership examine acquisition on behalf of the city when they determine that such with the approved planned and specification on all applicant city codes and recommendations and such improvements are intended for city use to public use, 3 designate the property on which the port improvement

are dedicated and open space purposes and four upon the completion accept park completion for maintenance and liability. and be it further resolve that our the port commission recommends the board of supervisors delegate to the port of commission, the board to one ownership of the park on behalf of the city, two dedicate such improvement to public views. three designate the property where they're located for park and open space purposes and all other official actions relate today acceptance of the park improvement for port commission maintenance and relaoublt and all warrant guarantees related to the construction of park improvement. and be it resolve the port commission acceptance for park p22 and p 19 to exclude assets will own and maintain and be it

further resolve, agrees to accept lot 14 as part of the park p22 and jurisdiction approve grant feed for lot 14 in the city's real estate director approves parcel c after they accept p-22 and be it resolved directs the executive director to work with the public works director to ensure that all findings and decision sxz procedures associated with the park mission bay that would be followed in the part of board of supervisors taken to the port acceptance of p22 and p 19 and be it further, that concludes the revisions. >> thank you. >> so can i have a motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> i will now open it up to

public comment. is there any public comment in the room? do we have anyone on the phone? >> there are no callers for public comment at this time. >> public comment is closed. commissioners are there any questions? >> add staff to explore including every one. >> yes. >> yes. >> including the process. >> okay. >> are there any questions on this item? if not all in favor. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. resolution 30 has been approved. next item. >> 11 a is informational

presentation, regarding embarcadero project and grant to the fisherman's wharf benefit district to reallocate and increase the not to exceed by million 200, that is resolution 24-31. for callers who wish to make public comment, please press star-3 to raise your hand to comment. i wanted to say a few words about before you. to work with to activate fisherman's wafsh and sort of continue its recovery from the pandemic. the item before you, i really wanted put some context, it's

kin to what we're doing. i think the city has done a lot to stabilize the vie brens not only in the port but of the city in terms of keeping people safe coming outside of the pandemic. what we found in the city elsewhere is that we can't rely on our historic attraction anymore because of the change dynamics of things like the office market and where people come to enjoy the city of san francisco. and so, you're seeing a number of places, such as front street, trying to create new attraction to see counteract the office worker population downtown and use that spur visitation and regrowth of retail.

similarly, you're seeing the larger proposed makeover for the cable car turn around on powell street, again trying to make it where people want to stay longer and that has not gone affects to the retail. so a fisherman's wharf is a lot of positive progress on trying to manage the sidewalks towards a dressing the unpermitted challenges. and i want to thank our security manager, the police department and our police detail and the department of public works for their collaboration in trying to create that more managed environment. what we would like to talk to you is to have more attraction so people stick there so we can attract more people to come down towards the western and fisherman's wharf to the businesses that are there now and reestablished the darker store fronts. and so, i just want to frame that because it seems like

we're sort of doubling down but i think it's a change and a focus strategy and something that we can move quickly and nim bly to see what works and what doesn't. would i like to hand it over to meghan to begin the presentation, thank you. >> thank you, mike. good afternoon, president brandon, commissioners director forbes as mike just introduced i'm meghan port recovery manager. i'm here to provide an informational presentation and seek potential approval of a request to amends the port's grant. i will point out that i will be presented to help me port, the

port's manager is also here to help answer questions as a representative from the fisherman's wharf. we have randall scott, here to support. we sought approval to award grant for two-year program to develop and implement a multi fauceted program. while this was a significant investment it was directly in line with the port's strategies for targeted activation.

and potential attract developers and future investment in the wharf. so it was really a strong investment. and today, we are looking to increase the funding for the fisherman's wharf cbd really for a 1.4 million dollars and the item before you in terms of our mossing al overview, give a little bit of a look back on the cbd's accomplishment to date.

so i really want to highlight this fisherman wharf is clean and safe. we have maintained the area above and beyond really trying to make sure that, trash is cleaned up, graffiti and stickers are cleared and overall make it shiny and spic and span and welcoming and the added layer is providing hospitality services, making sure that visitors feel welcome and can receive direction and overall just feeling like it is a clean and safe place to be. and or not top that have we get to enhance, they've been shining over the last year. in particular, they helped put

on or they organized bringing in production called trolley dancers for a three-day event free to the public. really celebrated and then of course peer party which has been a successful event in 2023, they put on 19 shows, and within that, 17,000 unique visitors attended the wharf during that time, with an average time of 45 minutes. and this year looking to be even more successful just with the three events that have been put on so far this year, three out of the 20 that have planned. we've already had over 5,000 unique visitors for these events with 48 minutes of dwell time. so we're seeing the peer party has been activating the area.

during these events they're seeing up stakes in sales. so we're dealing with positive outcomes directly from these events. you know, featuring and then a dedication to the wharf fishers on jefferson street. and overall, we've been receiving wonderful community feedback and engaging with our tenant with the wharf and heard nothing but positive feedback. but looking ahead, we are hoping to take on a new focus and this really came from conversations with our tenants the stakeholders in the area, recognizing the despite the wonderful work over this last year, the little embarcadero

has been a challenge as mr. martin just referred to t the unpermit thed vendors it's been a challenge for our tenants and sort of bringing down the overall live life will i ness that we're trying. and the solution, the port along with the cdb came to, was to work with street plans in their urban planning and design firm to really create a positive activation that we're calling a little activation, little embarcadero project. and maybe just a high light some of the key outcomes that we're looking for from this work. again, thinking about end vending enforcement with a positive activation, literally taking up space with our beautification. we do want to offer new offers

to locals, this is ar ofing and we see the little embarcadero and promenade as a wonderful place to create a new draw. we want free and affordable, activities for kids and families. and of course, as referred to previously, thinking about the movement between other maiming or mild stones markers within that region of guireladhi getting people in and getting thome stay. but i think another important element is thinking that we're testing out con cept. in other areas like in water front when we're thinking about activating and beautification funding.

so with that, i'm going to hand it over to julie flynn and she is going to walk you through the project details. >> thank you, meghan i had to take it back, important for me to segway into the design that i'm going to walk you through, which is the last one. this is something we heard loued and clear from local business stakeholders. the people who come and visit this year are the word and mouth for next year's tours. it was important that we bring something to the table that was going to slight people and positive and we do it this summer.

and this is a rendering to show some con accept you'll ideas, it's a promenade, we're creating an inviting promenade. but adding really to elevate this visually. the wooden structure allow you to see the view but i draw your attention to the image of upper right because it's a gateway affect, it's begging to you walk down and enjoy the view and see what is going to carry over to the other side. some of the other things that we heard about the people about the space is as of as amenity as there are, being a new one,

it feels very gray and windy so we're trying to think how we can human eyes and make it feel welcoming. with that promenade, we have a tool kit that can be deployed throughout. so moveable tables and chairs, coverful seating, many of us may have seen the mini chairs they're very popular, we'll bring, some of those in, the pergola can be a house for vending and other types of activation. we see a huge opportunity to bring color to space. i'll show in a few slides how we envision that coming together. another big important move is the introduction of kiosks, really tying with this creating not only more amenities but economic opportunities for the businesses in those kiosk and

some of the pranters and programming that we talked about a little bit here. i want to dive into the containers for a moment and you're seeing the image on the top, this is a different view of the space, from the part this we're calling the welcome plaza. this is where you witness and where you're wondering what do i next? we have a great opportunity for a kind of a welcoming and ambassador kind of oriented type use. but, generally, you know the idea with the container kiosk is that they would be a site for up to four businesses to operate short-term operation, with special consideration to port and fisherman's tenants today. the application for this closed this week and they're--which is really great. so the container, serve an

infrastructure for vending, programming but also a canvass. and if you see the image at the bottom what is showing in the rendering is a blue thank you about thes an amazing opportunity to use that structure for art in addition to the programming inside. and then 4 and 5 are on either of the franciscan restaurant that circle through the site. cbd is the plaza and all the other things that they've done there. this is just another view of that welcome plaza, you can see the kiosk there with moveable table sxz chairs and it's important to mention the kind

of preservation of so the human experience is if you were to get something, something else from the kiosk you're then to enjoy that prom ned and sit on the seats and take in the water. we want people to linger and stay and p happy with their partner. and go back and tell their friends about it for next year. the last item is opportunity for mural.

so the idea here is the using eco friendly, creating muirals that center around the kiosk so using the vertical and horizontal, something that goes up a wall and on to the ground. the xek details have not been designed but it's something that we're excited to dive into. so i'll pause for a second, it's what you see rolled out this summer and i would say thats the tip of the iceberg but the kind of bigger piece below is the people power, the people who are vending in the kiosk and of course the extremely important management model to make it all work to bring the tables and chair out to make sure that they're

inviting day after day after day. i would say that when we look at across the country, kind of activation and successful, that hyper local management is to critical to make iting work and having a dedicated group of people that can really dial in and it's also going to be critical to making sure that anyone who has been selected through the rfp has a great experience, you know, be an existing tenant or somebody new and that there is something there to make sure the space around the kiosk just looks and feels awesome. so we're really excited about the project and i hope that gives you a little bit of a flavor of what is to come. meghan. the fact that is we're in a

grant to operate. we've got a strong partner that is really to go in the little embarcadero activation project. so staff is propose thating we move forward with amending the grant with the cbd, again the total first year is 1.4 million dollars that is portion of that is for the one-time start off cost of buying materials and doing all of these installation wz pergolas and container but the bulk of that is tied to the labor and personnel cost of ambassador and operating out in the site. so in order to move forward with amending the grant, we are proposing reallocated $400,000 of previously approved funds that would have otherwise gone to activity like activating, closer to the cruise terminal,

those are some of the bigger ones where instead we're going to focus and dial those activities and efforts at the little embarcadero project. but we do still need additional resources in the grant, so we're proposing to increase the not to exceed amount by just over a million dollars and we have identified additional stimulus funds as well as previously approved port project, that is really focused on planning both for real estate and resilience purposes for fisherman's wharf that we would apply. due to the nature of the fisherman's wharf grant having been a sole source grant, for two years, we're really locked into that term, so to the extent that we are able to demonstrate positive outcomes from this work and want to continue into a second year, staff is proposing that we

return to the commission late and layout a proposal in terms of new request for proposals process and funding. and so this request is tied to the first year of operation. for next steps we're going to request your approval of this item and if approved, we're looking to begin installing the all of the materials out at the embarcadero, actually as an important update due to the timeline of procurement we're looking at early july instead of the end of june, so that first bullet is incorrect, we don't want you walking out there, the week of june 24th, wondering where is everything, it's looking like the more like the week of july to get the container in particular containers installed.

but we would begin the pop up program in august and ground and container muirals would rollout in september and in terms of our permitting we will need to return to bcbc in january of 2025. and then of course, in terms of us want to go continue to a second year, staff will return to the commission. so it's really in terms, i want to give you know, closing thought that this work really is central to our economic recovery work. we have objective tied to targeted activation fisherman's wharf through all of our stakeholders engagement including work withing advisory committee, maoelting directly with tenants, we just had a really broad array of engagement with our stakeholders and i feel very strongly that this is direct response to their input and what they're asking for and frankly a way to really elevate

that experience at fisherman's wharf and prepare us for filling a leasehold and attract an investment as well. thank you for your attention and we look forward to your questions. >> thank you. can i have a motion. >> so moved. >> second. >> we'll now open it up to public comment. is there any public comment in the room? there is, terrance? >> i'm a tenant and also a board member on the cbd, so i'm familiar with the work they've been doing and it's really impressive and it's a really good team they have right now.

then projects like this, that can be done so efficiently and quickly, and i just can't tell you how sorely it's needed. this summer's numbers are not looking that great. we thought would be in the up and up since covid and thz what we need from people who care, and i just really appreciate every one's work and i hope that this gets done. thank you. >> thank you. >> darlene? >> good afternoon, president brandon commissioners and direct forbeses. my name is darlene i'm the chief executive at the park association.

i'm also the co-chair of fisherman's wharf advisory committee. and i'm here today to ask you and en shaourj you to approve the reallocation of funds. it's in desperate need, it needs to be interesting fun and inviting. the fisherman's wharf has been doing a wonderful job to improve the quality of the wharf area with the flower basks but we need more and we need it soon. i know that the cbd team has some great plans as we saw here to thed and we'll look to keep it a number one place to visit in san francisco. i ask you to please approve the grant amendment and thank you for your consideration. >> thank you. paul miller?

>> my name is paul miller, buoidin support the activation as proposed by the cbd. we have seen foot traffic reduce, as vendors have taken over the sidewalks. as visitors, as visitors approach pa well street from pier 39 they often turn around as the current scenery does not welcome you. we believe activation in step is in the right direction to enhance the visitor experience and increase the dwell and property type visitors. thank you. >> thank you. >> fema? >> speaker: good afternoon, i'm

sema and on behalf of pier 39 and as a fisherman's community benefit member of the board, i would like to thank you all for your attention and understanding of the current needs of fisherman's wharf specifically for your approval of the grant. to improve the fisherman's wharf area, what si difference it's made and we really appreciate it. the activation, afforded by this grant has been positive proof that activation can greatly enhance an area to create a vibrant destination, they have made an impact by making enjoyable and safe experience for locals and tourist alike. please approve additional grant funding request before you today to ensure that the sha have been made in the district are r continued and the little embarcadero area can be returned to our visitors and

also flourish as a vibrant water front destination is is free of unpermitted vendors including illegal alcohol and drug sales. thank you so much. >> thank you. is there any other public comment in the room? come on up. >> i waited so long i'm going to get my comment. good afternoon, president brandon, commissioners, executive director forbes. i'm taylor and one of the owners of red and white, we've been operating on the bay for over 1134 years. i too am here to voice my support on this expenditure. we believe it's on three key themes that are important, the first beautification, you heard about that. especially with a lot of empty store fronts. anything that we can make it be

attractive, the second is safety, having more people and activity will contribute to the safety of the area and finally deterrents, the pergola, in addition to being attractive will deter a lot of the illegal vending. for all of those reasons, i hope you'll consider this investment. thank you. >> thank you, any other public comment in the room? >> speaker: hi good afternoon, commissioners and director forbes, i'm director of marketing, but i'm speaking who owns the franciscan which is the heart of the program that we're proposing and he says the little embarcadero has taken over for the last several years and after affects of both, filthy sidewalks and out of

control have made it undesirable, started this summer and this has been a first and only effort to improve the. we strongly support the port to this efforts. >> anymore public comment, seeing none. >> good evening, commissioners i'm director forbeses, i'm director of public policy. i'm please today express my support for the embarcadero. as you heard, they have done a wonderful job during the ambassador program and beautification, such as lighting, amazing events and

marketing over social media and in the press. this work is critical for attracting new that is support foot traffic to the small businesses. to continue the positive trajectory of the area, they're in need of the focus attention due to the focus on street vendors street traffic to our near by avenueses and impact the experience. we believe that increases efforts can are critical to continue to improve public realm. it will create a positive use of the prom promenade. we hope you support this project. >> thank you. any other callers? >> there are no other callers for public comment at this time. >> thank you, public comment is clodes. commissioner lee? >> i'll definitely, i'm in

support of this increase, but i have a few comments. so you're stewardess assistance, two-thirds is going to that. which is well needed bu. i'm noticing in your description, i don't see any results fren gauging the illegal vendors or some of the homeless issues or stuff whether or not you know, what is being done or at least pointing them into some kind of direction other than obviously, expanding the program and take ing the space. but you realize even if you build these beautification, without the proper, use of the assistance, you know, they're going to keep coming back. so i would like to actually see, what the stewards are doing to address the illegal vendor situation.

it's not fair to the people who are paying for their permits and the small businesses along are still struggling because of the situation. now i know it's a difficult thing, but if we're spending two-thirds of the budget to be part of these stewardess program to help mitigate space, i would like to know what you guys are doing to, you know, help with that. so that is one thing. on the other thing is promotion, your budget is only 110,000 allocated to promotions. the, the thing is, is, i'll give you an example, my town is a destination location and we cleaned it up, we've activated and everything but we don't have foot traffic same thing. we don't have enough people coming. and we tried to promote we use facebook and instagram. it's a cbd has a website

facebook, instagram, somebody that is allocate d to promote this thing. not just on the weekend and parties, but everyday, monday, wednesday, thursday, the weekdays. because, you know, you're paying your rent, you still have to stay open but there is no traffic. so i understand the promote, the concerts and things which in my opinion, cause i only saw a few of promotions for the upcoming concerts, i think more can be done, maybe a little more money allocate today promotions. but that's basically my opinion about how things are allocated because we're going through it in another district, and, everybody knows around the world they come to fisherman's wharf same as china town, but without foot traffic or people knowing how beautiful it's going to be or what programs

you have, you're still going to be slow. so, no matter how much money you pour into it without the proper promotion. and even like highlight that you have patrolled or walking ambassadors, people are apprehensive whether or not they still feel safe. so i think more work with sf travel, maybe more videos that they can with escorts or they can see people roaming and talking to people, and tourist, i think that may help relief some of the confidence, or unconfidence of people not wanting to come to fisherman's wharf or whatever. that's what we're trying to do in another district, then this program should be a lot more successful. and i think activation of the embarcadero is a perfect idea but it's only a half ass solution. you've got to gel your people

engaged to let people it's safe to come out, not just on the weekends but on a wednesday and a thursday. so that's my point on it, but i support this increase of budget. >> thank you. >> commissioner harrington. >> thank you, madam president. actually, i again i support this, i think it's a great idea as commissioner lead said, ask for more. i think that's the only thing that i would suggest, i noticed that your marketing was going down and outdoor events was going down from the original budget. and so if there is something about that, that you need more in some fashion or something that is not working, i would encourage you to go back and tell us what that would be. but where you're going, is great. >> thank you. commissioner? >> madam chair. >> yeah, i agree that, with the commissioner lee, there is a lot of questions and that he,

he brought out. but i'm in favor of this. i said this, i still think we have a image on whether it's safe, you need to talk about it and address it. and i think that's the responsibility of the commission and i think whatever the commission can do, we want people to feel safe and embrace coming down to fisherman's wharf, whether it's police presence or ask and for more money. we want to make this work. one thing i heard in here is unity, everybody is rolling in the same direction, how do we get there. i don't have a lot of answers but one thing i do know, is especially with commissioner lee, he's been doing this more a long time and he understand a lot of this.

let's run that kind of campaign and say that we've taken our fisherman's wharf over. we're talking about a city that used to have 2 million visitors a year. and when you hear the news that it's not safe to come to san francisco and oakland, and we don't want to that and we have to talk about it. and we need to get this things on fire, we want it to be contagious and put that energy. and one of the best way south side to through social media and young people. young people through social media and ai, they're vibrant and i think that we have to do that. but as far as i'm concerned, i'm support that but i we want

to do it right and if you need more money, come on back to the commission and let's make this a success story. >> he all the check--[laughter]. vice president gilman. >> look, first of all, i support the item and i, align with every one's comment and i'm sure randall and your team are getting a lot of unsolicited feedback. i do think that when you come back, if you can talk about a activation for locals. bread and butter may be during the summer tourist but every restaurant knows when you're not in the summer the locals is what keep it going.

also really i know this is a long shot but i'm going to use my podium to go to the sfmta committee meeting, because the bus yashd yard on pa we will is completely dark, seems unsafe and there is no way you would know if you have gone to dinner in china town and had a beer in northbeach and want to continue down, there is no lightage, there is no way to get there. so i just want to think about how you think also from other departments within the city of san francisco that can assist with that activation and way fair signing or signage is super important as well.

and i want to see in particular. the images around lighting along the promenade, i'm really hoping that the street vending and please be nimble, i'm a little more concern than the street vending, by the signs. you know, again that's something that turns off locals and i think since we have seen illegal alcohol and drug sales, it turns off families as well particularly because is thes to close to the ferris wheel. it would be great to maybe what to do more. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, mike, meghan and

julie for your report. and i agree that this is a good investment but i would like to hear from the cbd staff on how you think things have gone and what can we do better? and are we going in the right direction? and i also want to know what are the plans for the future? how are we going to invest. >> my name is randall scott i'm executive director for fisherman's wharf cbd. how is it going? i think it's going very very well. i think we've exceeded our own expectations for the pier

party activation and murals. plural. stewards are ambassador, they're not safety ambassadors. when we come back next year and you want to see that, we can add that back in. we've done very very well, so we've, i have metrics, and i apologize i don't have them for you today. all the stuff weaved wiped down. we're very excited because it, you know, to use a word that was use thed earlier, it elevates the space.

and we specifically designed it so you cannot put a ten by ten there. i think the netted. i don't like to use the word hamet, it's a fixed hamock that you can enjoy the water front. those are going to be a big front. that is key for locals, locals moms, it's a great place to go. why not bring them down to the wharf, they stay and eat lunch kids get hungry. so if we want to dream big, one

of the things that we can't afford, that we think would be a fantastic hat and that would be a very significant structure at that plaza place. because, that is a very large open area, it's, right on the water front, it's just screaming for a playground of some sort. so, that that's the future in my opinion as well as the programming activation for the locals, we hire local bands to try to get locals down in here to realize, the wharf is alive, it's a fun place to be. i get comments all the way, hey i went down to the wharf and i had a great time, it's really nice down there. it's like, come more often. it belongs to the san francisco and that's the message that we

need to get out. this is your wharf, come enjoy it and i think with these new, it's new, it's fresh, there is a reason for locals to come and rediscover the wharf. so we're happy to put together, in fact our first vision, i think had a lot of things in it and i think it's 4.5 million dollars budget. our board, we can do it, we can execute on it. so we just don't have the means. >> i guess that's my next question. are we working together to figure out how to fund this coin further? are we working on grants, getting our tenants engaged? how are we going to sustainable

because, and they reallocate today make this happen. where is the funding coming from? >> well i think next year, meghan can answer this, we're looking at ways to partner and develop. the port side cbd is at its best. generating as you can see by this budget, that does not come close, it's about ten percent of it. so, we forming the port side cbd, now the way it existed previously as a business base, was a gross receipt tax with the revenues that were generated that would be closer to around 80,000. so that is really not a viable option, as far as funding future.

they worked with other city entities and other options as well. there are ways and mechanisms in which to do so and we're open in doing that. >> okay. thank you. i appreciate it. meghan? yes we have been supporting the second yae, of course we want to continue to explore looking at ways to supplement that, especially if we're being encouraged to think big and recognizing that we're trying to be typical court, you make every dime go as far as it can so we didn't include safety ambassador, because if i recall, the number around 700,000.

as we're getting this up and running with this initial request for funding, we'll be looking at year two and continue to look at sources and thinking about partnerships potentially thinking about, the future of the cbd and how, how we're all working together to get a our resource to see build a sustainable program. >> i think it's a great program and i think that we made a huge investment anywhere along the water front, into fisherman's wharf.

i thought it we were investigating so it could take a life of its own. because we are, you know, i would love to dream big all along the water front, i would love to be able to do everything we want to do, everywhere along the water front but we don't have those funds. that's why i'm asking what are we doing now to plan for the future? are we looking for grants or partners? would level love our tenants to invest in this regardless if it's 50,000 or 80,000 in revenue. with all of these vacancies, our tenants have a bit of an uphill battle. >> along the water front. >> and thinking about the city convention trends, there are city wide impacts of declining

conventions coming through, that means lower foot traffic in the wharf. for that intended purpose for helping generate purpose for them. >> which is why we're discussing approving allocation and additional funding. >> yes, in deed. >> thank you. >> the fact that we're not securing ambassador, i don't want people to get the impression that we're hoping that security is addressed. we've already made investments with our detail to get them 7

days a week, so we have at least two officers, 7 days a week and we've already worked to get, basically daily staffing from public works to enforce on vending at the little embarcadero which we didn't have two months ago. and that's been a market up take. i think the ambassador and the staffing that we're going to see on the streets are not going to be engaging vendors, they're going to be eyes and ears and work withing the enforcement staff to enforce on permitted vending when it pops up. so i want to be clear that that's not something that we cut out for economics, we have a different strategy to do the frontline enforcement. >> so when the ambassadors go out, are they radioed? do they call? the roaming police officers or, public works people that are in the area that come and take care of this situation? >> so they all talk, they all

have radios to the management. and in management would engage with, if they decided to escalate the call to dpw or the heart team or, the manager makes the call not just the individual down the street. >> so have you tracked the response time? i'm curious, okay, they see an illegal vendor, call it in. >> we don't engage with illegal vending at all. >> no, i know that, but you can radio the enforcement officer suppose to be roaming the area unless other departments are not there. this is just inquiry, i'm not trying to blame anything. >> usually anything that escalates, i get a text with a picture and i send it to cal. >> what is the response time usually? >> i'm not there to, we have not tracked that at all. >> so i would like to know, the communication if this is how,

we cannot you cannot put it in your budget, it's too expensive but the port tenants and everybody who is concerned about this thing, evening having ambassador with three quarters going dwards through, there is got to be a better communication. you can beautify the place and if you're not getting people to feel safe, you're not coming back. if we can tighten it up a little bit or however, they're allocating public works, i would like to know how your ambassadors can engaging so we can protect the tenants and also the public so they know, hey, they're right on it.

if we can push the other departments to help back you up. then that maybe that's what we can do as this commission to tell the other commissioner, the commission to try to step it up a little bit because againstinger no matter how you beautify the place, if we don't have foot traffic, it's not going to work. >> and i will work with kyle on the chain of command on how that is going to work. >> okay, thank you. >> i have a question too, and then for meghan too. have we reached out to a tate assembly member to ask for some help or senator wiener or leader pelosi's district to try to get some funding to try to get help, and i see brother chung, so i'm sure rodney knows where a lot of money is at. have we tapped into those

resources? as we said president brandon said, getting funded but all of those people mentioned, especially laetder pelosi, scott wiener and even our former commission, new lieutenant-governor elani who spends a lot of time down at the water front, and there is money in the budget, i'm sure sacramento and what the prestige and power that leader pelosi has to try to get some funds, the port is putting up so much but we need other people to help us. >> yes, i will say that one of the biggest pushes along the lines was to secure federal stimulus funds that were then appropriated through state lands and we have put the stimulus funds to work, fully stim lited funding but i think moving forward, to the extent that, i agree with you, we

should looking at other options for funding and tell our story and we can work with you know, court staff to plan for the out reach efforts for seeking more funding. >> if i verify, so we are supplementing of the cbd was the water site about not vote to continue. and we are over funding what was available before, because we need a lot of work. this is leader pelosi's water to make this water front a better place. and we're doing it in an emergency short-term concept, we're not going to fund the cbd, that's the businesses and cbd's job to figure out. further we take care of security, so if we've got problems, we have our security tragedies. so we don't have anyone that if

we don't have enough money, we don't believe that to be the case, we have a different strategy and it's working well. i wanted to clarify, my staff has been directed this is our last time as the port, this is the stimulus money we have. so we've been asking the cdb and working together to say now what happens next. i want today make those clarifying comments. >> director forbes, i was just curious and if we need to have this under new business, i understand that i need today practice that. but do we apply for community project funding, congress just released those what we call, they all got released i know from my day job not from san francisco we applied for them. i'm curious if the court applied for an infrastructure project in general and if we

thought applying for this, that's just a question for new business not for right now. and so randall and his team, and i don't think it's a place for us, i would hope that you would be looking to foundations, to fund, like the play learn, from the current we just set up shop on the other side of the water front for your great ground design, that's an excellent opportunity for foundation to come in or education institute or i don't know if the parking lines still exist but i just want to say, that's in some way not a porto bligation, but i want to encourage your team to look and maybe the chamber can help you with that as a way to supplement what we're doing. >> any other questions or comments? then i'll finish. i also think it's interesting that you're going to put the kiosk out there.

can you tell me a little bit about that rfp process and selection process? >> hi commissioners, amy cohen. it was not an rfp so this is a pop up and it's meant to be a prototype see what works well, these containers are not going to be have kitchens, they're not going to cook but there is a command as everybody can see, there is a demand to buy stuff out there, especially by the wheel. so, they put out a call for interest, they received each proposals, it's a range, it's between some retail, some take away food and drink and some experiencetial stuff like tickets for experiences in the wharf. and it's all from, san francisco based wharf base or very close to the wharf base businesses. >> so only to wharf base

businesses not to the greater area? >> oh you mean where did the call for projects go? it went through out through the cbd's network, so it went through the general wharf area but beyond court tenants including but beyond port tenants. >> did it go to the various chambers? did it go or was it just limited? >> i don't think so, we knew we only had four containers maximum, and there is a lot of stipulatelations with this brm where the vendors are going to be sharing the containers with games we didn't talk about the gains. so we're really trying it on a small scale right now, and if it works well, the initial agreements will get extended and it will be become for of a thing and maybe we can get more containers if we can set them in. >> i hope it's successful and i hope in the future, we can be

equitable and open it up to more diverse communities and organizations. so with that, it is time to vote. if there are no other questions or comments. all in favor? >> aye. >> aye. >> any opposed? motion passes unanimously. resolution, 2431 is adopted. next item please. >> item 12 a is informational presentation on the san francisco water front coastal flood study draft integrated feasibility report and environment impact statement draft report and city and regulatory agency comments on the draft report. for callers who wish to make

public comment, please dial star three to raise your hand to comment. >> adam barret for deputy planner. i'm joined by my colleague louis who is our senior planner work that we've been doing as it relates to the army corps flood study draft plan. i'm going to give a brief overview on the plan sort of refresher, you've seen this before in early february. i'll talk about the what the comment have been and what we've been working to address. so as a background. the flood study is a between the army corps of engineering

with the lead agency, we're studying the impact of sea level rise on the ports water front along the 7 and a half jurisdiction over the next 100 years. with released the draft plan for public comment. huge mild stone we were really excited, had you know, a very great engagement program which louis will share and that kicked off a informal engagement period through the economic analysis as well as, on the draft report and draft planning. so, as you may recall, the dpraft plan proposes a set of adaption for the shoreline that has a cost of about 13 and a half billion dollars and this would go before u.s. congress and if it were approved, congress would pay up to 65 percent of the cost with remainer coming from non federal state and local sources.

so a refresher of where we are in the study, we're now towards the end of the but not at the end of the faes abilitied study phase, we release the plan in january and february as i mentioned and working towards a recommended plan to congress by the end of 2025. that would then go before congress for approval and authorization and appropriation of funding through the water resources development act in 2026 and move into more detailed design and engineering phases. and this is a massive undertaking is not something that would necessarily be funded or built in one step it would be kind of built and phased in multiple stages over decades. here's the overview of what is in the plan which you've also seen before, and essentially, the plan proposes, elevating and adapting the shoreline

along the ports most of the port's water front from about pier 27 to hairgs park using a combination of ray sea walls, flood wall, levees and byrne, we would also be adapting and elevating the historic building, and the wharfs that they sit on. including the ferry building and we would be adding flood proofing of select building in the fisherman's wharf area which is a little higher elevation more protected than the other areas as well as around historic finger piers. so that's a refresher with the plan and with that, i'm going to turn it over to louis to talk to the engagement. >> thank you, adam. good afternoon, president brandon and commissioners, i'm louis ba rata senior planner.

i'll talk about what this engagement took over during the months of from january to march 2024. and, i want to start by saying thank you to other community members who participated in this effort of the community organization that's worked with us all the, career advisory councils, we also worked with the agencies and i want to says thank you, we have champions to see some of them, actually volunteered on some of those events and also to our report staff and our consulting team. so, the engagement included about 14 events that were open to the public, including community workshops. water front walking tours, sem laers, we had over 50 briefings

to the community organizations, that committee of advisory council, agencies and port tenants and about 970 people that participated across those events. we also updated our website, with store maps in multiple languages including we also had social media, we had post card campaign, and we had also applied to the, to the department of human resources for corporation with their san francisco fellows, so we got four san francisco fellows that came to the port over ten weeks and they, worked with the san francisco unified school district, climate action fellows, we did a workshop of them and they also prepared a career pathways in relation to

adoptation work. this is, this two tables show, the overview of those, 14 events that the events that they had, and those included walking tours, the community workshops across other geographies that we worked op two in language and one in spanish and one in chinese. and also webinars and also the table to the right shows all the board and commissioners hearings so we had about 12 of those boards that extended from, you know, here park commissioners, and mta, buc across different departments, b.c. dc and others. and, so those workshops was the idea was to go to the community and talk about the both of flood study and the address

plan, so we presented the plan to them and also get comment, and public city back on those, on the dpraft plan. and, basically, we indulleding our workshop we had on oral presentation and then we had tables with different sections of the water front. and in our science fair style, so people can go and ask questions and provide comments. as part of the, we also had a court reporter where people can provide comments with them and be recorded. so across those workshops, we had about 400 people that attended those workshops. and we also had the walking tours and walking tours were one of the most affective ways of reaching out to the

community as we heard from the community, they enjoyed going out and seeing, the water front and seeing, how the work is going between back them so we had, we hosted four of those walking tours across the geography. and we also had two royal walk tours which is king tides, that was partnership we have them with those and those tours, they often opportunity for the public to experience what a water front can look like in the future with sea level rise. in addition, we, you know, had city department support in those tours. so, i will provide, you know, it's a very summarized collection of those comments, we had a lot of conversations

and received over 150 written comments that they received. and here is some of the, some of what we heard. so one of the things that we heard is there is a strong support for nature base solutions across the water front as mentioned in this work. this preserves and expand the uses, request for opportunities for local businesses and workers and and contracts. we heard a lot of concerns about the helping back from contamination and flooding. and we also heard about concerns from the jurisdiction of justice plan. so what the city is doing beyond both to the park and also to the west of the aquatics park.

and we also used comment regarding the funding how the city is going to come up with the 345 percent match, of course the disruptions, and also tenants disruptions and tenant locations and all of those economic impacts. so this is a very brief some of the comments where we received in each of those areas, fisherman's wharf, support for the solutions. preserve those recreation swimming and voting that is very important to the area in particular. commission of the across all of those projects and concerns about the fact. in the embarcadero, we heard about the impacts in our district, also concerns of disruption of the work, preserving the ferry building farmer's market that is community that the community values. and think about the

opportunities to rethink the future of embarcadero. again, support for the nature base solutions with the water quality and the creek and how, the project could have some mitigation on the impact. and also, those recreational uses in the mission creek channel. and concerns about race water impact and with the all the infrastructure that are on the creek. in the less creek bay view, some of the concerns were about the limits of the port study area, what is happening, again helping impact regarding some of the contaminated heights a big concern, concerns about the combined sewer and overflows to the bay and desire for job

creation. for the inland workshops, we heard about an opportunity to increase investment in areas that has been historically, not included in the investments, concerns about contamination, funding and professional funding and opportunities for the city. we also heard about, concerns about preserving nature and opportunities for job creation and the construction impacts on tourism and traffic. but also highlighted the importance of increasing public awareness about this project. and i'll go to adam to talk about the city next steps. >> thank you, louis, and i want to point out that louis is in every photo of the public out reach. >> i saw that. [laughter]

>> so we also have received a number of comment along with army corps, in addition to the public comment from the regulatory and public agencies which were included as part of the packet, i'm not going to go into the details but you can see some of the agencies, as well as the city put together an comment letter on the draft report, sort of saying, here are the things that the city is concerned about as we go through the process, of refining the plan and finalizing the report to recommend a congress, here are and as we move to future steps here are the concerns and consideration that we atz a city care about and see a lot of overlap with the comment can as well as what we heard from the commissions including yourself. you can see some of the topic, main topic that we focused on

in the city comment here, they were less about specific changes and more about fundamental approaches to the proj sxekt how we may expand or revise the revise the project. i'm going to touch on tlaoef these, any plan, when we look at it from the army corps lens, i want to see how this is reducing costs and increasing benefits across that benefit framework, or decreasing environmental impacts. so any revisions that's the framework of thought that we're using. is louis touched a little bit about the public comment. it's a appreciate comment that we hear and have heard over the last several years is what happened south of the project study area? in particular when we due out reach of the community, what happens? so we have been working with other agencies as well as army

corps of engineering so at this i didn't area. a lot is doptation plan as part of that project. there is one gasp which is the i don't yosemite corps area, so we're exploring for future study so there is an adaptation plan for that area as well which shares a lot of interest with the creek channel. one of the other issue is the ininland drainage, sub issues related to this, right now, the study looks at if you buildup and adapt the shoreline you create this path tub affect where you trap behind the newly elevated and you need to do something to address that with

you know pumping and other storm water. so we really need to refine that and design an element between the port sfpuc and the corps of engineers. and also studying matt has a changing issue as climate continues to change, storms welcome more extreme and what is the impact of sea rise in general on the inland drainage system. that would be an area of further study that may also become a spin off study to this one without going down this tud' --study that we're in discussion with the army corps about. and finally, as luis mentioned, another thing we heard about and it becomes a community issue as well as implementation is the contaminated sites that

are present in the study area. wiier continuing to work towards developing that information base so we can address it. >> so those are the highlights from the letter and more technical engineering issues,

just overview to close out on where we are in the flood study process and where we're going from here. so you can see we're going to have the draft report publication and major mild stone in january and 60-day comment period that ended in march. as well looking at technical and agency comment sxz talk about how we're going to refine the plan and we're going to hit another major mild stone called agency decision mild stone at the end of june where you sort of say, okay, this is the path towards getting to a final report, here's the final analysis, here's the major changes based on all of this comment and then go do that and develop the final report which we expect by the end of next year and then it will go before congress, sorry by the middle of next year and then it will

go before congress in the form of army chief's report in 2026. so that's the next step of where we're going and with that, i'll close out. >> thank you, great report, great report. okay. is there any public comment on this item? >> speaker: good afternoon, again. president brandon, commissioners, directer forbes, i'm alice rogers current president of the drink hunt neighborhood association. and i'm just here to corroborate the many many many many out reach opportunities that we're were provided to our, swath of the water front and we're just one portion and i know that we were not favored necessarily but at every turn,

there was another presentation and in deed, luis was not only in every photo but i think he was at every presentation as well. the walking tours were particularly successful and the community open houses were very, very fun, very interesting, wonderful staged with a lot of materials. so i want to say, this is very successful out reach. thank you. >> thank you, any other public comment? is there anyone on the phone? >> there is nobody remaining on the phone wishing to make public comment. >> thank you, public comment is closed.

>> thank you for all the work that has gone into this. the three items that you picked are the ones with most interest. that's the same language under environmental contamination as half of that under somebody's slot. >> typically the army core has looked at rivering flood risks and they will look at congress adopted the development act that under approval by the assistance act of the army

these studies can start to look at combined flood risk in a more solis tick way. >> it would not be 20-40. >> it's not in the next year. obviously, so when we people are asking about this, what we're saying is we'll come back to you in three years, five years.

>> this is an issue that really is a puc type of issue, so we need clarity, that the puc is at the table and wants to pursue and wants to be an accounting partner this this kind of study. on what is the needs as it results to the project. in terms of inland and getting to a realistic cost estimate and needing more details and that is happening through this study.

>> so thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. commissioner adams? >> oh yeah. >> great report. a couple of questions. he's had sfaf so robin, calisimo attended the plan meeting and is scheduled to attend this meeting that is coming up later in june. we're trying to get a meeting with her staff to get better

educated about this provision of law. so they came out to san francisco on a boat tour when we had our selected plan meeting, they really appreciate the multi benefit approach in the study. i notice that you went to different areas like they like if you went down to hunters point, they were worried about, sewage, back up waste and job opportunities. so i'm really glad that you broke that up. was there a theme that you

found in all the areas that connected? so people want us to use a solution as much as possible, everywhere we can to one of the things that we are looking and working on is the project for instance here in the embarcadero which is an area that we don't have a lot of space, it is one way, that can be implemented. so we have a little bit more space so we're looking for other opportunities to have space for natural habitat. that's one thing that we heard strong lea cross. --strongly across. and disruption to tenants,

businesses and residents, that's something that we heard across all the geographies. >> thank you, madam president. >> thank you. >> commissioner lee? >> no questions, i just want it applaud you for such a thorough out reach. the whole thing is to get this done quickly, and i can see by all of these reports all of these months, you guys do such a great job and the only comment i have is you have great meeting spaces. those are good looking spaces. good job and thanks for all the hard work. >> thank you, vice president gilman. >> i want to echo the community out reach.

it's how they should be doing their community input. is the port responsibility for it? >> port owns some property around, there is a former rail

right-of-way, that intersects the creek that the port owns. there is other owners and state park zones land, in that area. puc has been working for a long time on super fund designation for the site. if does seem and they're interested, we need to get other city agencies to be part of this process, the planning department has gotten a grant from the state of the grant.

whether they're doing feasibility has a fuel if you have adopted plan, not going to come in and replan it. so that played out on port property as well with the mission rock projects that had adaption in them. the plan that we're talking about tonight, connects to those areas but didn't replan the sea level rise same is true for the shipyard and candle stick but it's the gap that wasn't plan for adaption

purposes, okay. great. great. >> so we have to make sure that cpw steps up. >> reaching out to them now. >> thank you, thank you. i appreciate the report and i appreciate all the engagement that you have received during this entire project and that you know, as i always say we're so lucky to be at the for front of this planning process. thank you all for your hard work. thank you very much. next item please. >> item 13 is new business. >> i've recorded three items for you. the first is for staff to look to see fish processors, we can add those fish processors to our program of relief and we'll get back to you in a future meeting. possibly the next meeting. second item is to update on

past and future funding requests made and my final one is we will look for equitable approach to the kiosk with the cbd and come back to you on director's office report, is there any new business? >> any other new business? seeing none. i can have a motion. >> motion to adjourn. >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> aye. and happy fathers day. >> and juneteenth. >> and juneteenth.

[♪♪] fisherman's wharf, this is a working wharf and it's part of the beauty of the san francisco area. >> before the restaurant, before the t-shirt shops. >> at first the fishermen would go out and do the harvesting. they process the crab. >> it really is industrial. it is fish processors. >> it's a working, living, breathing place. and it's a great place to visit and there's a lot of history. >> i'm a third generation italian fisherman. we're one of the oldest fishing families at fishermen's wharf. my family's been working here

since 1908. my boat's called the lovely martha. sport fishing means when you come out and catch your own fish on the boat. commercial fishermen come out, catch fish, it gets processed and they sell it to a store. they're selling crab off the boat. there's nothing more fresh than a crab. our crab are sweeter and better tasting. the meat is firmer. >> more crab. >> we love crab. we love the people out on the boats. they're awesome. >> what a 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're looking for it. >> some of these boats have salmon permits. so every boat kind of does a different thing. you can come down here and have wild caught salmon that was just caught that morning or the night before and there's nothing fresher than that. >> that's the whole thing of

coming out on a party boat. you can catch your own crab, lock cod, halibut, salmon, you can't get that kind of fish. >> now the consumer can just buy here if they want to and take it home which is great. or they can buy it here and take it to one of the restaurants and they can have a glass of wine and enjoy the crab we just brought in for them. >> come on over. it's great. nice and beautiful here in san francisco and the port. definitely come. >> our fishermen are super excited. it's great to have the public come down here and interact. >> it's a whole experience for the family, where they bring the kids and interact and say wow, the crab's alive. it's going to claw me and everything. >> they really get excited they're coming down here and posting their recipes or pictures of the food. or their kids picking up the crab. they're 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. >> now i have a reason to come back. >> i had a guy the other day come and say he hasn't been down to fisherman's wharf in 10 years. he said i'm going to come down here every weekend. i forgot. >> (music).

>> the ferry building one of san francisco most famous that as many of 15 thousand commuters pass through that each gay. >> one of the things that one has to keep in mind regarding san francisco is how young the city we are. and nothing is really happening here before the gold rush. there was a small spanish in the presiding and were couriers and fisherman that will come in to rest and repair their ships but at any given time three hundred people in san

francisco. and then the gold rush happened. by 182948 individuals we are here to start a new life. >> by 1850 roughly 16 thousand ships in the bay and left town in search of gold leaving their ships behind so they scraped and had the ships in the bay and corinne woods. with sand the way that san francisco was and when you look at a map of san francisco have a unique street grid and one of the thing is those streets started off in extremely long piers. but by 1875 they know they needed more so the ferry building was built

and it was a long affair and the first cars turned around at the ferry building and picking up people and goods and then last night the street light cars the trams came to that area also. but by the late 1880s we needed something better than the ferry building. a bond issue was passed for $600,000. to build a new ferry building i would say 800 thousand for a studio apartment in san francisco they thought that was a grand ferry building had a competition to hire an architecture and choose a young aspiring architect and in the long paris and san francisco had grand plans for this transit station. so he

proposed the beautiful new building i wanted it wider, there is none tonight. than that actually is but the price of concrete quitclaim two how and was not completed and killed. but it opened a greater claim and became fully operational before 1898 and first carriages and horses for the primary mode of transportation but market street was built up for serve tram lines and streetcars could go up to the door to embarcadero to hospitals and mission street up to nob hill and the fisherman's area. and then the earthquake hit in 190 six the ferry

building collapsed the only thing had to be corrected once the facade of the tower. and 80 percent of the city would not survive the buildings collapsed the streets budges and the trams were running and buildings had to highland during the fire after the actuate tried to stop the mask fire in the city so think of a dennis herrera devastation of a cable car they were a mess the streets were torn up and really, really wanted to have a popular sense they were on top of that but two weeks after the earthquake kind of rigged a way getting a streetcar to run not on the cable track ran electrical wires

to get the streetcars to run and 2 was pretty controversial tram system wanted electrical cars but the earthquake gave them to chance to show how electrical cars and we're going to get on top this. >> take 10 years for the city to rebuild. side ferry use was increasing for a international exhibition in 1950 and people didn't realize how much of a community center the ferry building was. it was the center for celebration. the upper level of ferry building was a gathering place. also whenever there was a war like the filipino war or world war two

had a parade on market street and the ferry building would have banners and to give you an idea how central to the citywide that is what page brown wanted to to be a gathering place in that ferry building hay day the busiest translation place in the world how people got around transit and the city is dependent on that in 1915 of an important year that was the year of our international exposition 18 million living in san francisco and that was supposedly to celebrate the open of panama differential but back in business after the earthquake and 22 different ferry boats to alamed and one had the and 80

trips a day a way of life and in 1918 san francisco was hit hard by the flu pandemic and city had mask mandates and anyone caught without a doubt a mask had a risk ever being arrested and san francisco was hit hard by the pandemic like other places and rules about masks wearing and what we're supposed to be more than two people without our masks on i read was that on the ferry those guys wanted to smoke their pipes and taking off their masks and getting from trouble so two would be hauled away. >> the way the ferry building was originally built the lower level with the natural light was used for take it off lunge

storage. the second floor was where passengers offloaded and all those people would spill out and central stairway of the building that is interesting point to talk about because such a large building one major stairway and we're talking about over 40 thousand people one of the cost measures was not building a pedestrian bridge with the ferry building and the embarcadero on market street was actually added in and in 1918 but within 20 years to have san francisco bay the later shipbuilding port in the world and the pacific we need the iron that. as the ferry system was at

the peak two bridges to reach san francisco. and automobiles were a popular item that people wanted to drive themselves around instead of the ferry as a result marin and other roots varnished. the dramatic draw in ferry usage was staggering who was using the ferry that was a novelty rather than a transportation but the ferry line stopped one by one because everyone was getting cars and wanted to drive and cars were a big deal. take the care ferry and to san francisco and spend the day or for a saturday drive but really, really changed having the car ferry. >> when the bay bridge was built had a train that went along the lower level so that

was a major stay and end up where our sales force transit center is now another way of getting into the city little by little the ferry stopped having a purpose. >> what happened in the 40 and 50's because of this downturn we were trying to find a purpose a number of proposals for a world trade center and wanted to build it own the philly in a terrible idea objective never gotten down including one that had too tall towers a trade center in new york but a tower in between that was a part of ferry building and completely impractical. after

the cars the tower administration wanted to keep americans deployed and have the infrastructure for the united states. so they had an intrastate free plan the plan for major freeway systems to go throughout san francisco. and so the developers came up with the bay bridge and worked their way along embarcadero. the plans were to be very, very efficient for that through town he once the san francisco saw had human services agency happening 200 though people figure out city hall offender that the embarcadero free was dropped and we had the great free to no where. which cut us off from the

ferry building and our store line and created in 1989 and gave us the opportunity to tear down the free. and that was the renaissance of ferry building. >> that land was developed for a new ferry building and whom new embarcadero how to handle travel and needed a concept for the building didn't want- that was when a plan was developed for the liquor store. >> the san francisco ferry building has many that ups and downs and had a huge hay day dribbled adopt to almost nothing and after the earthquake had a

shove of adrenaline to revise the waterfront and it moved around the bay and plans for more so think investment in the future and feel that by making a reliable ferry system once the ferry building will be there to surface. >> .

>> (music). >> my name is package scott i'm a general manager and vice president of the yerba buena ice skating and bowling center. >> we opened in 98, we are celebrating our 25 anniversary. the last ice relation at 48 avenue with the redevelopment

agency started to reconstruct a yerba buena the city had suggested how about around ice skating we have a podium we run from the tiny to the we have a whiff adult community of beginners and entering meats and so many people that only to san francisco and california for the east coast who grew up circulating and when they finding a pair they fall in love with that. >> my favorite ring it is a beautiful skyline and yeah. it is really nice (background noise.) our bowling center is adorable perfect for conference party and birthday party or have a good time and children's activity and

wonderful playground and a great area to relax and enjoy the view it is 35 part of the city and a lot of great places to go around and have lunch. skating is fun for the whole family we have an amazing program a huge adult population sea sorry about that in his skating and is or have a ton of programs it is walkable in their yerba buena community. we have everything you need. if i forgot our socks we have those and we charge a.d. mythics, inc., if you have no skates the general public typically e traditionally have public skating and open on the weekends and multiple sessions for

we spoke with people regardless of what they are. that is when you see change. that is a lead advantage. so law enforcement assistance diversion to work with individuals with nonviolent related offenses to offer an alternative to an arrest and the county jail. >> we are seeing reduction in drug-related crimes in the pilot area. >> they have done the program

for quite a while. they are successful in reducing the going to the county jail. >> this was a state grant that we applied for. the department is the main administrator. it requires we work with multiple agencies. we have a community that includes the da, rapid transit police and san francisco sheriff's department and law enforcement agencies, public defender's office and adult probation to work together to look at the population that ends up in criminal justice and how they will not end up in jail. >> having partners in the nonprofit world and the public defender are critical to the success. we are beginning to succeed

because we have that cooperation. >> agencies with very little connection are brought together at the same table. >> collaboration is good for the department. it gets us all working in the same direction. these are complex issues we are dealing with. >> when you have systems as complicated as police and health and proation and jails and nonprofits it requires people to come to work together so everybody has to put their egos at the door. we have done it very, very well. >> the model of care where police, district attorney, public defenders are community-based organizations are all involved to worked towards the common goal. nobody wants to see drug users in jail. they want them to get the correct treatment they need.

>> we are piloting lead in san francisco. close to civic center along market street, union plaza, powell street and in the mission, 16th and mission. >> our goal in san francisco and in seattle is to work with individuals who are cycling in and out of criminal justice and are falling through the cracks and using this as intervention to address that population and the racial disparity we see. we want to focus on the mission in tender loan district. >> it goes to the partners that hired case managers to deal directly with the clients. case managers with referrals from the police or city agencies connect with the person to determine what their needs are

and how we can best meet those needs. >> i have nobody, no friends, no resources, i am flat-out on my own. i witnessed women getting beat, men getting beat. transgenders getting beat up. i saw people shot, stabbed. >> these are people that have had many visits to the county jail in san francisco or other institutions. we are trying to connect them with the resources they need in the community to break out of that cycle. >> all of the referrals are coming from the law enforcement agency. >> officers observe an offense. say you are using. it is found out you are in possession of drugs, that constituted a lead eligible defense. >> the officer would talk to the individual about participating in the program instead of being

booked into the county jail. >> are you ever heard of the leads program. >> yes. >> are you part of the leads program? do you have a case worker? >> yes, i have a case manager. >> when they have a contact with a possible lead referral, they give us a call. ideally we can meet them at the scene where the ticket is being issued. >> primarily what you are talking to are people under the influence of drugs but they will all be nonviolent. if they were violent they wouldn't qualify for lead. >> you think i am going to get arrested or maybe i will go to jail for something i just did because of the substance abuse issues i am dealing with. >> they would contact with the outreach worker. >> then glide shows up, you are not going to jail. we can take you.

let's meet you where you are without telling you exactly what that is going to look like, let us help you and help you help yourself. >> bring them to the community assessment and services center run by adult probation to have assessment with the department of public health staff to assess the treatment needs. it provides meals, groups, there are things happening that make it an open space they can access. they go through detailed assessment about their needs and how we can meet those needs. >> someone who would have entered the jail system or would have been arrested and book order the charge is diverted to social services. then from there instead of them going through that system, which hasn't shown itself to be an effective way to deal with people suffering from suable

stance abuse issues they can be connected with case management. they can offer services based on their needs as individuals. >> one of the key things is our approach is client centered. hall reduction is based around helping the client and meeting them where they are at in terms of what steps are you ready to take? >> we are not asking individuals to do anything specific at any point in time. it is a program based on whatever it takes and wherever it takes. we are going to them and working with them where they feel most comfortable in the community. >> it opens doors and they get access they wouldn't have had otherwise. >> supports them on their goals. we are not assigning goals working to come up with a plan what success looks like to them. >> because i have been in the field a lot i can offer different choices and let them

decide which one they want to go down and help them on that path. >> it is all on you. we are here to guide you. we are not trying to force you to do what you want to do or change your mind. it is you telling us how you want us to help you. >> it means a lot to the clients to know there is someone creative in the way we can assist them. >> they pick up the phone. it was a blessing to have them when i was on the streets. no matter what situation, what pay phone, cell phone, somebody else's phone by calling them they always answered. >> in office-based setting somebody at the reception desk and the clinician will not work for this population of drug users on the street. this has been helpful to see the outcome. >> we will pick you up, take you

to the appointment, get you food on the way and make sure your needs are taken care of so you are not out in the cold. >> first to push me so i will not be afraid to ask for help with the lead team. >> can we get you to use less and less so you can function and have a normal life, job, place to stay, be a functioning part of the community. it is all part of the home reduction model. you are using less and you are allowed to be a viable member of the society. this is an important question where lead will go from here. looking at the data so far and seeing the successes and we can build on that and as the department based on that where the investments need to go. >> if it is for five months. >> hopefully as final we will

come up with a model that may help with all of the communities in the california. >> i want to go back to school to start my ged and go to community clean. >> it can be somebody scaled out. that is the hope anyway. >> is a huge need in the city. depending on the need and the data we are getting we can definitely see an expansion. >> we all hope, obviously, the program is successful and we can implement it city wide. i think it will save the county millions of dollars in emergency services, police services, prosecuting services. more importantly, it will save lives.

>> i am supervisor melgar. i am the supervisor for district 7. [music] i am a immigrant to san francisco. my family came when i was 12 from el salvador during the civil war. this place gave us security, safety and an opportunity to thrive, so i love the city deeply, and as a mother of three kids who have grown up as city kids, i'm grateful for everything the city has to offer for people like me and families. i have been politically involved my whole life, either in government or a non

profit worker and i care about the community. i care about people around me, and i want to make sure that as the world changes around us, other people have the opportunity that my family did. >> we are back in san francisco post pandemic. so important to be out supporting our businesses, supporting our neighbors. >> i'm the first woman to represent the district, believe it or not. i'm the first latina elected to the board of supervisors without an appointment first ever, so i do think that (indiscernible) i want immigrants to be represented, women, moms, people that have different experiences because that brings richment to our decision making and i think it makes for betting decisions so that inspired me to run. district 7 is one of the most diverse districts in san

francisco both in economics and ethnicity. it spans north from golden gate park. it includes all the institutions in the park, the wheel. the music concourse, mew seem to the south to the daly city boarder and west to the organization. includes the zoo (indiscernible) all those fun things and to 280 oen the east. includes city college, san francisco state. i had ucsf parnassus so very large geographically. it is mostly single family homes, so it is the place where for generations family (indiscernible) nice parks, lake merced, mount davidson. >> this is like a village within the city, so we are very close nit community. we tend to band together and try to support one another and it is a friendly place and

families and people to have a cup of coffee and check out the park. >> ocean avenue, which is the southern end of our district is vibrant commercial corridor that mostly cater tuesday the local neighborhoods and the students. as you go further west you have the mall which has some of the best pan asian food offerings in the city. if you haven't been there, it is really fun. as you go up a little bit further, there is west portal avenue, which is a very old school commercial district where you can still find antique shops and cobbler shops and as well as like more modern restaurants. it is definitely hopping and full of families on any weekday. >> i'm matt roger, the coowner or (indiscernible) >> carl, other coowner in west portal. >> we are a

neighborhood hardware store. been a community institution since it was founded in 1936. we had a little bit of everything. (indiscernible) to gardening or gift buying. >> my entire experience in san francisco is this community. it is a very small town feel for a big city. the community is caring and connected. >> what makes me excited doing business in district 7 is i know it sell well. i grew up here. i knew a lot of customers, parents of friends. it is very comfortable place and feels like home. >> if you go up north, you have the innerpz sunset commercial corridor which has a awesome farmers market on weekdays and plethora of restaurants. there is everything you need. >> friendly and safe and

(indiscernible) i love they bring their kids with them. they teach them how to use their money, and it is something you dont see in too many markets in other communities. i love to see the kids come and talking to you. it is something different then i see from (indiscernible) >> the ev access to transit in inner sunset and ability to do a lot of shopping on foot, and now the improved biking with jfk closed to cars, because we have a 4 and a half year old who rides her bike. we now have a safe place to go and ride bike jz don't have to to worry about traffic. >> graffiti continues to be one of these things that during the pandemic just got out of control everywhere in the city and i do think that it is hampering our recovery of commercial corridors, so some of the volunteers on west portal avenue, some of the

merchants got together with interns at our office to do some hands on abatement and we have been doing it regularly. we are doing it once a week and we have a wonderful neighbor, carrie organizing and storing the paint and supplies in her office on west portal, but this needs more then just a volunteer efforts. >> i'm grateful for the collaboration. we passed legislation at the board and put $4 million in the budget over the next 24 months to help the department of public works hire laborers and labor apprentices to abate the graffiti on private property on commercial corridors. i think that for a couple years this recovery strategy so we can get back up as normal after this awful pandemic. participatory budgeting is a pot of money that is available every year for district 7

neighbors to propose projects that improve the neighborhood and the district. anyone, any organization in the district can propose a project and then it's a vote. it is popular vote. we have 14 projects just approved and they span from you know, a vegetable garden at aptos middle school to pedestrian safety projects on (indiscernible) it runs the gamut, but it is wonderful because it allows people to be engaged in a real way, and then to see the outcome of their energy and work, because the things get improved in front of them. >> i like it is really close to the parecollect parks and bunch of businesses as well as a calm feel. it is a very peaceful feel even though it is close to

a lot of things. (indiscernible) also not boring. there is stuff to do too. >> so, there is lots to see and experience in district 7. [music]

good morning. the meeting will come to order. welcome to the june 21st, 2024 meeting of the budget and appropriation committee. i'm supervisor connie chan, chair of the committee, and i'm joined by vice chair raphael mandelman, supervisors myrna melgar and shamann walton. and president aaron peskin. our clerk is brant halpa. i would like to thank, eugene labbadia and jamie obituary for from sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcement? thank you, madam chair. just a friendly reminder to those in attendance to please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices to prevent interruptions to our proceedings, should you have any documents to be