we have shoppers that know the store and come here as a destination, but the random foot traffic is always cool to see them discovering something that maybe they haven't seen before. i love san francisco and i feel i would never want to do this anywhere else. >> i'm the commission's president. we will start with announcements. >> we would like to start the meeting with the land acknowledgment. [reading land acknowledgment]

pugh with. >> this meeting is being held in hybrid format. in person in city hall room, broadcast live and available on zoom or listen to. using meeting id82736961022. we welcome the public's participation during public

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once finished hand over your speaker card. if calling by phone call star 9 to be added to the speaker line when your item of interest comes up. hit star 6 to unmute yourself. speak clearly and slowly. turn down your television or radio. alternatively we recommend you use zoom audio or telephone for public comment you may submit a written comment through the chat function on zoom. please know commissioners and staff are not allowed to respond to public comments. thank you for sharing this meeting with the public. >> let's do a roll call. >> president bleiman. >> present. >> commissioner davis. >> here. >> commissioner podge yo. >> here. >> commissioner schlander. >> commissioner thomas.

>> here. >> commissioner perez and wang are excused. >> the next item is 2, general public comment. anyone want to speak on anything not on the agenda tonight? >> no public comments. >> alright. we will close general public comment. next item is number 3, approval of the meeting minutes november 19th, 2024 commission meeting do. we have a motion. >> i motion to approve. >> is there a second. >> seconded. >> is there any public comment on the meeting?j"÷yñ minutes? >> no public comment. >> we can vote. >> presidentably nan. >> yes. >> davis. >> yes. >> pogue yo. >> i. >> commissioner schlander. >> i. >> thomas. >> i. >> technical difficulties here.

meeting minutes approved. next is number 4, report from executive director weiland. >> after this evening there is one more meeting this calendar year, two weeks from do today de4@ó2 hp the following day is our annual holiday party. we're looking forward to that. on harington's on front street 5:30 p.m. it's free and open to the public. there is a cash bar. we don't have much of a program it's really just a great opportunity to come out and network with others in the

industry and elected officials that may come, staff and commission. we encourage you$m:na%■ to come. then outside of scheduling i wanted to provide you all with an update for the first year free program. so i will go through some talking points with all of you. the first year free program was implemented by the treasure and tax collector off. going into effect november 1, 2021. in order to wave the cost of initial registration frees, initial license frees, first year permits and other fees for qualifying businesses. there is no other extra paper work to apply for the program. enrollment is automatic when a business registers for the first time or ads a new location with the city. it ran initially from november 1, 2021 to october 1, 2022. the board extended and the mayor

approved through june 30th, 2023 along with modifying eligibility criteria. increasing the threshold to qualify, expanding the business that's qualify. then judge july 2023 the board extended and the mayor approved the program through june 30th, 2024. in april 2024 the program was extended yet again until june 30th, 2025. we have seen the city hugely successful program. since it's implementation over 8700 businesses have enrolled. as part of the program our department has waved the cost of 134 permit applications and associated license fees. as well as for one time event permits with those associated businesses and bricks and mortar permits. in total our office has waved

$155,865. which we feel very proud about. the great part about the first year free program saul of the fees are waved that are waved are still reimbursed to the respective city agency. which means there is no negative budgetary impact to us. we have seen the opposite. as our permit numbers are higher than ever. for reference we processes 435 permit applications in fiscal year 22-23. a total 551 applications fiscal year 23-24. that's about a 26.67% increase in permit applications between the last two fiscal years. we think is a good indicator for our industry as well. this is fantastic news for our industry. it's taken a toll on our budget.

we remain the only agency that absorbs the planning department referral fee required for all brick and mortar applicants. with more permit applications is a higher payment to the planning department. thankfully our dear benjamin van hough it, en had the brilliant idea to ask our colleagues at it, it, x to pwubd will the referral free to the first year free program waivers for eligible businesses. as it turns out we were the only referral agency not doing this already. since november 2021 we have paid the cost of 89 brick and mortar permit referral fees to the planning department when sthoez could of been charged to the first year free program. we haven't gone back through the last three■o fiscal years of quarterly planning invoices to

calculate the amount of the 89 referrals totaled. we are pleased to share we are retroactively charging fees to the first year free program jul. as a result our recent invoice that came through included 16 first year free businesses going from about 5, actually almost $6000 to around 2000 tkhraorz. so a great decrease for us, saving us almost $4000 for just one quarter and helping us stay on track with our very small budget. we're in communication with it, it, x to see if there is anyway to relt row actively collect the funds from the other 73 referrals paid from the previous fiscal years. we understand that's likely a challenging request and may not work out. thankfully we can utilize this benefit of the program through

june 30th, 2025, and we hope to see continued increase in permit applications for the remainder of the fiscal year. i will keep you all a prized with updates as we move forward. we do need to continue to get creative with our referral fees to the planning department and other budget saving ideas. i will keep you informed that had. let me know if you have questions around first year free or holiday party or anything else. >> questions. >> a quick question. the part-time inspector. has that person been hired yet? >> we don't have a public announcement. we should at the next hearing. >> okay. thank you. >> other questions? >> none. any public comment on the executive director's report? >> no public comment. >> we will close public comment.

we can move along to number 5. report from our senior inspector. >> thank you, president bleiman. good evening, commissioners. we have received 29, 311 complaints since the last hearing november 19th. i have one update below. let me know if you have questions. my only update is habibi lounge. process of applying for permits with our office. sunday december 1st inspector young rice visited the lounge at 12:42 a.m. for a previous sound complaint. the doors were closed and the dj was inside. the! was in operation on the roof top. outdoor amplified sound is required to end by 10:00 p.m. inspector young rice spoke to the general manager who was

unaware of the permit continues and seemed genuinely apologetic and turned the speakers off. this is the second since the other was november 16th at 1 am. it's the owner's responsibility to make sure staff is aware of the permit conditions. they were not. the lounge was issued a 500-dollar citation. this is the fourth citation since october 20th. additionally it was brought to our attention the business advertising food service after 2 am. threur not currently permitted to do. the owner has been ordered to cease late night food service until they obtain the permit. there is no acknowledgment back from the owner. the business is slated to come before the commission on december 17th for review and

possible action on their poe and hoe permit applications. >> questions? alright. i don't have questions. public comment on the senior inspector's report? >> no public comment. >> closed. alright moving along number 6. which is hearing and possible action regarding application for permits under the juries tkweubgs of the entertainment commission. no consent agenda tonight. we will move to the regular agenda. >> hi good evening can you hear me okay. >> yes. >> great the first is for place of entertainment permit for outdoor entertainment and amplified sound at sf beverage

and different eulg company. the owner has a permit but not one from our office. he plans to use the poe for entertainment bands, comic, recorded music for patrons outside. the business is located adjacent to california college of the arts. during the outreach process the coo contacted me and josh with questions about the outdoor component of the application. we met and had a productive conversation with josh scaling back the hours to a place and he the schooling edge are comfortable with. it's outlined in the staff recommendation below. notice the conditions are specific. this was on purpose to allow for more outdoor programming when the students are off campus in the summer.

sabrina has set a sound limit to the space and will have an outdoor sound limit when they program. they included the standard calendaring condition. here to speak with you tonight is the honor josh leavy. >> yes. >> how are you doing. it's been seven years since i was here last when i opened my first business in san francisco. i was bright eyed and bushy tailed then. the restaurant business has taken a toll on me with the pandemic. we're here today to expand our business in san francisco. i thought i wouldn't do. but an opportunity came up and we are taking over a beautiful space owned by the developer kilroy at 100 hooper.

adobe has 300,000 square feet above the current space. in that neck of the woods we have the cca. hopefully down the road amazon will build a fulfillment center. bring more people down to the area. so, you know we want to, our current space at the square has zero complaints and issues. avc, federal it, it, b, or anything for that matter. we have been a good steward of the area for the marina district for north beach, russian hill, pro sid yo as well and the north bay as well. we bring them from all over the area. this new venue is better suited for our expansion in terms of our capacity to entertain. this space is almost double the size of our current operation. we have a bigger outdoor patio

that kilroy has let us use throughout the year because of the]oo gç industrial nature of e properties at pdr. production distribution. in that area minus the students during the school year. we had a good meeting with the coo the other day. right before thanksgiving. we talked it through and came to a understand what is good for her is good for me. i'm bringing entertainment, bringing food, bringing life to that area which hasn't seen -- the occupant left there in 2021 right after the pandemic. this is a good opportunity to get the area back up and going. with the anchor leading and being bought who knows what will happen with that. there are breweries going out in that district a lot the last couple of years. harmonic has gonna way.

the other one, new belgium has gonna way at the ballpark. we're trying bring life back to the area. think with entertainment license for the ability toe entertain the general public. we get tourists at the square. we're not planning for tourists to get off a cruise ship and make it to the design district as much as they do at the square. we will have to have some entertainment for locals to keep them there. to entertain them. actually create a good vibe for that area. it hasn't been since the building was built in 2018. yes, so outdoor entertainment, outside. you know we're looking to do acoustic bands, light music. i know the previous tenant had outdoor music without a permit. i'm going through the proper channels to make sure we're a good steward of the neighborhood, commission, the city. yes, that's it. any questions?

>> questions. >> just more specifically on the programming you will be doing. >> i mean we're talking maybe dj inside. it's a brand new building. sound engineer was out there. maybe during the day in the summer maybe a dj outside in the courtyard. that is kind of what our thing will be. inside, i mean this building was built in 2019 for hundreds of millions of dollars. the windows are pretty much bullet proof, i wouldn't say bullet proof. he was doing his test, you could barely hear the music outside with the doors closed. so, the programming i haven't gotten into this space at our current space. we had the pokemon christmas party there last year and there was a dj inside at the square. those are the type of things. hosting that type of party. maybe a sunday brunch, mimosa

with a dj. free kind of, we're not looking to be the midway. that's not my game. we're going to be a brewery, restaurant, distillery and place of entertain hadn't. super simple. >> that area i know kind of has sort of a really mix use. how much of it is residential.ht how many@qç neighbors are residential. >> i wouldn't consider the college students -- i mean they're the residents. they're there part time. there is no full time within two blocks. >> okay they're not sleeping there. >> no, they sleep on the other side of hooper. on the cca campus. they're in dorms. they're on the other sit side of our courtyard. >> okay. >> like three buildings down. >> i guess you have created channels for feedback. >> yes, with the ceo or coo. >> i see you had a lost communication with her.

>> we had a meeting about a half hour. she wants us there as much as we want to be there. the tenants that are there are 9:00 to 5:00 monday through friday. i pray they come back to work full time. adobe is three days a week now. they're trying to sub lease 150,000 of that 300,000 above me. >> i don't have questions. sounds good. you can have a seat. we will open to public comment and then see where we go fromy@ there. >> no public comment. >> closing public comment. any discussion before we entertain motions ? sounds good to me. >> yes. >> yes. >> alright. do we have a motion. >> i move approval of with staff recommendations.

>> i second. >> president bleiman. >> i. >> commissioner tkaeufrs. >> i. >> commissioner pogue yo. >> i. >> skpheugser schlander. >> i. >> commissioner thomas. >> i. >> all set approved and we can move onto the next permit. >> the next permit is place for entertainment legacy north beach bar at 1326 grant avenue. they have a poe with our office with restricted entertainment hours. the owners went through a planning office to host amplified entertainment indoors until 1:30 a.m. daily. now it's approved they're before you tonight to amend the poe permit with the same hours. they're seeking ability to expand outdoor daily 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. since the poe was issued in april 2024 we have reviewed zero

complaints about the business. the owners conducted neighborhood outreach and collected signatures of support. all in your file tonight. there is no opposition. here to speak with you tonight are the owners karen and joshua. >> either one. >> so, yes everything she said is accurate. we obviously don't plan on having entertainment seven nights a week until 1:30 a.m. since we're applying thought we would just choose for the ability to should that opportunity arise for our business. we are, we are only opened past midnight on friday and saturday nights already. we would be well shut down by

that time at least five nights of the week. just looking to, we have had some entertainment, acoustic entertainment since obtaining our permit. we have great response and would like to build on that. music is how i know how to build community. i am in the music industry. i work for a music venue. that's what i would like my bar to represent. that's what we're going for here. >> questions. >> no. >> commissioner perez isn't here, i'm sure he would ask you if someone has a complaint what is your plan to respond to them in real time. >> we certainly would hear them out. and comply if we're being disruptive. >> he asks leading questions.

think he's getting to is if you have people who have issues providing your cellphone to them and allowing them to text you during service so you can communicate with them. >> yes. >> it's in our good neighbor policy as well. we like to remind people that. i have had many bars. i find that incredibly effective when neighbors have issues. not getting back toe them at a later time, they go crazy if they can't speak to someone. >> yes. one of us is usually there at night. one of the two of us or both. they would meet us personally. those who can hear us have our numbers already. they have our information from the outreach letters. we know them personally already. >> great. i don't have further questions. have a seat. we will open this up to public comment. >> no public comment for this

item. >> alright. we will close public comment. any motions ? >> i motion to approve with staff recommendations. >> i second. >> president bleiman. >> i. >> commissioner davis. >> i. >> commissioner pogue yo. >> i. >> commissioner slander. >> i. >> commissioner thomas. >> i. >> alright you have been approved. thank you for coming in. we can move onto the last comment tonight. what a day. >> the final

>> bring up person that [laughter]. for me it was we had neighbors growing up that were fold my dad he is raising me wrong for having me pursue the things that are not traditionally female roles. and i think the biggest barrier to anyone in general is when you have cultural norms that make you feel like you can't do something that make you doubt yourself and make you feel you should not be there i don't belong. those other big efbarriers i think that is the thing to focus on the most is belong everyone should belong here. [music]

>> wishing we trained women grow in production. and recording arts and so we have everything from girls night classes for middle and high school girls. we have certification academy program. that would be women and gender [inaudible] adid you tell us. progress in the internship frm program where they are working in the studios. they are helping to mentor the youth in the youth programs and the job place am component. most of the time we hire interns instructors in our programs and engineer in our studios here. we have conferences we do all overnight country and we have concerts that we feature bay area women and gender artists.

[music] [music] >> an education forward organization. and so advocacy organization. dedicated to closing the gender gap and the audio and production industries. >> started out of the lead answer, why is there a critical gender gap in this industry that started at city college. why are there so few in this

class i was ashamed i did not have the answer being a feminist. why have i never thought of this i have been in the industry for

decades and why have i accept today of all people. it was out of that and unraffling it. actually started the infernship last fall and just fell in love with all the things about women's oshg mission because we are diverse and so many aspects of audio i did not know and i feel like eyes opened up and i gained a lot of confidence in myself and other fells and queer people in the industry i felt there was more connection and community. ironically my time in the industry is all pretty good. i think what happened is i was raised by a father who is an engineer. i was comfortable being strounlded by men all the time in his lab i was used to technology. when i got in industry my mentors were men and i saw i had a unique importance that got mow in the place i could be fluent and navigate something difficult and it was the norm for me. what if it was not woman was createed provide it for everybody. have this environment you are surrounded by technology and people that are going to support you and get you in this industry in a good way. i have been interested in audio i was never trained in music took piano when i was a kid. i never pursued it because not a lot of women doing that. and my family is not musically inclined. when i want to davis the first time i took a music class there were few females in the class. like a rodey for my dayed was load you will the mixers and monitors and the giant speakers and gigs and help run out the

cables and take things down and set up mics i did all of that growing up and never occurred to mow that that was a field they could at all. and then one i could pursue i didn't nobody else was doing temperature my dad and then i go with him to studios and see -- the men in the studio. dj for 5 years now and comments you get like wow you are a girl dj that is crazy. that is wild. and i have great moments where it does not happen. and they treat me like easy. telling mow what to do they correct mow in ways that make me feel less i sprjs the opposite and i notice hand's on like you don't know what you are doing rather than asking me. not consistent times it happens.

it is like when i talk to other females they are like say the same things it is like funny i know that nice men don't experience tht main thing triggers me when i experience different treatment and that happens a lot in the audio world. industry is changing slowly. there is still that issue making the places that are places belonging for everybody. i don't think so. having a studio where it is not all run by white men like most studios. the studios are only in the word built and run by women. it has been super normalize thered are opportunity for girls and nonbinary people. you go in school and middle and

high schoolers know that this is a field. this is a thing there are many jobs you can have in this field. some producing pod casts to setting up live shows. there are so many things you can do >> wee go in and teach the audio skills and give them equipment. i pads and then teach them how to make music and they get to come in here and will getting the tools to people who don't have t. that is really important to me. that's why i was like wow. i want to be there for other fell and queer people who don't have the opportunity and also to be a mentor for them to really push them to experiment and not going to break it. does not matter if it sounds bad that is the point to try it. i think it is the goal to see confidence what they are doing and passionate and asking for hymn and excite body learning and excited about making music

and it changed my life to realize i'm callented in the field i can make music without being trained to it it is amazing to be able to be part of that process and -- ushering women to the field. we can entirely transform how -- the technology part of what you hear every day. we can put xhg something in women's points of view in this every time. it affects the store and he messaging. think our best example is how we transformed an entire city. place that major artists on tour one of the men looks likeip don't get it there are woman every where i go and the person was like you are in san francisco. you like oh , you are right it is here. most venues have graduates we

are grateful to the city for that reason because than i supported us at the beginning. following your curiosity and interest and don't let anybody get in the way what is presented to you, go for t. no matter what! we are here for a reason. find what it is. don't let somebody else tell you what it is. you are the oldsmobile one that have been can know when you are supposed to do. go do it. >> san francisco has always been

very diverse, very progressive and not only open in other ways but music as well. musicians always want to try to find something new to play and if they are thinking about playing something new or different. i'm the product of the san francisco schools. i started when i was 10. i joined the band and that was the most interesting instrument to

play. and you have to be able to put yourselves in different situations. that's what made me better. if you do with two or three ingredients, that makes it pretty boring. most people know me for playing with carlos santana, touring the world all over the place. phenomenal place with music and also being around him you have a lot of fun and learning a lot about music and things beyond music too. this place is history, i have been here many many times like any 70s and seen some really incredible groups and that is being here a number of times is kind of a full circle moment. it's really something that we

cherish when we play is getting the energy back and forth with the audience and kind of a symbiotic thing. playing for the home crowd and your family is really a meaningful thing to be and just a fun place to be in. a lot of great memories seeing so many groups here over the

[trolley bells] >> where the heck are we? >> also, when the heck where r we? >> who cares, we are here. >> we are here union square in the city of saint francis; what do we do first? >> let's go shopping. >> who is paying? no! [music] >> my gosh, we have so many present isn't this wonderful >> yeah. >> let's take these to saint francis. >> welcome to saint francis, can i take your bag? >> we have lots of shopping for you. thank you so much. >> that's for you.

thank you very much. what a awe inspiring view! >> wait mr. scrouge. eme i'm getting hungry again. come on, wake up. wake up. get your wallet out. come on. >> i have already eaton. >> my gosh, there is so much amazing food on this menu. i want to get everything. >> yeah. >> guess [indiscernible] >> alright. >> let's get it all! >> yeah! >> look at the-- hurry hurry!

>> see you. >> this holiday season, shop and dine in union square! and don't miss the world premier of, a why ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪ >> the two largest bridges in the road, symbolizing pioneer and courage in the conquest of space and time. between these two great bridges, in historic

san francisco bay, here's tribute to the achievements of our time. he's a dream come true, golden gate international exposition on manmade treasure island. >> the 402 acre artificial island was build by engineers from 1936 to 1937 on the neighboring buena island. 300,000 tons of rock was used to build a seawall around an existing sand ball then followed by filling the interior with dredge material from the bay which was consistent of modern sand. the federal government paid for construction ask three permanent buildings which would serve as a potential future airport. treasure island was constructed at the same time as the bay bridge and it was a project of works progress administration to construct this island, which was initially used

to host the golden gate international exposition. >> carnival gone big. it was busy. >> it was going to become an airport after the exposition but it was turned over to the navy and turned over to a military base for the next 50 years. >> 1941, the united states army moved to treasure island as america prepared for world war ii. the island was a major training and education center with 4.5 million personnel shipped overseas from triangle. after the war ended in 1945, treasure island was slalthed to be an airport -- slated to be an airport but aviation changed and the clipper were no longer in regular service, and the island was never developed as an airport. the navy continued their presence on treasure island. during the cold war years, the island was a myth training center and for military

efforts throughout the pacific and asia. personnel trained on and shipped from treasure island and supported military activities in korea, vietnam and the persian gulf. >> the base was listed for closure by the navy in 1993 and the city began a process in 1994 under the redevelopment agency, forming a citizens reuse committee to look at potentially plans for the island, island's future. after the base closed in 1997, the treasure island development authority was created to develop and implement a reuse plan. >> the navy has completed their environmental cleanup in that area and last week, the california department of public health issued a radiology unrestricted recommendation for that portion of side 12. it's a big milestone for the project. >> the treasure island development facility was setup

to implement the master plan that was adopted by the board of supervisors in 2011. >> given the importance of housing in the city, both the affordable component and the market rate housing, we felt that it was important to review what the housing plan is at treasure island. >> the development facility and (indiscernible) that oversees the implementation of the master plan to make sure that the master plan, which was adopted by the board of supervisors and adopted by the city and after meeting, that's plan that the city approved. the members of the board was appointed by the mayor and the board of supervisors. [multiple voices] >> the (indiscernible) is very detailed plan. looking at the

ecological aspects of the island, looking at the geotechnical aspects of the island, but also making sure that there is an ongoing of development that's in keeping with what the original plan was, which is that we have up to 8,000 rooms of housing and there's retail and hotels. but also that there is open space that's created so it's an overall plan that guides the whole development of treasure island and the buena island. >> materials used during the construction of treasure island severely compromises the integrity to build structures. in today's geotechnical engineers standing, treasure island soil is being readdressed for soil stabilization for future development. a mechanical stabilization process is being used to consolidate the liquid fashion of the mud and sandy

soil. >> because treasure island is a manmade island, we have to do a significant amount of soil improvement before we can build new infrastructure and new buildings on the island. in the foreground, you see here, it's a process called surcharging we we import additional topsoil to simulate the dead weight of the future buildings to be constructed at that site. so this is causing bay mud that underlies island to consolidate over time and we can monitor that and as that consolidation primarily consolidation is complete, then this soil will be removed to the intended finished floor elevation of the new structures. ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪ >> in the 1989 loma earthquake, the ground level of this island dropped by four inches. pretty much uniform across the island. loose sand material used to build the island, whether it

gets hit by a seismic forces, the sand moves and consolidated. >> one of the processes to further stabilize the loose granular ground, a dynamic rate is used to densify the soil by high frequency mechanical vibrations. >> the rig in the background has four h-piles that goes down through the upper 50 feet of sandy material and as they vibrate, they vibrate causing that san material to consolidate and settle so as we do that process, we observe about 18 inches in settlement so the ground level around that equipment will drop by 18 inches, so this causes that same type of event to happen through mechanical means rather than through a seismic event. >> the dynamic vibrant compaction rate vibrates the soil every four square meters and moved along to the next

section. to further assure stability, tamping is followed around the site, compassion takes approximately three to four months to complete 12 acres. once the compassion and tapping is done, it's settled ask using laser alignments to assure a level service to build on. >> i think that every city when they have the opportunity to do something that is as large as treasure island because treasure island is five hundred acres and it depends on their needs at that time and in 2011 to now, the most important are thing for the city is housing. there's two aspects to that master plan. one, was the new district for san francisco. 8,000 units of housing, which is all levels of

stability. the other (indiscernible) is 300 acres of open space and parks. and actually, it's the largest addition to the park system in san francisco since (indiscernible) 300 acres and this is a tremendous gift to the public, both the housing, which we desperately need in san francisco as well as an open space and park system which really is going to be worm class and it will attract people in san francisco but attract people locally as well as internationally. >> cmg architecture was brought to the project once they award the agreement between the city of san francisco and the united states navy. cmg has earned national recognition and numerous awards for merits and

design, social impact and environmental stewardship. >> we were a part of the project in the beginning when the developer initially was awarded the exclusive negotiation agreement or the ena with the city and they partnered with the planning and architecture group and we joined that team to work with the developer around the city and community to come up with a plan for treasure island. >> so there's quite a lot of open space in the master plan and there's a couple of reasons for that that's pragmatic. one is that the amount of area that could be converted for private use on treasure island was very limited, actually it wasn't allowed at all because treasure island was previously public open waters and protected by the tidal and trust act to be redevelop for public use. but there was a land swap that was allowed and approved by the governor of california, governor schwarzenegger to be put on a

public trust for a one to one swap to be taken out of the trust to be developed for private use such as residential and that amount of land was 89 acres which leaves a bunch more space that can't have housing on it and the question was, what to do with all of that space? there could be other public uses that allowed such as conference centers or museums or universities or things of that nature but what made the most sense for this location was to have more parks in a really robust parks and open space plan and that's what led us to the plan we have now. >> planting strategies for treasure island and buena island are to maximize habitat value in the park areas wherever appropriate and where we can to create comfortable at the pedestrian scale. there are these diagonal lines that go across the plan that you'll see. those are wind row trees like you see in agricultural landscapes where they are tall tree that's buffer the winds to

create a more calm areas down at the pedestrian scale. so of course, we do have some areas where we have play fields and surfaces where kids need to run around on and those will be either lawns or like you see in norm at sports field. >> related to where the housing is on the island and its convenience to the walk to the transit hub, i mentioned we're trying to create high-quality pedestrian -- and the innovations of treasure island is called the shared public way and it's a road that runs down the middle of the neighborhoods. it's a curbless street, cars are allowed to drive on it but pedestrian can walk down the middle of the street and the cars are to yield the right-of-way for pedestrian and it's intended for streets where there's a low traffic volumes and the traffic speeds are low so while car was allowed, there's not a lot of reasons for cars to go on that street but it's to create a social street

that's much more pedestrian-friendly and prioritizes pedestrians and bikes. one of the interesting things is working with all architects that have been designing buildings in the first phase to encourage them, to create architecture that welcomes people to sit on it. it's wlm like sticking its toe out and asking someone to sit on its toe so buildings integrate public seating and places for people to hang out at their base, which is really, the opposite of what you see often times in this city where there's defensive architecture that's trying to keep people off it. this is architecture that's trying to invite people to come and inhabit it at its base. >> incorporated in the landscape architect of treasure island are wetlands, which are designed to factor in coastal erosion control from incoming sea level rise and natural animal habitation and stormwater runoff treatment. >> there's different kinds ever wetlands planned for treasure island and they have different

purposes. they are stormwater wetlands that's treating the runoff from the island and filtering that water before it's released to the bay to improve the water quality in the bay and the ocean and the first phase of the large wetland infrastructure is built on buena island to treat the storm water from buena island. we might see that when we go out there. there are tidal wetlands plan for the northern side of the island where the sea level rise adaptation and flood protect for future sea level rise is held back away from the edge of the island to allow sea level rise to come onto the island to create future tidal wetland which is helpful for the bay in the future as we see sea level wise flood out existing wetlands and there are some natural vernal pool in the wetland that's captured rainwater and capturing certain habitat so there's three purposes of the wetland

primarily around water filtration and habitat creation. >> consumable sustainability was incorporated in the redesigning of treasure island. innovative urban farming is included in the plans to foster economic viability, conservation of water, and to promote ecological sustainability. >> the urban farm is 20 island. and it's a commercial farm to produce food. it's not community where the volunteers and neighbors grow their own, it's commercially run to maximize the food production and that food will be distributed on the island. and interestingly, the urban farm is tied into the on island wastewater treatment plan which creates recycle use for water on the island so water used to grow the island will be a sustainable force and we're trying to close the loop of water, food, and create a new model for sustainability. >> part of the design for sustainable landscape was

incorporate natural form water garden filtering systems, the first of three natural stormwater gardens is here on buena island. and a total of ten will be on treasure island. water from storms, street runoffs from neighborhoods has the possibility to collect toxic materials as it makes its way back into the surrounding bay. this garden has been a model for future, natural filtering systems through out the bay area. >> whenever a storm comes through, all of the water, you know, it lands on the streets, it lands on the top of the buildings, and at times it often collects a lot of heavy metals and greases and it needs to be cleaned and before sent back into the back. it goes into the pipes and stormwater drainage and put into our stormwater basin and then all of the plants and soil you're seeing in there,

they are acting as a filter for all those oils and heavy metals and greases and all things that's coming off the roadways, coming off the development and so it's treated here in the storm water basin and then it's sent out into the bay as a clearer product and cleaner water which increases our water quality here and throughout the bay area. so the structure in the center of each basin is what we call the for bay. that's the point at which the stormwater exits out of the storm drainage system and into the stormwater basin itself. so the for bay is shaped as almost a gate to kind of push all water out through the pipes, all of those rocks help to disburse it before it's sent into the stormwater basin itself. the storm water basin was designed to fill up to the height of the berm of the side you're seeing here. so this is juncus and these are well-known fresh water grasses found in any

place around the bay area that you find standing water or in a drainage channel, you're going to find a lot of these junket species. this is a leave a lifter in the bio treatment. it soaks up a lot of water, to soak up the contaminants and heavy metals, so it's kind of our backbone species. this one is called douglas siana and the common name is mug war. it's a beautiful plant but doing the heavy lift and pulling, those contaminants out of the storm water and pulling oil to help treat the water before its sent back into the system and back into the bay. this plant is known as salvia or hummingbird sage. it has a lot of habitat value in that it's a strong pollinator plant. obviously, you can see the pink and purple flowers which come up in the springtime and attracts a lot of hummingbirds, a lot of bees

which help to pollinate the other species within the garden and throughout the rest of the island and all of those native plants. all of these plants are designed to be able to take a heavily inundation of water over a several day per like standing water for a long time. all of the plants can withstand that and honestly, thrive in that condition. so all of these were selected based on the ecological and habitat value but also their treatment and functional value for stormwater. >> this is super tiny. >> it's very much a big part of our design and master plan for the development of the island. it was a navy base and a lot of navy housing on this island specifically for around 80 years and during that time, a lot of innovative species were introduced on the island, eucalyptus, a lot of different european and algerians plants

were on the island. we wanted to bring in the native eye college here on the island before the navy started to redevelop it and introduce some of those invasive species so the species you're seeing in this stormwater garden in the basin and the upland area was a part of those types of ecology s that's trying to be returned to this side of the island but different other spaces through out the islands development. so whenever we started this process, we identified a number of species of native plants that seem applicable to the ecology that we're trying to grow. there's 45 species, so a -- there's 15 species so they are hard to find in the nursery trade so we needed to grow it ourselves to achieve the biodiversity that's in the design here. as a part

that have process, we brought on a nonprofit group called ledge, l-e-g- which is literacy for environmental justice. they grew those plants and put together the plant palates you see. >> most of landscape was inundated with invasive plant species eradicating species and having the plan on buena island and treasure island. literacy for environmental justice, a community volunteer educational program involved with restoring local habitats and preserving san francisco's unique bio tie varsity, teamed up with the redevelopment group to grow the 50,000 native plants to -- to repopulate treasure island. >> the city of san francisco set up meetings between leg and they

came in with high expertise and urban design, and architecture, and green infrastructure, but they really hadn't worked with flytive plants -- worked with native plants at scale and they were also kind of scratching their heads, like how are we going to grow 50,000 native plants from remnant native plant populations. it was a unique partnership of figuring out what plants can grow, what plants will function in stormwater gardens. not all native plants are ascetically pleasing to landscape architect, so we kind of worked around what plants are going to be pleasant for people, what plants are going to provide habitat, what plants are going to actually be able to sequester carbon, deal with erosion, preserve the island biodiversity as well as be able to manage all of these stormwater treatment on

the island. >> there's about 33 naturally occurring native plant species that survived the last one hundred years on yorba buena island. we were able to go in and get the seed and salvage plants in some cases, some of the development work that occurred was actually going to destroy native plant habitat and we went in before the bulldozers and before the roads were build and the new water tanks were installed and dig them up, divide them, hold them, of the 50,000 plants we grew 40,000 of them in-house and the other ten, we had to rely on our partners to do it. with the 50,000 plants we did, we did 100 species and 95 of them are from the county of san francisco. about the

other five are from the state of california. but the other 95 species really are the native plants that have been here for thousands of years. we used collection sites such as angel island, the presidio had genetics for the projects in san francisco. we used remnant plant habitats at hunters point and we used a lot of genetics from san bruno mountain. just to collect and process all of the genetics was a two-year process. and then it was about a two or three year process to grow all the species. >> this is the infamous -- it's a low, growing sprawling native herb and it's in the mint family and i'm rubbing my hands on this and it's extremely aromatic. it

feels like a flush of peppermint just came across my face. it's edible. you can make tea out of it. it's a great digestive plant for settling your stomach. it has been cool to introduce yerba buena to yerba buena. this plant is called dutchman's pipe. when in bloom, the flower looks like a dutchman's pipe. and another thing that's unique about this plant is, it's the whole specific plant for the pipeline swallow tail butterfly. so some butterflies are able to adapt to other species and can use larva and food from different species. in the county of san francisco, there's only about three or four

healthy populations of this plant. these particular plants were going to be destroyed because of the green infrastructure project needed to put pipes in and needed to demolish all water tanks and build new water tanks for the island, so we were able to go in, dig them up, cultivate them, extrapolate dozens of plants into hund hundreds of plants and restore it through the restoration process. one day one of my nursery managers was down here and she found the pipeline butterfly have flown over from yerba buena island and came to our nursery on treasure island and was breeding on this plant. and successfully did its life cycle inside of our nursery. so, it? how that butterfly knows it's out there and find it, this is one of those unique things

that we can't explain why butterflies can find this species but if we grow it and put it in the right location, they will return. so the plants we're looking at here is faranosa known as just dedlia or live forever. the construction is it work happen nothing that area, it's likely to be destroyed. a unique thing about this plant and the unique succulents we have in california and the live forever plant can live to be 150 years old. recently, the state of california just did special legislation to protect this plant. i think in its intact population on the island, there's less than 50 of them, so to be able to grow several hundred of them and have them be a part of the plant palate of the stormwater gardens that was installed recently is an increase of biodiversity and a

step forward towards protecting the natural legacy of the island. >> i moved to treasure island in 1999. i believe i was one of the first residents on the island. i have seen how the island has been destroyed and reconstruct since its beginning to restore the island to its native form is extremely important to me because that will help all the animals come back to the island and make this place even a better place to live. >> i want to be here because these are people i know, so that was my first thing is just, like, i wanted to come here to help out and be with (indiscernible) and to actually put my hands in dirt. i feel like we as people don't work in

army -- we don't see the benefits of plants, like, but i just learned about a plant that if you rub it enough, it turns into soap. that's cool. and we need those things. we need to know about those things. >> one really unique thing about this project is the scale. to use 50,000 native plants over 7 acres is a scale we have never seen. it really is trailblazing when we think about the 350 or 400 acres of open space that is planned for treasure island, it sets the stage for what is possible. there's a way to use nature-based solutions at scale to meet the needs of climate change, sea level rise, the crisis of local extinction and create natural environment. the

first phase of the project sets a stage for what is possible and i just feel really blessed to have been a part of it. >> one of the main focus on triangle is keeping vehicle traffic to a minimum. for residents and visitors, public transportation is highly encouraged and will be the center point of keeping the island pedestrian-friendly, retaining an open space sent and providing an eco system that reducing carbon emission >> we need the transit to be successful because if we had 8,000 homes here and everybody was trying to use their car to access the bay bridge every month, it will overwhelm the system. new on and off-ramp are being constructed but all over the focus of the development is to be very transit oriented. triangle itself is very flat and very bikeable and walkable as a

result and so there's a focus on using both bus and ferry service to get from the island to san francisco in the east bay. there will be a number of transit demand management tools that will be employed of the two new ramps to and from the -- to the island and allowing a limited number of cars to access the bridge and there will be a management toll to encourage the use of transit. >> all the market rate housing on the island, the price for residential unit whether that's a rental apartment or a for sale condo, the price of the unit is decoupled from the price of the parking spot. so people can buy a condominium without paying for a parking spot. they choose to have a parking spot, they would pay an additional price. market rate residents are required to purchase take transit pass each month through their hoa fees or through their rent so the

residents will begin the decision of driving or taking transit with a transit pass in hand each month. that transit pass will function as a muni fast pass allowing people to take muni and transfer within the muni network and function as an ac transit allowing people to take ac transit to the east bay and transfer within the ac transit system and it will also provide unlimited access to the treasure island ferry. >> treasure island is going to take decades to be fully build out. it's going to take some time for it to reach the envelope that was passed by the board of supervisors and maybe there will be changes to it as well. we don't know what is going to happen in 50 years but i'm confident by the fact that the plan that was adopted was

fully, fully thinking even for its time and the building the island to a way it's sustainable, it addresses sea level rise, but also gives the public the open space and parts that are so necessary to fill treasure island. there's economic, certainly, challenges and whether we're going to be able to build out all of what was desired in the master plan, it will -- time will tell, but i think that the last ten years, we've been coming to this point. we are seeing incredible progress and the infrastructure is being finished by the island. market rate housing is being finished. affordable housing is being finished. and so, we feel within the next five years,

substantial part of what we had envisioned is going to come to fruition.

[♪♪] 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 cisco port commission for november 25th, 2024. roll call. president. kimberly brandon. vice president gail gilman. president. commissioner. willie adams. here. commissioner stephen engblom. here. and commissioner stephen lee. here. item