. >> this is a meeting of the san francisco park commissioner commission for february 11th, 2025. we'll call president kimberly ban brandon pier vice president gale gilman president commissioner willie adams commissioner steven england

present commissioner steven lee air. approval of minutes for the january 14th, 2025 park commission meeting so moved. is there a second the second we have a motion and a second all in favor i motion passes unanimously. the minutes of the january 14th 2025 meeting are adopted. >> next item please. public comment on executive session. is there any public comment on executive session seeing that in the room? do we have anyone on the phone and. >> q for callers on the line please dial staff 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 the 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 comments. and at this time there are no callers for public comment.

thank you. public comment is closed. the next item police chief executive session item four there are two executive session items conferences with legal counsel and bill happy negotiator as agenda item. can i have a motion make a motion and we enter into executive session a second all in favor i motion passes. we a >> i would like to make a motion that we don't disclose anything that was discussed in closed session. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> aye. >> any opposed? we're now in open session. >> thank you. the next item of the agenda is the ramaytush ohlone acknowledgment. where ramaytush ohlone were the

original and according with their tradition, they have never seeded lost nor forgotten their responsibility as the care takers of this place as well for all people to reside in their traditional territory. we recognize that we benefit from working and living on their homeland. and by affirming their soverne rights as first people. next item on the agenda is the "pledge of allegiance". >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> item 8 on the agenda is the

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there is a delay. listen to your telephone which has no delay. item agenda is public comment on items not listed on the agenda. >> is there any public comment on items not listed on the agenda? seeing none, do we have anyone on the phone? >> we have one public comment on the agenda. >> please open the line. >> caller go ahead. they muted again. >> yeah. >> for the record, at this time there is no public comment. >> okay, public comment is closed. >> madam president, i received a letter that the iu asked that

i read into public comment if that's all right with you. all right. gratitude for your support in securing a fair agreement. this is from marina the regional director. on january 23, 2024, the 94 alka extras worker ratified an outstanding labor agreement, one that upholds the area standard and justifies workplace for the members. this is a hard victory that would not have been possible for your unwaivering. securing this agreement with no small feat after 47 negotiations, four strikes including over the labor weekends and a year long and out reach efforts spanning from new york to southern california, we stood firm in our fight for justice. elaine and the commission support play a critical role in bringing this agreement to

fruition, and we appreciate your dedication to workers rights. it's been 19 years since our proud union company lost the concession contract throughout this time, we have turned to you again and again and without fail you have answered your call. the workers take great pride in knowing that they're committed to maintaining a high standard of the ilwu in the city. thank you for standing with us and ensuring that workers are treated fair three and equitably because we stayed together. on our san francisco water front appreciation. thank you. >> thank you. that's wonderful. >> that is wonderful. >> next item 10 a, executive director's report. for callers who wish to make public comment, please dial star 3 to raise your hand to comment. >> thank you. >> i'm trying to get the certification off the screen for now.

good afternoon, commissioners, vice president gil man, members of the public and port staff, i'm your executive director. we have much to celebrate this month, whether it's lunar new year, year of the snake, black history month, the opening of the ymca and the dog patch neighborhood or the upcoming nba all-star game event, the port is making a very significant impact. i wish you all a happy lunar new year, the year of the snake symbolized introspection and sheding of toxityity, it's celebrated towards intelligence, grace and intuition and i hope that we can all embrace these qualities. i would like to start my report in discussing the impact of the donald trump administration. we have been bombarded with information in the last weeks

which has caused us to review and rereview on the impact on the money we've already received and the relationship we established with the federal government. the three major areas that we're attempting to analyze our resilient work with the army corps of engineers and climate funding that has been provided for the construction of the ferrylanding. we continue to monitor the impacts patiently. and procedure are still underdevelopment. this brings me to the larger context in which we're operating under this administration. we have values in this organization, that are foundational to our strategies, programs and vision. just because this new administration does not appear to respect our values, does not

mean that we will turn away from them. in fact, we will strife to do just the opposite. i am receiving direction and recommendations to reduce risks, to reflect the majority of the country and to support slash and burn tactics of the new administration, tactics that are causing so much grief and suffering to public officials. public officials who are just like me and port staff and we're dedicated to serving our communities. commissioners i have decided affirm life and preemptedly decide today i go all of these recommendations. we want to be a resilient organization. we want to have economic vitality. we want to build a future port fitting this amazing city, we want all of this and we can only achieve it if we are

equitable organization. to reach these heights, every single port staff voice needs to be at the table in order to ensure that every voice is heard, the table must be set with inclusion and welcome. the tables we have now in this society are exclusive, uniformed by executive. this port cannot turn away from our equity program. doing so would mean turn ago way from our strategies, programs and most importantly, the vision we hold, one that reflects the values we hold. the impacts of the hiring freeze, i'm very happy to report commissioners that after extensive collaboration, ms. baptist we have received approval to hire 37 of the 53

positions we requested. thanks to susan and for their dedation. for the 16 position that's have not yet been a mraofd we may continue to discuss and pursue them. this is an enormous breakthrough for us and a significant list to the lift on our resource plan. it supports our long plan and actively executed programs to provide the port the resource to see needs to deliver harbor, projects, plans for resilience, improved and revitalize, work to go beautify and make spectacular our southern water front and to carry out operation that's keep our port successful, we're appreciative to mayor and alisha baptiste for supporting our plan and strategies and commission visits. now i would like to turn o economic vitality. which we changed from recovery because we feel we're now in

the vitality stage of our economic work. economic vibrancy on our southern water front. i'm absolutely thrilled to announce the opening of the dog patch ymca this dog park. this is the first ymca in san francisco in 30 years. i had the privilege to join mayor, walton, ymca official sxz community representatives for a media tour of the facility. the y will receive as head quarter for dog patch paddle and the opening of the y is another example of what equity and successful colaob --collaboration, looks like. i'm serve it will serve the commission well. the official ceremony is planned for may and i'll provide more details when we have them.

next week, the front already a buzz with basketball activities, several major games, crew ship arrival, chinese new year parade and a drone show will all take place near the port property. i'm incredibly happy of our safe team and for all the planning that has gone into it. fish eer man's wharf, now i would like the powerpoint. a very bad storm kept us from doing so. so we gathered in pier one with no sitting room really to see the results of the ports work with the community benefits district in fisherman's wharf. i would like to show it to you but before doing so, we received 2024 data from placer

ai of the most visited place nz san francisco. port was in the three of the top ten, chase center and bay front core doe, the ferry building, the fisherman's wharf was the first in the list. the most visited place in san francisco with 80 percent of visitors coming from elsewhere in the city, 20 percent residential. okay and this presentation, i hope is responsive to your question, vice president gil man at the last commission meeting. here we are, staff worked on the concept of fisherman wharf's promenade. before implementing this program we had serious changes to fisherman's wharf result

froming covid-19 when we lost our promenades and space in terms of access, in terms of different uses and it become a hotspot for unlicensed vending and safety challenges. the team worked with a outside consultant but primarily internally to think how to redesign this space, how to take it back, how to provide spaces for all the visitors that they can enjoy the place and you can see here, a concept of a welcome plaza, a water front promenade, awe dining mode and a playful plaza. this was the condition before our maintenance team and the community benefits districts and our staff caused changes. and here is the current state. i will note that these pergolas

and these chairs this is maint eps work, engineer permitted, this is a port project. here i'm showing you evidence of the port proj ex, the construction and the work that our team did with sweat equity to make sure that our most visited place in san francisco thrives. here is our ferris, wheel. thank you to the engineering team for make thising a possibility and for skystar. you can see the planters and enjoyment and how exciting it is. we also did painting, look at our wonderful trash cans. how many trash cans are artistickly presented and playful areas for kids and others to just enjoy the place. we did some lighting to the arch and more enjoyment right when these spinning chairs went in, kids sat on them and

they're not vacant so they're very very beloved. here is the pop up program. i left my heart in san francycle, and this is an opportunity for retail in an affordable area, a welcome area, a photo booth. you can see all the cret i havity and thoughtfulness that went into this program. and this is how it's getting done, it's really a coordination of a fisherman's wharf and the grant that you have approved for them has been incredibly important, they've been nimble on what they can provide us, the kiosk and cleanliness and coexistence in uses and we're meeting regularly with the team to see this through. there is coming soon. this is more on the crab wheel you can see it went from a parking lot that was pretty

unattractive and not that welcoming to a wonderful public space. and after you can see the concerts, the uses, the seating, and so, i wanted to show you this presentation to get a real flavor to on what is happening at the port. and i appreciate the teams for playing it off. okay, if you can go back to me. thank you. the other things i didn't mention which really are important about the wharf is the coordination we have with the public police department and with the public works department to help us provide all of these service that's we continue to resource and also the j-9 float is part of this ecosystem and it's improving fish sales, access and we're also getting an energy efficient ice machine from the fishers, very important.

all right. to equity happy black history month, this month we celebrate the remarkable resilience of the black community. we honor black culture, and excellence, let us amplify black voice sxz work towards a more just future. port staff has scheduled time to connect for black history month, learning through our rift allows us to recognize these and avoid repeating mistakes through our racial equity action plan, we continue to our commitment to being anti racist organization, this work is about addressing deeply rooted injustices that are existed for centuries. this month we're focusing pay equity and addressing these disparities. to support our on going efforts in our growth.

we are making real progress and i look forward to what we will accomplish together. to resil yans and sustainable, on january 29, port staff joined multiple environmental organizations to tour pier 94 wetlands and discuss collaboration on regionally advancing living shore lines in the sfa project. this is lead by the california coastal conservancy, shore lines. we are thrilled to welcome five san francisco fellows to the water front resilience program they will develop a virtual walking tour of the embark derobsinger highlighting its past present and future. please help me in welcome, charlotte, spence or and john to this project.

are you in the audience? no, but we're welcoming them anyway. the key project the board is celebrating a small but key significant wins. this is about the american rescue plan, a key safety initiative is sea wall lot 321, once completed for 14 light polls will be topped with dark skylighting fixtures, improving night time visibility. similar lighting will be installed thank you to the engineering team for delivering these projects. two items in closing, i want to highlight that the discovery at cranco park, our own arianna kunin is presenting today at the museum of art in paris about the research that lead to returning this art to france.

port staff obviously played a pivotal role in this discovery. finally, i want to acknowledge the lease concern about the los angeles fires. our hearts are heavy for the city of los angeles and we have offered support to the port of long beach and los angeles and we wish them speedly recovery. commissioners, thank you for your vision, commitment and passion. together we are shaping the legacy of transformation and ensuring the port remains a vital corner stone of san francisco's future. that concludes my report. >> thank you, elaine, great report. is there any public comment on the executive director's report? seeing none, do we have anyone on the phone? >> yes, there is one caller for public comment. opening the first line. >> speaker: hi, this is john

poe, i'm going to withdrawal my question. >> thank you. are there any other callers? >> no other callers at this time. >> thank you, public comment is closed. commissioner. >> next. >> sorry. >> no problem. >> commissioner englom. >> thank you, i was really thinking about how important it is in every one of those areas that you talked about, how important it is that the port be borrow navigation analogy that we have a north star and that we are a north star. so i think to get through a

chaotic time, we need that vision and a commitment to the vision and we have to be street smart about how we talk about the projects and i think we have an incredibly, you know, project that we talked about being resilience project is a leading exemplar project for the army corps. we're now in the different chapter, we have to talk about it, same commitment to values but we have to be smart about it and the smart allies that we need for this project. so learning,000 talk to a about a resilience project as a business continuity project. the resilience world is not aware of this. but i also think as this happened before, as california stands up to, you know, blum did he goer make a commitment

to resil yens globally, we'll think and i think in years past, california stepped up and made that happen at a state level. our role as wup of the most important water fronts in california. we have to learn how to talk to the community, how to do international relations at a time when you know, so, we, we are having that commitment of values will allow us to do that and emerge out thf chaotic time as a leader and we don't get distracted. so really please today hear you say that and i, you know, and i also think locally that's important too, we understand, we have data, we know how important we as an enterprise, in the city that we, like you demonstrated that with lead thating conversation with the mayor and alisha as an

enterprise agency, we have to keep moving forward, otherwise, you know, things are really threatened. so thank you for your leadership and commitment to that vision. >> thank you. commissioner lee? >> great report as usual. what gets me kind of crazy in a sense, money is shrinking, we don't know what is coming and going with the new administration and it seems like you make it work, especially down in the heavily hit pier 45 area with this promenade. i know it's seasonal, we have to think of some stuff that happens during christmas time and when it does slow down. i know what the j-9 project, the craft fishermen are doing well. i'm hoping to see if there is

anyway that, you know, how their craft season is always shortened in the front that there is maybe a chance of extending it at the back end. that's probably a talk up in sacramento where that was my hope that we can help the fisherman's that way. obviously fisherman's wharf being the main attraction we have to do more to keep them going and the small business around tl. i really appreciate the staff's effort and hopes that we'll recover from all this. thank you. >> thank you. >> director forbeses, thank you for shall i do also like how you opened up the report at the national level and recommitting that we as somebody who was here when we first launched the reap, that we're not going to shy away from our valleys as a

city but also as a port. is since we sit here, celebrating black history month, coming towards the tail end of lunar year and holocaust remembrance day, that was in january. it's really lovely and i had the honor to go to the historic nature of the water front and contributions particularly from african-american a pi workers and to sew standing room only from a staff to maintenance team members and all across from leasing agencies to you know, folks that were hafsh ashed masters. it was great to see a mix of staff taking time off their busy schedule when they're asked to do more and more with less resources. but i want to congratulate you with the vacant positions, every position means now that

we have a public servant who is working extra hard. my final comment is just, commissioner enblom how we portray ourself. we're an economic driver for the bay area and through california. sxl to have that remembrance, that it's, if our sea wall is crumbling, we cannot an innovative player. and that property is not generating revenue. so the new voice that they can here is important. and i do hope, i know, it may or may still not be in affect but i do mayor breed before she left office, had issued a city wide travel plan. but i hope that we can talk to

policy director alisha about us participating at the aapa legislative summit which is happening on july 18th, and to have people speaking it would be unfortunate this they cannot participate. i hope we can participate with the new administration. i think our advocacy is more important now than ever. thank you for your report. >> thank you, for your report, as usual, it's just full of phenomenal stuff that this staff is doing every day and did thes really hard to believe that with such a small staff we do so much and we have so much impact. happy happy happy. happy lunar new year and happy black history month. and i do really appreciate your

opening comments reaffirming commitment to an equity organization. i think you've done a phenomenal job making the port a welcoming place for all stuff to come and work here. and that's a dedication to your leadership. it's great to hear that we, are somewhat exempt from the hiring freeze and is that we can continue all of the projects that we've been working on for many years that will make the water front even better. really let the presentation on the fisherman's promenade. i want to thank amy and all of support staff that worked on that it's absolutely beautiful and i cannot wait for a walking tour of the water front. that is going to be so great. so thank you for an excellent

report. next item, please. >> clerk: next item is item 11 consent calendar for callers who wish to make public comment on the can sent calendar, please have star three to raise your hand to comment. item to advise for seismic improvements, design related to site use emergency response, staging resolution 24-04. >> is there a motion. >> is make a motion we move the consent calendar. >> second. >> we will now take public comment. is there any public comment in the room on the can sent calendar? seeing none, do we have anyone on the phone? >> at this time, there are no callers for public comment. >> thank you, public comment is closed. we have a motion and a second, all in favor. >> aye. >> any opposed?

motion passes, resolution 2504 is adopted. next item please. >> item 12-a, information presentation to consider and possible action to one, author support staff to accept the infrastructure and improvements, including construction and at llc developers and it's affiliate at sea wall. two, approve the loan agreement with swl337llc and its affiliates. and three approve multiple licenses and agreements related to the operation and maintenance of port owned public spaces in the mission mock project subject to further approval by the board of supervisors.

four, approve a board of supervisors achievement and china basely park. and 5, supervisor that they take certain actions to have improvement including sidewalk and two approve execution of the agreements by this resolution, resolution 25-05 and 25-06. for callers who wish to make public comment on this item, please dial star-3 to raise your hand to comment. >> thank you, good afternoon, president brandon and vice president gilman. water front development manager. before i start, i would like to thank a lot of people from that title, you can tell this is a big item, this is a cull mylation of work. 7 years of work.

is would like to thank kerry, who have been working for a year plus heavily on this, i think we were and i would like to thank somebody farther for employees. and have all touched this process. and foin alley, i would like to acknowledge and thank mitchland partners, the giants inspire. there are several colleagues here and pasta dorations of those positions here today who have brought us here today to announce phase one and implement a strategy which is what this item does. so woel go over the project we where we are and the acceptance and what is being accepted then the documentation of that

acceptance and the land rights agreement that will dpofsh the management of space. next i will cover on the next steps. so, 547 units overall, and two xhshl office been, china basin park almost examine environmental and energy and utility system there is a different energy system that provides heat anding cooling for all of mission walk and system that recycles water onsite. and all the inpha struck tower associated with that street sidewalks, pedestrians, streets, open spaces, all the underground utilities that is being discussed today today and accepted. so update on the vert kalz, the canyon is 86 percent leased,

verdict he which opened last summer is 5 percent lease. visa occupying building g. the building b the warriors have signed a lease there and and continued effort to lease additional space. and retail is 0 percent leased just a snap shot on some of the retailers here. the retail has a big win and goent a lot of notably attention, so i want to thank the mission rock partners team on that, they've done a great job there. an update on lbe, this is fiscal year q4, just to touch over 118 percent and 105lbe vendors. budget update, so the final phase one budget is over 1218 million dollars as of june 30,

2024 has when the latest iteration of financial reporting came in, still target on budget. as of today, we're still on target for budget. they're continuing the close out of phase one but expect to be on budget and we'll continue providing updating reporting and the city coughs are a touch over 9 million and we expect to hit right that budget as we close out by phase one by the end of this fiscal year. so first a notice of completion, that goes to public works. there is a schedule performance and we start the process for acceptance after that scheduled performance. the first item is port

commission item that is here today, we will then go to the board of supervisors to finish the acceptance process. so public works and will also accept infrastructure with this. for the role for you today is to determine functional and regulatory requirement, that documentation there is what we've done to ensure that is true and the horizontal improvements will be for public use and the port will own certain improvements, the city will also own other improvements and we'll dedication those improvements for street and sidewalks. and then we will also approve third party agreements mostly with a fill ants for developer

for manager of space there is also some utilities management and maintenance as well. getting into the detail of that later. so the what are we accepting? first is china basin park, so the port will own all of that that's the plantings, the space itself, the utilities underground and the maps on the right so that will be completely port owned and then the fa paseo leading into and there is a handful of non standard spaces in orange, those are all also port owned within the city right-of-way, that's a purple space.

so the documentation for this, the first set of documentation is an inner agency permit and a jurisdictional memorandum, big mouthful, we call them imip it's the permit that allows the assets to be in city public works space. the j m.o. u applicant. and i'll talk about how we're going to maintain those a little bit later throughout one of the parties. the next item, which is the key to acceptance is we're going to remove a portion of the premise, outline in the previous maps from the master lease that was used for construction, it comes back to the port, that is the acceptance of the space.

the release and then the amendment is part of a two-step process on what is out and what remains in. the first china basin lease and loan agreement. that covers the management and then there is a series of licenses for maintenance of utilities. there is gas and electrical license with pg&e and they have service agreement and then utility license for mission rock utilities which operates the district energy system and blackwater system.

this is the least of basin park, partners, mission rock comments will be the name of that for operation sxz programming. it's a 15-year term with three-five year options, this transfers liability of china basin park from the port to the tenants, mrc so they will be responsible for full operations. they will fund that through master association dues and revenues generated by the park. there is a contingent special service tax through the safety as a back up. and master association pays that in lieu of the tax. and one of the key reasons for the lease is programming and sponsorship, it allows more control and because of the

financing, it's a different type of bond they allow the sponsorship which will be a key revenue driver and the programming and really just life en the park and make it more active. the port will maintain oversight of the park, so we'll approve annual budgets, the first one is being done today, received quarterly and annual reporting on different aspects and review major sponsorship, one of the pieces is also consent. the final piece is this lease and loan agreement, facilitates a loan through rec park of 300,000 annually, during the first three years of to a maximum of 800,000, this is to support the early operations of the park as they get going with sponsorships and programming.

this is for the paseos, the other open space the port is accepting and the non standard assets in the city right-of-way, so the jomu maintenance obligation that's are outlined that we read through public works are being handed over to mission commons and they will be performed through this mission management. it is a qualified management agreement, to manager and maintain open space and port assets, this is key because these were paid with tax 'em sculpture the bonds which is why we have two agreements.

provides the revenues and provides the maintenance. and finally we'll have instruct private use limitations this is a key aspect of the tax exempt bonds. the wlaft set of graoementz are license sxz mission rock utilities licenses. so the pg&e is for maintenance repair which is visa examine building app which is verdict

he through port space. verde that is liability over to pg&e and it allows them to enter port property for maintenance. also an electric line through china basin park through the third street pilot house. there is a license for that as well. that license requires the public works to sign services agreement. the agreement essentially says if the license terminates, and port, the port pg&e is not able to perform maintenance, because they're not legally allowed to enter port space, then they would not be held responsible for any damages to the port. this is really factor of the port not being able to grant a permanent easement which

through the rights and that's part of the limitations on the port of jurisdiction. the final license is with mission rock utilities for the district energy system and block water system so they will also be able to enter the system and perform maintenance, knowing it's fully their responsibility they hold all the responsibility. the final piece of this is a consent to a capitol improvement. you can see a rendering of the bottom left. this will be on the pedestrian side so it's an enhancement that is currently asphalt, it will create a physical difference between the pedestrian sides which is now

the pavers and the bike side which will be asphalt, funded by the giants and if there are additional funds after the sponsorship is completed that will go to the park itself for reserve operations et cetera. there is a potential for expansion in future days as well. it could potentially expand to include more of the trail depending on the success of future campaigns. it also requires removal of the pavers and restoration to the original condition upon the park lease termination. this ensures that the port does not have to come in and remove them or maintain. we'll be following up at a future port commission meeting for a license between the port and the giants to allow the giants to maintain it if park lease terminates and it become

fully port property. so there is not the uncertain for the giants, we want to ensure that there is here for 25-30 years. finally so to summarize today's action, commission will approve the documentation and agreement the imep, the master lease, partially release and amendment and park lease in open space manager agreement, the pg&e license and the consent to the paver sponsorship and accept the port infrastructure outlined previously. so i mentioned there is still a lot of work to go after today after today we would traot legislation of the board of supervisors that would celebrate and we would go to

committee it would split a portion would go to budget and finance for the financial agreement that's really the agreement and acceptance these items will go to land use. we hope to try to align them together to have a vote on the same day and then they will be executed in late may or early june. that is the presentation, thank you very much i know there is a lot there and the whole team is available for questions. thank you. >> thank you. >> i make a motion that we move the item. >> second. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment in the room? seeing none, do we have anyone on the phone? >> at this time, there is no callers for public comment. >> thank you, public comment is closed.

>> commissioner lee? >> great report as usual. how are the ground leases doing on some of these? are they getting filled with new food vendors? i know chase is doing really well with their news flash, they bring a lot of people down there. that's going on with some of these buildings are their ground leases for other small businesses to come in. >> are you talking about port property or just generally? >> generally in the area, just curious. obviously, our people are using the parks. if there is not a whole lot of food opportunities, there is a lot of like, around pier 50, it says we have abandoned that area. i know there is a food truck

park more on the third street side, are there any places along the shoreline for food trucks and stuff to service some of the people at the parks? >> so food trucks are one of the planned events and activations within china basin park. i'm not fully knowledgeable about all of their real estate activities, on port property and generally in the china basin and mission bay area, happy to do some research and follow-up in the future. as i mentioned during the presentation, there is a big toaster have a really robust and reverses retail community within mission rock, they've done a really great job of filling that space, there is been some great media coverage as well. and it's been trying to be a mix of fast casual activity such as gyms and more formal dining. i can speak to that area but

can follow-up on the broader community. >> as the ymca opened, coffee shop i remember, is that activated now as well? yeah, because i think a lot of people are using the parks and they would love to have some facilities and if we can provide some plat area for some of these people can eat, hang out at the parks longer and also gives them some chance to make some money. i think that's our next step, you know, these parks are beautiful. i think now we need to give more opportunity to locals. it sounds amazing how much work has been done. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. commissioner engblom? >> thank you. my only question is how are we

feeling? you outlined a very rapid timeline, is there any sense of how our supervisors or the city staff on planning side is helping to prepare four supervisors? do we expect that timeline to go well? >> we expect it to go well. all of those items are essentially complete we're finalizing them right now and get them ready for instruction in the next couple of weeks. we've been in preparation for this over last 7 years honestly but especially the last year or so. we, those items are really well lined up and we expect to hit those time lines. >> great, thanks, that's it for me. >> thank you, vice president gil man. >> thank you for your report super excited to see this come together and the park is incredible.

all the transformation of the area. i just have one question, it's about the, let me go back. so at the commemorative, something that is, 19 representatives from the giants in the room they may be able to answer this question better. is this something that is going to be marketed to the public? i would like a little inside into that and how you're going to do that program. i've seen it happen at other parks and maintain, i would like some inside into that? >> thank you, commissioner gilman. brock, just a little bit of history on this. we built the first china basin park in conjunction with the ballpark. and helping fund that was people that purchased tiles that were embedded.

and those were destroyed. the first phase is to reinsert into the park. and the second is parking lot pavers to the general community to support the park. so our anticipation is to launch to not only pay for the installation, but to generate much needed cash towards park operations. we'll be marketing that in a second phase, we have not announced it or finalized it. but that's what we're plan to go do. >> and little placard and they're not maintaining them, i don't know why that is, but they plan to maintain them while you're managing the park. >> yes, so we will maintain them during the park's lease and if they terminate for a reason, the giants will step in and maintain them for the rest

of the lease. >> thank you, excited about it. >> thank you. i think most of my questions were answered. it was also about the sponsorship. you answered it, thank you. okay. we have a motion and a second, all in favor. >> aye. >> aye. >> any opposed? motion passes, resolution 2505 and 2506 are adopted. next item, please. >> clerk: thank you, item 12b request recommend that the board of supervisors amend the that the port will exclusively permit encroachments, including one, cafe table and two, display merchandise permit and three other permits in the sidewalk area in certain city accepted port streets which is mission rock and port 70 within the pro trero district.

>> for callers who wish to make public comment, please raise star 3 to comment. callers? okay, we are ready. thank you president brandon, vice president gilman. i'm paul chas afm, i work very very closely with my colleagues in the development group. and i'm here to talk about the legislations who kind of support massive retail, massive sidewalks. , so, you're being asked today to recommend the board of supervisors amend the public works code and the legislation would establish the port as the

entity with jurisdiction for very specific retail activation permits which include within a city accepted port streets that you do that, and power station and those permits include cafe seating, which is basically a restaurant trying to get table and chairs on the sidewalk. merchandise displays which would be some kind of bookshelf up against their facade and what i think the code refers to is something like minor encroachment which does not affect the sidewalk which i'm calling, activations and i'll show you what i mean by that in the presentation, as i said this could potentially expand to other cities in the port. so the, you may ask reasonably after being being handed this to the city, we're mayority time we're not a street

department why we want to hold on to these specific prototypes? and the reason is under the status quo due to various application sxz the need to ensure with third party activities, we are, we have to go and applicant trying to speak one of these permits, will have to fw to public works and come to the port to get a kind of redundant license for the same thing. one of our applicants will have to go to two city agencies, the port and public works will have to sort out the cities making sure that we can't double charge them. then it just becomes a big burden for the applicant and port staff. so, the sloughsing for this is

that, we want to pass this legislation, because in the public works code, the that he wants to be responsible for everyone else, public works has to permit that. for these straightforward minor which are not permanently across then the port would have jurisdiction. and with that jurisdiction, the port would also be accepting liability for those assets which is what we do when we permit in the right-of-way. and that the mechanism for that liability is a license which we then pass on to the applicant. and so as i mentioned this would be greatly streamline the process for our retail tenants, you know, we also think it makes a lot of sense, especially at mission rock,

there are design controls that are different in the way public work would review these permits and we're better prepared to do that. and it's unfair to ask public work staff to track the, the way these things are financed, these spaces were financed on taxing and bonds which only 5 percent. support is going to monitor that at mission rock, to make sure that we don't lose too much space and puts us out of irs rules but we think that's unfair to particular works as well. so just to show you where this will be, this is a miss rock acceptance, if this applies to the orange areas and yellow areas and also in the promenade and park, we're also issuing licenses, it means at mission rock, you have a one-type stock

and especially the retailers that are on the corner. at pier 70, it either applies to the gray street, the yellow and gray street, those are not for property and the purple street was not accepted for the cities that we also licensed. and then there is this one kind of half block which they asked to us include so as you can see, for building safety and if somebody wants to do something, sted of going to two separate agencies. and then like i mentioned we push hard to include this in the legislation. in the urban design world like you saw with elaine's presentation on the tactical create spaces, it's been a difference in trying to like, more informal art seating, more

painful interventions and we like to include these two, especially those miserables. sol the legislation would allow the court and provide these. and that basically concludes my presentation. we'll be introducing this to the board in a couple of weeks. we'll go through the same and we an advertise anticipate that the legislation would pass in june. >> i make a motion to move the item. >> i second. >> thank you, we will now open up public comment. is there any public comment in the room? seeing none, do we have anyone on the phone? >> at this time, there are no callers for public comment. >> thank you, public comment is closed.

do we have, commissioner engblom? >> thank you for the presentation, i have a question. i guess i just want to make sure that i understand. sorry i got confused, the, the one permit that that applicant would need to go for with the, with the port or with the city? >> so only comes with the port. they would have to go to public works to get this thing and then we would have to issue a license on top of the permit for the same encroachment. >> well that sounds like a really good idea. so i just wanted to make sure who was going to end with that? and we're well set up to take

care of that and? >> yes. >> it's not going to be an extra burden for port staff? >> no, i think what will be really burdensome is trying to manage a status scenario where we set off fees between different agency sxz do that. these permits by design are set up to be pretty straightforward permits. you don't need, you know, a mom-and-pop business person should not figuring out to put out chairs and tables without hiring an architect. they're not hard to approve and i think we'll save a lot of energy. >> and my only other question would be, did this set of precedented wanted or not wanted for other areas? last month, we early about the

ep tick stake house having a redundant project. are there other areas where this would be helpful as well? or is it opening a precedences for? ?*. i'm not familiar with the epic statehouse. i think we are intended to pilot this year and we could be compared to other areas. i think there is an opportunity for us to formalize some relate ship with some other departments, it certainly would be ruled out. >> in the firstity of creating some values that we have all year, create a permitting for positive economic activities would be a value that i endorse. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner lee? >> so, i'm kind of glad that you brought this up because,

you know, if we can be a model program and just answer steven's comment during covid when we were trying to build park let's and outdoor seating for a chance to go to get approval, public works for their sidewalks and then you have to deal with the water front. by the time you got an answer, was 3:00 o'clock there are very obvious rules, don't block the walk, but the wheelchair, you can be in compliance but the other department is saying, no you can't do it for whatever reason. this is really a good model to cut the red tape and get things going faster for the retail mom and outside.

with maub some umbrella, and we can do this ourselves, i'm sure that can happy on with the other departments that deal with around the city. this is been a sprbl for a long time and even trying to apply for this because of all the burden. so if this works out, i'm totally in favor of this. because even simple things and exactly the way you described t i wish we had this during covid we did have during emergency time but after emergency was over, everybody enforced it that's why we got rid of a lot of them. >> i think it's a great program and i hope we can set the

model, it makes it go a lot quicker for the business. i'm 100 behind you on this one. >> paul great presentation, i think we all agree that one stop shop is a great thing. is there any risk to doing this? i mean, the port issues permits for things our assets or infrastructure and then right away, on port property all the time and we accept liability and risk with that. i think with these interventions, the risk is very low. so technically yes, there is always risk but we're also highlighting this at places where they're pretty curated.

we're going to have comment that's you sort of endorsed. >> thank you, very much. >> okay we have a motion and a second. all in favor. >> aye. >> aye. >> any opposed? the motion passes. resolution 25077 is adopted. next item please. >> item 13 a informational presentation on the port fiscal year 2026 for 2035. for callers wishing to make public comment on this item, please press star-3 to raise your hand to comment. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm meghan i'm your interim tep aout director for administration and i'm going to be presenting today on our ten-year capitol plan. before i get started i want to

thank max who is our acting manager, he put all of his heart and effort this year so. today is part of the overview, i'm going to generally give that picture of the plan itself. we got to talk a little bit about the port's resent accomplishments. we're going to talk about that outlook of need, what investments are required for the board or anticipated for the next four years. what funding sources, how much money is coming in to wor that need and then have a brief look ahead for and emerging needs coming our way. so to begin i believe the commissioner are aware that they plan in accordance to the san francisco's code and that

directs the city and its department to develop a plan every other year, specifically on odd number years. this work helps the port our leadership understand what those needs are, as well as developing strategies should fund those needs. our capitol planning work kits within a matrix of various plans and policy and for us use we start with, are the plans. they help the port articulate the types of investment that's are need and required at the water front. and then as funds are available, we take the capitol out in the bodies of our ten-year capitol plan which we're discussing today but as

well as our five-year improvement program which identifies the perfect projects we're going to to that in asle w al as cap cal projects that appropriates funds. we're charmed with a number of challenges and opportunities. specifically with the challenges the estimate that we have for good repair, maintaining our visibility to be it's a very rough number. as aggregate we blao*efsh the way we model out of these costs, our estimates get accurate. the port is trying to improve our outlook on these costs by building a cycles of, of

inspections so our engineering team will go out and look at the facility and get more granular but we can only do a little bit at a time. we are trying to improve this but it's important going in that these are rough estimates what it is estimated costs are. of course we took a lot about structural deficit and we see the numbers. several millions of dollars, we know that with an operating budget of just over 100 million dollars it's hard for to us car of off a substantial funds to dedicate to capitol. --capitol so really we struggle with the capitol funding and then of course as we spoke earlier related to sea level rise, that's something that is really emerging as an issue

that we need to adopt. on the flip side seismic risk is something that we've always had to worry about. but that makes it challenging and need for ourself. on the other hand for your opportunities, the port is very importants in our ratio equity work and more and more, we're thinking about how investments are part of us walking the walk and supporting the values but also speaking of mission rock, we have had resent successes through the mission rock development project, the mission rocca cad mee, trukted the training class in san francisco. they're various where we can support our equity goal. investments in our facilities of course has the opportunity

to generate improved revenues. facilities that we're not generating means that we can maintain tenants or maybe we bring in tenants who can fetch higher leases. so those investments with have a real return on investment to the port which can increase that positive cycle of us having more revenue to put into capitol. we lock at the roy opportunities and where we are directing our dollars. and then finally just thinking about the sustainability opportunities. you know, our vision for sustainability propels the port in the frontlines of innovation in areas like electrification and using hydrogen ferries is thinking about how we can invest our dollars in way that's supports the ports as well as our national and global

goals with regards to reducing our greenhouse emissions. this will lovely long list, we have seen many regulars not they're using grant funding. we've had shovels on the ground and have seen tremendous improvements. everything from china basin park, and improvements at pier 70 examine then of course, just really wraunt to go highlight the water front resilience program getting organized, around the work ahead there, that really is sort of reimagining our water front for a more sustainable resilient future. okay, now i'm going to shift. i'm going to get into the numbers. , what this chart shows is, the

combination of state repairs and enhancements and how the capitol plans have changed from the prior plan to the current one. i think, i just want to summarize briefly that the blue bar which represents this current plan, it comes to a total of 6.11 billion dollars and as you can see of that 2.6 billion, is the need for our state of good repair. where as 3.5 billion is looking at enhancements, that the port has identified over this ten-year window. overall that representatives a two billion dollars increase from the prior plan a pretty significant increase. thankfully part of that is a from the addition the pier's 3032 development project that's why you see that substantial increase on the enhancement side of the chart. but, unfortunately some of that

growth really is by taking another two years into our planning, still looking at additional, near that two additional years of renewal more facilities are in need of repair than what we had recognized in the prior plan. there is a growing projected backlog. so of the projects that we didn't get to, those of course, have continued to remain within the plan, and then on top of that, then you're calculating in an unnraition, you know, anticipated growth of the costs of doing our work. then shifting and thinking about what are the relative needs. our we have a 2.6 billion dollars shortfall and so you can see, split out here,

between state of good repair versus enhancements, the majority is with regard to state of good repair with the 1.4 billion dollars versus 860 million on enhancements. and i know that we've had many conversations in this forum about really what that means for the port, but it does mean paint a stark picture where we have this on going growth of need and where the funding sources simply are not catching up. so it really is a call to us, as a department to continue to look for funding, looking to ida additional partners who can support us in addressing our facilities needs, really prioritizing, capitol within our budget planning processes. and then on top of that also, thinking really about our delivery, that when we have

funded projects, making sure that we are getting shovels on the ground and put thating money from the bank and into our peers quickly is critical, because you may have the matching of the fund anding need but the longer you wait to deliver, you continue to have that escalation on the proj thaekts are ahead of us. projects that are ahead of us. with regard to the funding that is available, it is actually while i started a stark picture on the other slide, i am able to highlight the proportion of external to internal funding, we need to increase, you know, the goal is to increase capitol dollars going into this plan, but it is, valuable to highlight how much of other people's money we have been able to bring. but in summary, looking at internal versus external, this is a combination of port capitol and also work withing

our port tenants that when we enter into lease wz our ter ants, they do take on obligations that play an important part in the overall picture of addressing our facilities needs. and you can see that that equates to 354 million dollars in our overall plan. where as the external funding of 3.2 billion represents a variety of praj edmontonsing, publicly for the fund and then the various financing tools that help support our projects. i do want to highlight that the water front resilience program in the plan is narrow to what we know we have in terms of funding within this ten-year window, we're work width army corps we want to build out a much bigger program, upwards of three billion dollars, we don't

reflect the full scale of that in this capitol plan. we will take that step once we have formalized the approval with army corps of engineers. but as you can see here, the gi o bond, specifically is a critical part to us being able to deliver work early on in our resilience program. okay. and then final point, that looking ahead, what are the opportunities? the peer 45 and looking at the neighboring sea wall lots, speaking about improvements on those facilities is on the horizon, we do have nena with our development partners, looking at pier 38 and 40 and visionary program project that

i think speaks both potentially to our business objective of growing our maritime business, increasing revenue to the port as well as supporting our sustainability goals? so that's everything, and i look forward to your question. >> thank you so much. >> we'll now open it up for public comment. is there any public comment in the room? if not, do we have anyone on the phone? >> at this time, there are no public comments on the phone. >> at this time, public comment is closed. commissioner englom. thank you so much, great presentation. i guess, i don't, i remember everything that you presented is very clear and very well organized.

i feel like there is an important context even though if we learn that it's a specific kind of report. maybe there is this but i'm sure you have it at your fingerprints. how does this, 2.6 billion dollars gap, you can go crawl in the corner and be worried about t oh i can't think about it, such a big problem. but it's not big. i mean, we have to think big, like our tourism economy is 9 billion dollars a year. and 200 million visitors a year. how do we put this in the context so when mayor laurie, gets this report, he's like what do we do to help you because if we don't have the port in a state of good repair, we don't have the frontline of losing nine billion dollars or

threatening, business continuity of tourism or threatening the business couldn't community of next economy or the next ai company coming and investing in mission bay. if anybody senses that our port is not in a state of good repair, all of those opportunities are friend. so i think we need that prequel, at-risk this is what is at-risk. then you hear 2.6 billion dollars gap and then you're like, where do i sign up to help? that's what i think would really help this report and whether or not it's typically part of a capitol plan, i think in this day and age, we need to give everybody who picks up this report the tools to understand the context. that's my comment, thanks. >> thank you. commissioner lee? >> well, i mean, obviously, the

engineers should go to pick up the spots that really hurting, because the longer you wait the worse it's going to get. so whatever the estimates are now, it's going to be more later as erosion keeps happening and i'm looking at the lease appendix a, look at the ten-year renewal there is a lot of zeros here, you know, unless we fix these, things are going to remain zero these are economic generators and i'm just looking at, just right now, you know, we don't fix these things it's going to look like this in ten years. so i mean we've got a lost challenges ahead, sea wall. i just i guess, we're going to have to just keep banging on it until it hits the ones that are really critical with the money we have now and hopefully,

these other ones that i see zeros are not as bad as they think and hopefully the economy will turn around. but the more people we get in the port area, people especially around the parks, more investments will come n as long as they know that there is people there to protect it. right now when there is nobody there besinger there is no incentive of coming out. so i mean, it's a great report it's kind of scary in a sense but it's reality and it's good that the public knows that we're trying to do the best we can and hope the administration will see this report. so thank you. >> thank you. vice president gilman. >> meghan, thank you for the report and again, it's daunting but there is a pathway forward and thank you for answering the question around the resiliency program.

and begin thed more we can tie it to, utilities, it's much more than the just the port tying into the economic vitality of the city, it would be other from raising capitol funds being prioritized as an urgent needs. i would argue this is a public safety need which is a platform so hopefully we can move forward and thanks so much for the report. >> thank you. meghan, thank you so much for the report, i thought it was laid very well. how my question was also, how do we do ten-year planning with results. so we have two to three billion

unfunded but what part of that is part of resilience? you know, the sooner we can solve that and bring it altogether, i think we'll have a better outlook on the future and what we have in front of us. and we just ask that you offer the commissioners, to of the capitol plan prior to the next meeting, because it's a lot of information. so if there are any questions, this is commissioner's engblom, i would ask you to reach out to commissioners just in case there are questions prior to the next meeting. >> happy to. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> >> next item, order of business.

>> commissioners i recorded that we need to come up with an update on with the butterfly space, is there any other new business? >> any other new business. >> well since we're talking about that, i would like to know how our brokers are doing with the rest of the leases? you know, i know there is some litigation going on. i heard there is some progress with terry building, i think the public would like to know how we're doing. so they don't think we're just waiting. i know it's probably busy because of the crab season but i'm sure the fisherman were waiting for us to look. i'm waiting for that tour. let's see what else. basically, that's t the tour update on the brokers how they're doing and basically, yeah, current leases. >> thank you.

>> actually, director forbeses, i have one more and it could be way off at some point in 2025. i would like to preface this one, i would love informational presentation from our ferry building partners. because while we have some great new amenities at the building, like lineta's, we also had some miss steps with things that were elevated as being equity, considerations for them. for vendors that were given kiosks that were here today and gone tomorrow, really what the equity program was and how we're making sure that we get area local entrepreneur and entrepreneurs of color into that space not just large scale operators. >> any other new business? >> i do have one more. do we have a progress report on

the developers for pier 35? i'm sure they got their board of approvals? so instead of waiting another two years to see what is going on, i would like to know how they're coming along if there is any proposals, drafts things like that? >> any other new business? if not can i have a motion to adjourn. >> motion to adjourn. >> i second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> aye. >> the meeting is adjourned.

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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 ♪♪ ♪♪ i'm shawn quigley the founder of paxton gate that's where we are here on ra11sia street. >> it started more of a quirky gardening store. we leaned in this quirky side over the years and started with insects and learned how to hydrate them and symmetrical or natural poses.

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masterfuled my interests and i learned a lot over the years. i like to view it as like a museum experience. rather hahn sales people they might be like dossants they are not hard selling you but more conveying informing or knowledge about the products. teeth, that's the giant shark that would get up to 60 feet long. we are launching class we did them before the pandemic. a bunch of hand's on learn to do things classes that we are getting around to relaunching. this is our insect spreading kit. inside is a striped needles, forceps, instructions and the other tools you need to take up

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building in san francisco and the world. they are a piping system to facilitate the fire engineaire ability to pump water in a buildings that is on fire. >> a fire truck shows up and does what? >> the fire engine will pull up to the upon front of the building do, spotting the building. you get an engine in the area that is safe. firefighters then take the hose lyoning line it a hydrant and that give us an endsless supply of water. >> wow, cool. i don't see water, where does it come from and where does it go? >> the firefighters take a hose from the fire engine to the dry sand pipe and plug it in this inlet. they are able to adjust the pressure of water going in the inlet. to facilitate the pressure needed for any one of the floors

on this building. firefighters take the hose bunked and he will take that homes upon bundle to the floor the fire is on. plug it into similar to this an outlet and they have water to put the fire out. it is a cool system that we see in a lot of buildings. i personal low use federal on multiple fires in san francisco to safely put a fire out. >> i thought that was a great question that is cool of you to ask. have a great day and nice meeting you. >> thank you for letting us know what that is for. thanks, everybody for watching! bye! bye!

hi, i'm chris and you are watching san francisco rising. this is about rebuilding and reimaging the city. we will talk about revitalizing downtown. >> thank you for having me. >> the initiatives in the downtown area and enjoy businesses. perhaps you can tell us about your plan. >> yeah, sure. well, you know, first i'd like to acknowledge we are here visiting union scare. this is the heart of the city and people come to celebrate

life's greatest moments whether it's the holidays or buying your prom dress or getting married. you always think about union square as a place to celebrate. we would like to continue in that celebration especially postpandemic. this is a great place to celebrate life. we want to be creative getting people outdoors. we are still coming out of the pandemic and enjoying what we have to offer think about the beautiful hotel and historic district. we have world class shopping destinations and theater here we are using our strike thattic plan there was a time when weus people want r want a

bit of everything appeared experience. one of the newest initiatives is union square. in you come down you will see blooms cascading from hotel awnings and blooms on historic building fronts. you will see them on bus stops. you can go to many of our restaurants and they have cocktails. they have food and of course, being connected withification we have our bloom gown that's behind me. so, a announcement f ways to celebrate blooms. this is another great time of year for union square we are kickoff the holiday celebrations. they bring out the animal

window. we have ice skating. music is another great way to come and enjoy union scare. we are a recipient of the latest grant. this is bringing it into the public life. we are doing it here. this is in our park. it's really show this is great when it comes to music. >> we have been ignoring the fact for the districts it's a pretty common place across the country and opportunity to transform our spaces. >> yeah, i agree with you

100%. >> we have 13,000 hotel rooms. what if we had a school or soccer this is something we couldn't do before. our rates prior to the pandemic was under10%. we are higher now. >> we have businesses like cable car a lot of history and innovation here as well. we want to be ready for the opportunities. this is where some office spaces will come. we are seeing office leases in union square. the cable car comes through it. why not come to work in a vibrant space.

>> a lot of the businesses have been remarkably resilient. can you share success stories and talk about how they have been supporting them. >> this aligned with what i just said about historic neighborhoods. they have seen everything from the great depression on. in fact, the earthquake of 1906. we have been around for hundreds of years. celebrating 116th birthday. open to the public in october. they are not gone. they are just down the street a beautiful store where people find great fabrics. contemrare just here on powell street. a lot of the luxury retailers are expanding neighborhood

print. >> we talk about the area with a rich history. what about the spaces and stronger sense of community. >> yeah, you know. i have to say these challenging times brought the community together. we had a unique opportunity here. was an opportunity to look at the district and assess where we might need something. we need a bit more of everything. we broke it down into different categories. we looked at economic development and change offering. people were accessing, you know, nightlife, food, or shopping differently out of the pandemic. we wanted to look at marketing and what it meant to get the

news out about what we were doing in the district. looking at our own organize as well and what we would need to get that out there. also creating a safe space. we are creating a safe and secure area. our locals in particular you can go shopping anywhere in the bay area. any of those places will look like any other place. in san francisco, you are somewhere special. this is a unique place and we needed to get it right. we have done that work and continue to support our district and see different ways to do business here. to be creative and innovative. we were able to change the planning code to make it more flexible to do business here. we are the c3r.

we have three floors of retail maybe today we don't want two levels maybe we just want one level instead of too much retail we need a school or something else. very exciting times and really interesting people and ideas. >> that's great. >> so, i guess, finally, what do you have for san francisco residents and businesses to be apart of this. >> this is the gateway of san francisco. it only drives. right now, we are so many and still love our great city and what we would like to see.

this is san francisco and the residents. look around, have a coffee. listen to music on the weekends. we have so much to offer union square. with that, support these businesses. we have a number of openings, a number of businesses betting on union square. in fact, we have a new hotel. the owner is from back of house, that's the name of the organize. they brought us several other residents and now this wonderful restaurant, i italian restaurant. this is on top of the old restaurant. it will have a rooftop and one of the largest in san francisco. it's a london based business

abdomen and betting on n square. we have a great bar scene popping up and speak easy and pch. hawthorne, school. this is the place to come down and enjoy. come, don't forget union square is the place to be. certainly in the years to come. a very difficult time of course for any major city. we are dealing with the same thing. explore and support our businesses here. we'll continue to thrive. come on down, you will be wildly, also surprised at how beautiful it is since we are still blooming. >> thank you, that's great. it's great to hear your optimistic outlook on restoring this part of time. >> thank you for having me and taking a little time to showcase our heart of san francisco. >> thanks again. >> thank you. >> that's it for this

episode. we'll be back with another one shortly. thank you for watching. news hybrid in-person and virtual meeting the san francisco entertainment commission my name has been blame and on the commission president. >> we'll start with announcements we would like to start the meeting with the land acknowledge ment we the san francisco entertainment commission acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the dramatist jelani who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions the alone jelani have never ceded lost nor forgotten their responsibilitiess