the embarcadaro? does it offer transparency, in other words, views into the shop or the lobby from the sidewalk? is the edge along the embarcadaro aligned with active uses and does it feel comfortable to walk along the embarcadaro? in term of the higher buildings proposed on the seawall lot, do they preserve important public view corridors? and lastly i'd like to go ahead and introduce craig dikers, the lead designer of the architecture firm, to take you through the design proposal. tanks. -- thanks. >> thank you very much. thank you, supervisors, and audience. it's an honor and a privilege to present some of our ideas and developments that we've had to date. and as mentioned earlier, we're still in a very preliminary stage of the work. and we hope our design will be seen as providing a clear conceptual development around which variations to the design can develop over time as we have more feedback from the community and from those invested in the project. the first thing to point out to you in this f

they'll have direct access from the embarcadaro. this is a view showing those retail facilities in relation to nearby pier 28. you'll see they're about the same height. so, there is no sort of wall or tower kind of structure on the west side of the embarcadaro. it's simply continuing the esthetic and mass of the existing facilities. >> mr. dikers, can we just ask you about those structures? >> sure. >> are they like shopping mall type retail, or what would be the purpose of those sheds? >> there's a number of functions that are being considered, certainly a range of functions all the way from traditional coffee shops, restaurants and things that the community might be able to use, all the way to larger venues that might house entertainment related to late night activities and so forth. but also shopping, food, and other kinds of facilities. they were not large footprint. they're designed to take regular retail modules. >> okay. and then on the exterior -- building's exterior, you mentioned an open air walkway. and in earlier reports

the bypass is the embarcadaro. that's how you get up to the marina, north beach, down to the highway. if you could show my overhead one more time. the air quality in south of market is already really bad. the probability of getting cancer for south of market is 20%. i don't want to have to wear one of these masks just to sleep at night. >> thank you. thank you, mr. whitaker. whoever is next of the five names that i've called. >>> my name is paula [speaker not understood]. i believe brenda already had to leave. good afternoon and thank you for letting me speak today. i live at 2 19brannon, which is within a block and a half of the proposed arena and i'd like to express my concerns about the rapid * pace at which this process for the warriors project has been moving. it's very disturbing and i know it's disturbing to my neighbors as well, to the people that i've spoken to. the neighbors in my area told me they haven't had a chance to look at it. they haven't heard about it. i'm hearing all kinds of different things.

l-14871 located at pier 9, suite 105 at the foot of broadway and the embarcadaro. >> good afternoon, commissioners, jeffery, the port's leasing manager. as you may represent, september 11 i brought in the first audit lease to the commission for approval for about 8500 square feet for their workshop and some associated office. the reason of that space need was they purchased a company, web-based company called instructables. so, it's a workshop and again associated office. recently they came back to the port, fortunately, with another space need. this time requesting about 18,500 square feet of office space. and to accommodate them, we started negotiations and we've developed a first amendment and second amendment. the second amendment is before you for approval because it does exceed the business parameter sound and the port's leasing policy. the lease provides, again, for about 18,000 square feet, a term of 10 years. there is a minimum guaranteed investment of about $7 million. $3 million will be directed towards core and shell improvements. autodesk will receive a rent credit in th

it's about a block and a half off of the embarcadaro. it's almost an acre in size. and is a very developable parcel that exists in the northeast water froth historic district. article 10 of the planning code established the northeast waterfront historic water district and describes types of architectural streitv and building styles that is appropriate for that local historic district. and we hope to work with the mayor's office of housing to see if this site is indeed appropriate for affordable housing. >> thank you. >> lastly, the next steps we'll be undertaking this should resolution pass, we would be returning to the northeast waterfront advisory group with the port, of course, ab 26 49, and also the action on this particular legislation. the port and our office would be continuing to look at the feasibility and appraisal discussions on potential sites. one of them could be [inaudible] seual lot 3221. we would be available for updating historic preservation commission on requirements related to the historic district should we pursue lots 3221 i. of course we woul

some impact on what the transportation, everything with the arena, but having just experienced the embarcadaro myself on sunday where there was nothing going on, i'm just wondering whether there is ways to get what's interim steps can be -- described in terms of transportation and alleviation. we know that is a big issue going forward. * i can talk to you separately about it. i just think we need to understand exactly what's going on in the studies and whether there should be any input from us, just even before we add onto with the arena and everything else going on. >> certainly. i've been working with the head of the mta and asking that we address some interim steps before we finish all the planning that would go along with the new project. i'll ask him and see if we can get more information made publicly at the commission. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment on new business? is there public comment in general? hearing none, can i have a motion to adjourn? >> so moved. >> second. >> okay, all in favor aye. >> aye. >> thank you. [adjourned] ♪ >> welcome to hamilton recreation and aqu

at the embarcadaro end of south of market? and i plead, because i went through a very painful transportation planning process this week and it's going to come to you, the next person. it's going to go through the port which is only caring about their finances and the board of supervisors which is only caring about the port finances. but it is coming a planning issue to you. seawall lot 330 and the area around main street, and your projects that you've approved, how are we going to reopen the issue of planning for this area? and you should, because there is no more redevelopment agency and all of these citizen advisory were also wiped out. and you have a big mess in rincon hill. thank you. >> is there any additional public comment? okay, public comment portion is closed. commissioner moore. >> thank you, mr. president. this is the first time actually i hear such a report like i'm on the commission six or plus years. this is really, really interesting. and i have only one question. and you can obviously tell me that the question

because the other challenge with this planning area, of course, is folsom runs from the embarcadaro into the mission. so, you can't -- we've had various plan areas look at pieces of folsom and many have come to the commission. rincon hill. plan had ideas for transit bay plan, the idea is for folsom. we have ideas for folsom, et cetera. you don't want this to be a game of exquisite corporation. -- corps. we needed integrative planning. we don't have yet projects on these streets, but we'll transform the streets in the ways that this plan calls for. it still is schematic. we still have a lot of work to do, i think working with city agencies to make sure that we can deliver on the promise of these plans. so, but those are the neighborhood serving streets. i should also mention 12th street has a lot of cultural activities on it. it doesn't really go anywhere, but it's a very wide street. so, you can see that outlined in green. that was a real opportunity for greening and reclaiming a lot of public space for community life. 11th street is an important street. at its lower end close to divisio

stopped service between embarcadaro and west portal.. we will hold a special telethon for the victims of hurricane sandy. matt lauer will host the event and sting and christina an anguilara will perform. i'll have an update in a half hour. have a great morning. ♪ ♪ >>> very excited to have the latest boy band from england. they really caused a friendsy. we're excited to have one direction taking over our concert stage on tuesday, november 13th. so let your tweens know come on down. >> then all the words to the song. >> i know all the words to four of their song. i have a 5-year-old daughter so there are posters of all five of those young in my home and they belong to my daughter. >> that's not the only thing on our concert schedule. we have three great ones for thanksgiving week, we've got flo rida, ke$ha. come by for one or all of them. >> flo rida and pit bull. we had our anniversary party and it was so much fun. >> good morning again, everybody. i'm savannah guthrie along with natalie morales and willie geist. >> i'm a zane guy. >> i

it's at 101 northbound at embarcadaro. the chp officer has minor injuries. still gathering information about what caused this crash. we understand one lane of traffic remains open. the rest northbound lanes in palo alto are closed right now. want to check the forecast with meteorologist christina lauren. >> good morning to you, laura. good morning to you at home. you made it through thanksgiving. we are expecting a warmup from yesterday's highs. temperatures in the 70s as we head throughout the second half of your afternoon. looking pretty good for your outdoor activities. also lots happening tonight. we have the tree lighting happening in downtown san jose. in addition to that we're also going to see the tree lighting at giradelhi square. west-northwest wind at 6 miles per hour currently in santa rosa. 70 livermore, 68 fairfield and 68 degrees today in san francisco. and we keep on climbing into your saturday. mid-70s return to parts of the bay area. sunday we drop off just a little bit as we introduce the fog which we've seen a lack of for the past couple