and then a huge 348 drop back down towards the embarcadaro. so, say what you want about the project, but please don't say it steps down. thank you. >>> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is jamie whitaker, [speaker not understood]. i sent an eight-page letter regarding the e-i-r so i'm going to -- vary a little bit away from e-i-r stuff. my apologies in advance. i think there's a lot of things to like about the proposed project. eliminating a 550 space public parking garage [speaker not understood] the air pollution concerns mentioned earlier during public comment, there is a lot to like about eliminating that parking garage and instead placing residential building, residential dwellings. regardless of the economic status of the people that live there. the mix of the units in the proposed building is also very attractive to me as a resident. we tend to see 90% studios are darn close. it's mostly hotel rooms where it brings on unintended consequences. people live alone as they age, they might develop alzheimer's disease and other issues. i

it is completely out of sync with the buildings on the embarcadaro. also, i want to talk about stepping down, which is a requirement. so, this map which is not in the e-i-r but should be, very simple, the buildings that are shorter than 75 howard are in yellow. the buildings that are taller are blue. there's an ocean of shorter buildings behind 75 howard. that should be emphasized in the e-i-r, but it's not. i know that some of you, you always do, somebody is going to pontificate that this building steps down. it does not step down towards the water. and the best way to gauge that, in my opinion -- and i was an architectural draftsman, so, i know how to do this accurately and in scale. just draw a line like this from a tall building. in this case, from 350 mission street toward the project, and then showing it down below the same line, you can see whether it steps down or not. now, som, i went to their one community meeting. they like to draw these swooping lines across all these shorter buildings to make it look like it's stepping down, but it doesn'

the embarcadaro is now a destination unlike any other entire city. my opposition to the proposed tower is that it does not fit appropriately on the waterfront. the proposed height limit is 75% more than a generous maximum that was set by the planning department for the site. it defies many planning guidelines. the setback, bulk, and architecture are totally at odds with other structures on the waterfront. i fear that this project's approval will set a dangerous precedent for other under developed properties on the waterfront to follow. let's not send a message that the integrity of the san francisco waterfront is [speaker not understood]. thank you. ~ is up for sale. thank you. >>> good afternoon, commissioners. and my name is keith bar tell, 75 folsom street. i live also in hills plaza, about one block away. i did read the e-i-rs. the first time i was involved in reading an e-i-r in this city as a resident. i'm pleased to have the opportunity to read that. my biggest concern is on the bulk and height of the building, primarily on the issue in the e-

as a kid who grew up knowing the embarcadaro as a freeway, to see the embarcadaro now known as the waterfront and what's happened, we really see this project as the culmination of a lot of things coming together in this part of the waterfront. i'll start with the phase 1 implementation of the short-term strategy. we looked at four main tenants in approaching this. first is we're looking to not trigger a seismic upgrade. it's a very significant undertaking if we breach the occupancy thresholds here. so, it was one of the things that drove us in terms of selecting uses that we could put into the structure, particularly public assembly uses like restaurants trigger higher occupancy. so, we were driving towards a threshold -- there's 6 34 occupants potentially allowed in here based on the prior use ~. we are at 6 30, so, i think we're about as close as we're comfortable getting without triggering. we wanted to have active public uses. we looked at financial feasibility as a big tenant of what we were doing, knowing that we were trying to not invest huge amounts of money to do something very quick

spectators will gather here along the embarcadaro.f they win, they'll clinch the cup for the third time. they pulled ahead of the oracle team yesterday to cross the finish line with 15 seconds to spare. hope has dwindled but it's not completely lost on the oracle team u.s.a. it would need to win eight consecutive races to defend the trophy they won back in 2010. team new zealand has won eight races to oracle's three but because of a two-race penalty imposed on oracle for cheating before the cup match began, the official score is 8-1. there are win limits put in place in the wake of saylor anderson's accidental -- sailor anderson's accidental death in may. light to moderate winds are expected for the first race today with winds building for the second. those lighter wind conditions tend to fair the kiwis more. whoever wins will get to pick the spot for the next cup. economically it will be interesting for see how san francisco fared from the races of the many say they simply didn't live up to the hype. live from san francisco, i'm tara

so, i want to thank them for that high level of safety. 840 feet alongside our embarcadaro promenade, really blessed to have two beautiful acres of open space to welcome more people to enjoy our waterfront. that is what our city does, especially in these times along our waterfront. you've seen all the things that we've done literally in the past year. brannon street wharf today. last june we had the privilege of opening up just up north jefferson street promenade. february earlier this year, we did the james cruise ship terminal, the cruise ship terminal at pier 27. of course, last november we all did a lot of great celebration just a little bit more south here at head park, 22 acres of open space. we're literally honoring our open space obligations and doing it the right way. this particular project is impressive not only for its beauty and opening up more space, but it does in a seismically safe way and in a sustainable way accommodate some 75 years of projected sea level lies for our city. and that's incredible because we always are having to pay attention to all of our environment

and of course the expansion and improvement along the north and south apron area near the embarcadaro. >> thank you. simon? [laughter] >> we have stuck to transient berthing. there's a difference between transient berthing having to do with bcdc. marina comes with filling the bay. transient if you don't stay more than two weeks is okay. so, similar to what amy said, we've got transient berthing. we have an elaborate plan which i made in the first thing -- the first presentation to extend the seawall for the south beach harbor to create a harbor for large visiting vessels. we did not include it in here. i have alluded to it and said it will be the subject of working with the port travel master at the south beach harbor and exploring that with bcdc because it is in everybody's best interest to get on with the mitigated negative declaration. if you start putting seawalls in you need for proper berthing, moffatt and nickel who has done an extensive study for us, [speaker not understood]. >> any other questions and comments? i want to thank both teams for your presentation and thank you fo

tara moriarty joining us live from the embarcadaro in san francisco where the americas cup is due to get under way again this afternoon. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. whoever wins the americas cup, they'll get to choose the venue for the next race. and that team in 162 years of the cup, there are only eight sites that have staged the races. so we're not even sure it will ever be held in san francisco again. behind me you can see it's pretty tranquil out here, very quiet. at 1:15 this afternoon, the first race is on. if they win, they'll clinch the cup for the third time. they pulled ahead of the oracle team yesterday to cross the finish line 15 seconds earlier. hope is fading but not lost on team u.s.a. it would need to win eight consecutive races to defend the trophy it won in 2010. team new zealand has won eight races compared to oracle's three but because of the penalty imposed on oracle for cheating before the cup match began, the official score is 8- 1. there are win limits put in place of the wake of sailor anderson's accidental death in may. those win limits c

in this new neighborhood, here along the embarcadaro, the san francisco exporatorium is truly reborn bigger and better than ever, and we know in this new location and facility and sort of a new sense of enthusiasm it is going to be a huge success and a integral part of what visitors come to enjoy in san francisco and of course what all residents in the bay area come to enjoy. it is fantastic, i know that my kids used to love to come visit. i know that they will be excited and they are kind of big now and they will be excited to come and visit this new facility as well. we just aired and i want to remind for those of who you did not see it, i did a half hour special, thank you very much. [ applause ] and it is not, a shameless plug for the special, i promise you, it is a celebration of what was done here, we worked really hard to capture the enthusiasm and the quality of the exhibits and all of the deep thought and love and care that went into creating this new facility and it is just an exciting look at what has been done, so if you have not seen it, it will air the 28th, a week from

we would propose to figure out ongoing transit impact fees because we think along the embarcadaro it's the right thing to do. we'd have parking surplus fee. we have the port have a priority use of the 5500 square feet at the end of pier -- of the pier. and for the public event space. in all, the gross rents paid to the port would be $240 million over the 66 years with the net present value of $31 million. roughly that translates to about $155 a square foot, which is the high end of what's being paid. i think michael [speaker not understood], but it's a high [speaker not understood]. plus you'll get 15% of the sales transfer. very generous offer. hopefully it will knock him out -- >> almost [speaker not understood]. [laughter] >> so, regulatory agency, alicia wrote a very good thing -- how much time do i have here? >> [speaker not understood]. >> alicia wrote a very good thing about this. she said, you have to have a strong stomach and a good lawyer to go through this process. we've done it, we've done it, we've done it. we have very good lawyers and she has a very strong stomach. and s

back into the news and we also have the beautiful fountains in japantown, large keep tour on the embarcadaro both based on ruth's work and research and complex paper folding, the mermaid fountain at the square, [speaker not understood] san francisco state and murals in several san francisco schools that were done part of the workshop. a memorial service for ruth will be held on tuesday, august 27th, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the band show on the museum concourse at golden gate park across from the de young museum. donations in ruth's honor can be made to the ruth [speaker not understood] fund and sent to 111 6 castro street, san francisco, 94 114. 11 16 castro street. the board of education and the san francisco unified school district administration expresses its sympathies to the lanier family. her surviving children, 10 grandchildren and four great grandsons. we pledge our continued commitment to our promises to ruth that with you her family, we will be the keepers of ruth's legacy for all the students in san francisco now and in the future. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner wyn

as you know pier 29 is one of the 14 piers that is listed on the embarcadaro historic district. this award recognizes the challenges the port faced as a result of the 4 alarm fire which happened june 209tion of 2012. and our stewardship that we demonstrated and completing a faithful reconstruction of the pier in accordance with the secretary of the interior standards for the treatment of historic properties and getting done within a record 10-month period. the pier 29 project is one of 20 projects throughout california that will be receiving the award on september 27th. and we are sending wendy proctor, our port architect, who project managed the reconstruction and mark, our port historic preservation staff to accept the award. and if any of you would like to go, we would love to have you. so, just want to take a moment to thank all of the folks that were involved in this monumental task. as i said, led by wendy proctor with tinly young [speaker not understood], [speaker not understood], dave, larry, tim, monica, and mark, many others on the port staff. mark hanson from the city

was also in my -- i was pointing to previously, it's the area that cuts between the edge of the embarcadaro and the lawn itself. and then the plaza is the area we're referring to where the trees are and the planters. and then elements within the james r. herman passenger cruise shipship terminal were after considerable confrontation the two that we think are most likely to be valued assets are the second floor event space ~ as well as the exterior concourse on the second floor which looks out at the beautiful bay lights. we anticipate the second floor space concourse will be used extensively for events. they play a critical role, certainly in serving passenger cruiseships, but also for the event space. and we're looking at a donor recognition wall at the western edge of the second floor event space within the terminal that would acknowledge investment of san francisco's waterfront with donor's names as well. and at this time i want to take a -- just brief break in my presentation and ask mike martin from the office of economic and work force development to come up and speak to the point abo

a 70 maybe along the embake dare row would not -- embarcadaro would not surprise me. 38 miles per hour mt. diablo the strongest gust i could find. a norm breeze -- a northerly breeze. sunny and breezy. windy in the hills and to the valley. more of a northerly breeze today so 60s, 70s, a few upper 70s to very low 80s. here's sal. >>> good morning. we are looking at traffic that's getting busier by the mirn as we get to the peak of the commute. traffic moving along pretty well. if you are driving on 80. it is getting more coughedded as you head out to the mc-- crowded as you head out to the mcarthur maze. on the westbound bay bridge, there is a little bit of a backup already. looks like the metering lights have gone on. i want to show you the altamont pass because traffic is going to be busy coming in from about 205 all the way through. as a matter of fact, once you get to the middle of livermore, it does ease up and after that, it's a nice drive into the dublin area and over to castro valley where we haven't had a lot of slow traffic. san mateo and dumbarton bridge traffic looks good. l