it's going to greatly improve the embarcadero.ut a private club. this club as someone pointed out is $145 per month. the four seasons sports club l.a. is approximately that for month. this club will not be closed down permanently but closed down to build a new one. so i do support this project. it is small compared to what's nearby. it's half the size in terms of the height of the golden gate apartments and that's half the height of the embarcadero buildings. so this is in keeping with the context of the embarcadero and as we've seen it's kind of the missing front tooth of a beautiful stretch of land. so i ask that you maintain your support. thank you. >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> hello. i'm charles stetkin i want to speak on two things i heard in support of the project and that is jobs, and the lengthy and analytical process we've been in -- involved in over six and seven years. and i find both of those arguments specious in this case. i was in it vietnam. we had 500,000 people rotating in and out of vietnam eve

center, and that there is a step-down to the embarcadero. there was talk about the elimination of recreational space without mentioning that this is a private club, and that the pools will be improved, and that a new public park will be created. that wasn't mentioned. there was talk of housing for the 1% without mentioning that over $10 million in affordable housing fees will be generated. and that part of the opposition are two mega real estate conglomerates, boston properties and equity office. they're not the only opposite and i know that this was a coalition but those are two of the opponents and that certainly was not mentioned. there was a talk of a wall on the waterfront, without mentioning the current status of the green fence on the waterfront, without mentioning that this project, love it or hate it, will create retail and walkable space along the embarcadero. once this goes to the ballot, there will be a campaign, and the two sides will get to present both sides of the argument, the opponents will get to argue their case, the supp

then it would pop back up on spear street and then over to the embarcadero substation.ing weeks. a wildlaá:x& t lease, cementing our application to the cpuc. the cpuc ultimately has sold jurisdiction on the routing of this project and that they will get the economic and engineering feasibility of the different routes. they will have the ultimate choice. one of them will be the port. they will be interested in what the lease costs are in terms of that lease as well. >> and robert is available to answer any questions that the commission may have when we're done with the presentation. i just wanted to close and said that robert minturn the california public utilities commission, the lead agency -- robert mentioned the california public utilities commission. they do an environmental review on the various alternatives to analyze in environmental impacts of each. as he showed you, two of the routes are upland routes and would involve installing a transmission line under city streets, so there would be quite a bit of construction activity among those routes. probably your cons

visitors to the embarcadero will have a place to stop and rest.lastly, ongoing good news -- what can i say? it continues to be great. the 27th cruise terminal which continues to be on time and on budget. so, with that -- myself and others that are available for any questions you may have on the details. thank you. commissioner ho: is there any public comment on the presentation of the americas cup? >> i think it is wonderful to see things moving so smoothly. thank you, monique and everyone. this is wonderful. thank you. >> i will take a self indulgence moment and welcome commissioner adams and the stench of. -- in abstentia. >> what is happening on the 30, 32? i thought the teams were going to the marina? >> the focus of the racing is going down to marina green. the team is based though we're really there is the workshops for each individual team. >> ok. >> i thought that was altogether. >> yes, during the race days next week, they will be available for public viewing, etc. >> the media center itself, which was originally going to be a pier 23, co

the overarching goal is to revitalize market street from octavia boulevard to embarcadero and reestablish the street as the premiere cultural civic transportation and economic center of san francisco and of the bay area region. we have identified some specific goals around place, mobility and economic development. in our project approach, we're looking at the street as one street, with six unique districts, and really three major public spaces that punctuate that street, those being embarcadero, holiday plaza and un plaza. the street has one identity, two key components within that identity, one around place-making, really what is market street as a place, what is its identity, what is its public space hierarchy, what's happening in the major public spaces today, and what's really happening within these unique districts as well. transportation, we're looking to enhance the continuous bicycle facility, transit efficiency, reconfiguring of the somewhat awkward intersection and reduction of conflict between all street users. as we look at the six district along the corridor they come to ligh

for years, i worked on the embarcadero and i am pleased to be here again on behalf of the many individuals who have worked effortlessly for years to support the thoughtful development of the waterfront communities. to be sure, the tennis club and as lot surrounded by sensing and green netting don't belong on san francisco's beautiful embarcadero. san francisco residents and visitors alike deserve the opportunity to find new and repurposed uses for our urban fabric and the water's edge needs to continue to evolve with dignity and grace. the proposal for change is difficult, as we have seen most recently in this process, but there is no doubt eight washington represents sound planning principles, historic sensitivity, acknowledgement of open space requirements, and connectivity between neighborhoods and the bay. this city must continue to make bold steps in order to ensure our waterfront's viability and success, and this project does just that. at the end of the day, eight washington supports what many cities search for, particularly this city. after seven intensive years of design, planning

for car has the embarcadero and north beach. the central district is a truly a center of business, commerce, and tourism. we are home to 20,000 hotel rooms in our district and have 24 schools and 24 parks and or playgrounds in the district. this is in a very small geographical area. we average 5500 calls per service per month. we cover union square, chinatown, the financial district, north beach, russian hill, telegraph hill, the embarcadero and fisherman's wharf. our main supervisor is supervisor david chiu and supervisor marc farrell has a pocket and supervisor james kim has a pocket along geary street. the population is about 75,000 residents in a 1.8 square mile area. on any given day, the population swells to about 350,000 people because of all the people coming to work in the financial district. the demographics in the central district -- female is about 50%, males 49.8%. it's almost even. age 17 and under is 17.56% which equates to about 5300 people under 17. our senior population is twice that much or approximately 11,50

not only is eight washington an elegant addition to the embarcadero, the developer, san francisco waterfront partners has generously dedicated half of the site to recreation and public open space, retaining and improving its current recreational club. they are a local developer who has shown its dedication to the city with seven years of planning and entitlements. the project team has held over 100 public meetings which included an 18 month planning process led by the planning department requested by david chiu. it was during that process the project went through a complete redesign to address all of the public's concerns, and lowered the heights to be a third of the height of the nearest residential building. the public was given ample time to voice concerns and all the parties involved, from the developer, design consultants, special interest groans, neighborhood groups, engineers, planning department, board of supervisors, worked so carefully to plan a project that would be a great asset to our city it shocks me we are here determining the areversal. if that vote is not final, why do we e

well it may be that, but it's also a series of very individualized segments, from the embarcadero out to let's say octavia. and even the north and south sides of market street are very, very different from each other. in fact, most of the time, most of the length, they have no relationship to each other. you have right angled intersection south, you have 45 and other degree ang also north. it is a very confusing street to work with. and the fact that the team, led by neil, and also chris, have been able to come this far, is an absolute pleasure. and i will continue working with them until we get this thing finished. and if any of you have any questions at any time, you know how to get ahold of neil, and also myself. so i thank you for that. >> president fong: thank you, mr. miguel, for keeping a watchful eye on this project for us, for all of us. is there any additional public comment? okay. we'll let me start by just giving some support to this fantastic work. i absolutely agree, anyone who embryos san francisco and its history and its future and what it will look like in 2025 that m

you saw the new residential neighborhood which has been planned for in the former embarcadero freewayand and a neighborhood of about 10,000 housing units. it will be a high density neighborhood. those plans were adopted in 2005. as a result of this planning, the next step is to revisit the core of the transit district itself, largely made up of private property which formerly housed the embarcadero freeway. within a transit center, investments are being realized and entering construction. this is the pride of this city, to revisit the development control and growth immediately around the transit center to see what more we could do to enhance this area to absorb growth. scott spoke about the various components of the transit center projects. you can see the rail extension which is the next phase of the project which has a substantial funding program which this plan is helping to achieve. the plant area is bounded by market street, the waterfront and the east and hawthorne street on the west, about the eastern edge of the year but when a district. we are primarily focused on the private

located at delancey street and embarcadero. >> again we're looking for an rfp process to identify a development partner to upgrade and retenant the bulkhead building as a top priority for the port. this is only an information item and at this point we're not asking for an approval on rfp for pier 38, but we would like to receive your input, so it would be incorporated within the rfp and we would come back to you at a later point to seek your approval to issue the rfp. we believe that the immediate goal is to make improvements that will allow the retenanting of the bulkhead building in order to bring the bulkhead building back into economic use and provide an ongoing revenue stream to the port. we would like to get your input into not only how to structure the rfp, so that pier 38 is redeveloped in the short-term with regards to the bulkhead building and in the longer term with regards to what happens to

right along the embarcadero. you have the opportunity, today, to stop this kind of construction along the waterfront, where we will have to go to the ballot, which i don't think many of us would like to see happen. we'd like to have you change your mind today. also, a recent poll found that voters across the city overwhelmingly oppose the eight washington waterfront project, and the height limit increase by over 30 percentage points. we ask that you take this to heart. please listen to your constituents, and vote properly today, and let's all get on with doing a better project than what we see on your screen right now. thank you very much. >> president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> members of the board of supervisors, ray harts, san francisco open government. i was here when you passed this originally, and i think i can sum it all up in what your board president said at the time. the deals are in and there's really no sense in talking more to you because you've all made your decisions. a lot of deci

after that chemlawn and said there was some kind of malfunction and most but should get off at embarcadero. once we find in the station on the. >>> where people must become during that? >>> people are mostly, just mostly confused. what you were getting on the night is to try to get into the city for the game. >>> in nearly four hour standoff in new york police and police the sleep disorder at 815 this morning when police tried to serve aboard for a violent crime. the suspect was staying at the motel off of our ave. after several the negotiation team was called and the back up. but after the and the suspect from a can of his room was also inside during the standoff. their relationship to the suspect is still if it through a man has been arrested in connection with the boating crash that killed two people. and injured two others. police did jeffrey said the robber may have been under the influence of alcohol when putting on of the two power boats involved in the collision. he's charged with manslaughter. the crash happened last night at around 630 on a single bright leak and you the county.