commissioner makras. >> commissioner makras: i support this.is well thought out and will give us advantages of those that bid on the first being able to go to the second if they are not successful. i do support the idea that if the private sector wanted a different pier in there we should be open minded and be prepared to say because another pier is in we don't have to go out to bid and start the whole process over. we should allow the creativity of the market place to drive it and be open minded to good ideas. i want to loop around to staff's combining 40 and 38. could you walk me through why you say pier 38 is not economically fessible? i will give you my benchmark. i assume if we get it for free and give them a 66 year lease they can't make money. that would be unfeasible to me. walk us there, if that is true, and that is why you are combining them? >> good question. the reason we call it infeasible at the modeling level is based upon our consultant at the time during the waterfront produced the models for 19 and 38. at that time pier 38 was

. >> commissioner makras. >> commissioner makras: i conclude that red and white is a tenant in good standing. i also think they are a good stewart and good community member at-large. i don't support the soul source contract here. i think the contract should go out to bid. i believe there are other operators that would want to bid. i believe it is in the port's interest to put out as many bids to contract as we could. the competitive nature is one we believe in and brings the highest results and to do a soul source should be an exception and i don't believe the facts associated with this operation are exceptions enough to go forward. i do like the business model. obviously i like that we are getting more rent. that does not mean we are not going to get it from the marketplace. it doesn't mean we can get the appraisal and publish it in the r.f.p. and let the marketplace bid against it. the soul source prevents everyone in the world from having a shot at this. we recently had the alcatraz bid and had more than one operator want it. we had people interested in that business. i think it would ben

i never liked calling john rahaim or dean makras, but i called because i like talking to you. so congratulations. >> vice president koppel: commissioner moore? >> can we convince you to stay? new desk, new everything up there. if not, congratulations, and thank you. >> vice president koppel: yeah. congratulations on everything. well deserved. [applause] >> clerk: item 9, review of items at the board of appeals. there is no historic preservation matters yesterday. >> first on the agenda this week was the mayor and supervisor brown amended street licensing ordinance. [inaudible] >> -- and allow outdoor activity areas to operate between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. commissioners, you heard this item on march 7 and voted to approve with modifications. your vote was to retain the conditional use authorization for outdoor activities associated with a bar use. during the hearing, there was significant debate around whether the restricted use districts in the city should retain their quarter-mile buffers for l.c.u.s and l.c.c.s uses. supervisor peskin recommended going to the individual c

commissioner makras. >> would it be possible to have a report that fisherman's wharf associated withlike food trucks and permitting other perhaps some management issues and some concerns of our tenants in the fisherman's wharf area. would you brief us on it so we know what's happening? >> absolutely. i'll get a report written. any other new business? seeing none none, may i have a motion to adjourn. >> motion to adjourn. >> those in favor? >> aye. >> commissioner: adjourned at 4:20. a record. >> i went through a lot of struggles in my life, and i am blessed to be part of this. i am familiar with what people are going through to relate and empathy and compassion to their struggle so they can see i came out of the struggle, it gives them hope to come up and do something positive. ♪ ♪ i am a community ambassador. we work a lot with homeless, visitors, a lot of people in the area. >> what i like doing is posting up at hotspots to let people see visibility. they ask you questions, ask you directions, they might have a question about what services are available. checking in, you guys. >> w

commissioner makras. >> would it be possible to have a report that fisherman's wharf associated withlike food trucks and permitting other perhaps some management issues and some concerns of our tenants in the fisherman's wharf area. would you brief us on it so we know what's happening? >> absolutely. i'll get a report written. any other new business? seeing none none, may i have a motion to adjourn. >> motion to adjourn. >> those in favor? >> aye. >> commissioner: adjourned at 4:20. a record. >> good morning, everyone! how are you all? so, welcome. i'm with the hotel council and i want to welcome you all to our first love our city. it's the second love our city event but it's the first one that is a tourism and hospitality industry have helped organize. so today we have over 700 people here in also waiting out in the neighborhood. [applause] i'm joined by our chair of our board, mr. james lamb who is here with us today. [applause] and this event is hosted by the hotel council of sf travel but it really came together because of a lot of different people working on the event and i want