together with the races, this would be substantial if left on mitigated. the final set of mitigation proposed with the power project as the centerpiece will leave san francisco with cleaner air that it has today. while we are strongly supportive of this package of air quality mitigation measures, the pier 70 project may be subject to ongoing negotiations and we urge you to make your best effort to insure application of the pier 70 mitigation project and commit to an alternative mitigation contingency in the event the project cannot be completed. further, to protect our marine resources, we still ask for robust implementation of measures to ensure safe boating practices by businesses and a raiders and best practices of marine construction. we believe the best minimal sot mitigation techniques be employed during construction and we strongly recommend that the notice to boaters on the water and air traffic be conveyed to the mariners before their entry into the bay. and that it adequately conveys the impact. we also understand these concerns may have been add

even with the mitigation in draft e.i.r. and due to some mitigation efforts, the significant conclusions remain unchanged in the final e.i.r. we did receive letters after the publication of the c.i.r.'s. they contain comments dated to be relevant to the c.n.r. dobblingment of the e.i.r. in general. the individuals and organizations were copied to planning staff and i'm just going to summarize what their concerns were because of the recent date of those letters we were not able to include them in the c.n.r. we did include a letter from the district and we have the response to that letter since it was a little more detailed than something i could read out at the meeting today. staff has reviewed the concerns and find them similar to comments already addressed in the c.n.r. documents as i will explain. the topics of concern this these liters we received through yesterday include request for continuance. the san francisco administrative code requires 10 days for review and we gave 14 days of review of the c.n.r.'s. concern that

the mitigations even with some of the very good mitigation measures in the e.i.r., it will not prevent significant and avoidable and environmental impacts from occurring. so we plan to continue to engage in the public process as it moves forward to make sure that the project is implemented in a timely fashion and the other environmental documents being developed are finalized so that we can have an america's cup that is as clean and green as possible. thank you. >> thank you. john arnt. linda schaefer, mike savage. >> good evening. i'm john sindary, from the san francisco bomb pilot. >> we recommend them to move forward on the america's cup and the new cruise terminal. the cruise terminal is very important especially to the mary time commune -- maritime community. passengers will stimulate the local economy and increase the tax revenues and benefits for this city. the san francisco bob pilots support the america's cup and the new terminal. and the plan show a very attractive improvement for the waterfront. thank you. >> good evening, commissioners and staff. my name is diane bailey, i'

these would have been substantial if left on mitigated. what is proposed will leave san francisco with cleaner air than it has today thanks to these mitigation, and we appreciate that effort. all little more work needs to be done to protect our resources. gooto protect marine animals, we iterates our request. we also strongly recommend that the notice to voters representing the water and air traffic plan be presented to mariners before their entry into the san francisco bay and that it contains images. we understand some of these concerns may have been addressed recently, and we will take a close look at that and look forward to working with staff during implementation. we appreciate the dedication to the many important details of the project. with continued efforts to address concerns, we suppor pro. thank you very much. >> if i have called your name, would you start coming to the microphone in any order? >> i am with latitude 38 sailing magazine, and i am thrilled to have them come to san francisco bay. i do want to lend my support, beca

the mitigation measures themselves are also packaged in mitigation monitoring and reporting program. that is the tabular document also included within your package. it specifically itemizes each of the mitigation measures as they were presented in the final eir and recites when they would be implemented and by what party. it is basically us and our contractors. finally, the final eir does look at two alternatives. studies them. the no-project alternative, which is required, and the other alternative was the renovation of the existing pier 27 shed. your findings include the reasons for rejecting those alternatives in favor of the project. we have resolution 75 before you for the approval of the ceqa findings that will be the basis for then being able to consider the subsequent resolutions for the project approval. if you have any questions, happy to answer them. i'm happy to introduce the project director to bring it to the construction details. thanks very much. >> good morning, commissioners. i am the port project director. i will put the nuts and bolts in to make sure we can get in

it has a recitation of all the impacts and mitigation measures and refers to a mitigation and monitoring program. it identifies the various alternatives that are in the final eir that are rejected in whole or in part and the reasons for those rejections, and the overriding considerations for approving this project, even though there are still some outstanding significant environmental impacts. with regard to the project before you, in the eir before you, the project varian had scaled down construction for the events. -- the project variant had scaled down construction. there was an alternative also included, which talked about reduced number of long-term development sites, and, the elimination of the long term marina in the rincon point open water basin. there was also an alternative for a reduced spectator program as well, which also covered the elimination of long-term marina development in the rincon point open water basin. the project we have proposed to you for approval is really sort of a blend of different components that come from that, but essentially from an environmental impac

we are talking about millions of dollars in mitigation. it fell into disrepair at the -- earthquake and we worked at it as a red tag building. there is some buildings. right now, it is an asset in that it is a piece of ground in san francisco. it is an asset that we will never have the wherewithal to rehabilitate because of the cost. and so to make something productive of it and to have a nonprofit that can go out and find the dollars to do that mitigation, if it could happen, seems to me to be the best way to go, to add value back to the bayview. >> i have seen the stations and they are a blight. it looks terrible when you drive by. the neighborhood has changed incredibly. there is condos and lofts and things are being billed -- built. we hear about these incremental changes. they have gone through that transition. and sold -- and it is a multimillion-dollar property. i have family history with some of these stations. it is sad when you drive by and see that. i would love to see the station be part of the community. >> [unintelligible] ar

were answered and mitigations were put in place and i think that was extremely well done. and it was evidenced by, i think overwhelming support from the comments tonight. i see we have other commissioner who is want to comment but i was going to move approval but i think we'll get the other commissioners commissioner comments? commissioner olague: commissioner miguel? president miguel: president miguel: i think this is a -- commissioner miguel: as far as as the attention that the city will receive, i can't think of another event truthfully since the 39th world fair that will be worldwide recognition to the city. it's also very unusual because of the three different government nal agencies in effect that are involved. we have the city. we have the port commission which in effect deals with the state concerns and then we have the national park service. i've had the pleasure of working over the years on some national park and ggnra stuff with three of the speakers tonight. jane, becky evans and carol prince. they are and always have been extremely involved in the environmenta

>> we have a terrific mitigation program. getting ready to launch. we have $22 million to provide cash incentives for people to mitigate their homes. so we got a lot of things going on. thank you. >> before you start, one thing i wanted to mention, i have a former colleague, lori johnson, not to put you on the spot. lori has done a lot of research on cobay and also on new orleans. i just want to know, if there's anything specific you have that could add to this discussion. you don't have to. i know i'm putting you on the spot. given the opportunity. all right. [laughter] ok. >> good morning. this question is a two-part question. probably would be best directed to barbara. one of the things is, as being an administrator of a church in the bay area, a vulnerable community, being part of the inner faith council, have you contacted or have m.o.u.'s with any other churches in which you could have health departments set up in there with emergency medical supplies or anything in case of an earthquake in the area so that we would already be a part of the cit

one of the issues raised is not necessarily fall mitigation, would be the wind impacts. have we modeled any changes in wind, having suffered the effects of working in some of the downtown corridor is where they become a wind tunnels. has anything been cited to not create any unintended consequences? >> we have not actually studied it as a project exercise, the wind elements out there. we are removing a substantial structure that, in some cases, blocks the wind. on the other hand, there still is a wind coverage from telegraph hill. so it has not been a design element. commissioner katz: because there's already a structure there with that would effectively have the impact is something new, i guess. finally, have we been working with the mta to come up with some solutions on some of the sporadic impacts on the transit system, such as the f-line. it seems that, maybe it is common sense, but it seems would scheduling, coming up with ways of we would advise them in advance when there might be increased need or use for the f- line. commissioner brandon: can you repeat that? com

and the mitigation for the exploratoryium project. >> i appreciate one of