the port has established others. for example, we have one covering the chevron refinery in richmond, california. since the early 1990's, the foreign-trade zones board has approved over 90 sites. we have now been approached by valero energy corp. to set up a sub-zone so they can take advantage of the foreign-trade zone benefits for that location. james is visiting from houston. he is working with valero and representing valero today. he can answer any questions that you might have pertaining to a resolution. the united states remains dependent on imports of petroleum products, primarily crude oil. foreign-trade zone status will allow them to improve net margins and put them in a better position to retain jobs and compete with imports of petroleum products. the status will also allow the valero refinery to be better positioned to take advantage of exporting products that are produced in that zone in the future. also, it will allow them to better compete with other refineries that are set up. valero currently has eight

most appropriately entitled port city. an amazing piece of work that reminds us all of the fact that there was a port, then there was a city. that we really are a very integrated part of the city's heritage in many ways. like -- sorry, mark -- i am married to him like, got to get that right. in august 2010 he was appointed as executive director, moving here from the los angeles conservancy where he led the organization's advocacy program. he was successful in the preservation of historic resources in the port of los angeles. thank you for doing that. he is a regional attorney for the national historic western office and is on the board of trustees for the california foundation since 2006 and has published two publications on their behalf. award winning design solutions and what is in it for you. he has his from the santa clara university of lot and has come to our fine city to lead an organization that is very important point in history. one of the most interesting things i have found so far in the book is the point where

after the port commission hearing in july, port staff presented schemes a and b to various schoirled groups. as a result, a third concept emerged, what we are now calling scheme b-2. the genesis is that both schemes included a minimally sized baggage area. that was a design compromise to reduce the overall construction cost despite it's adverse impact on operational efficiencies. for this minimally-sized baggage area to function adequately, the lay-down process would have to be divided into various cycles, which would increase the amount of time it takes to process the baggage. although the minimally sized baggage area would reduce up-front construction costs, it would result in an increase in operational costs and would have a negative -- we felt -- a negative impact on the passenger experience. for this reason, port staff asked the design team to evaluate the cost and the design impacts of providing an optimally sized baggage area, which turns out to be about 33,000 square feet. that would be consistent with cruise industry standards. b-2 has that. it would be consistent with the d

first, we have a new port commissioner. we have two commissioners leading the port commission. one of them is here. one of them unfortunately is not. commissioner shakofsky cannot be with us today. she's in southern california at a conference. however, we do want to acknowledge her time on the port commission. she was appointed to the commission by the mayor in 2007. her term expired this past summer. stephanie was elected vice president of the port commission in 2009. for her job, she's executive director of creative lands recycling, which is a not-for- profit organization. stephanie has over a decade of experience working with government agencies, communities, and municipalities. at her tenure at port, has been instrumental, especially in land reuse, and was very concerned about the health and over well- being of the port and its tenants. we thank her for her service and send her our best wishes. at some point, we do have a plaque -- we will send it to her in the future. thank you, commissioner shakofsky. next, we have a commendation for commissioner fong, who is sitting in t

i think the port nominees really need to be discussed in the port context by supervisors more than something where you get notice of a hearing over a holiday weekend. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you very much. any other member of the public would like to speak? we have been joined by the executive director of the port. i do not know if you want to add anything. great. any other member of the public? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues? if i may, i want to thank again mr. kim for coming forward, for his presentation, for his comments, and to the members of the public who spoke. i do think he has a very impressive background and i'm appreciative of the fact that he wants to serve the city and county of san francisco. i will respectfully submit that i do not believe this is the right fit. that is nothing against mr. kim. a lot of respect for his accomplishments and what he has done. i just don't see that with respect to this nomination. supervisor alioto-pier: thank you, supervisor compass. -- campos. i have known mr. kemp for a while, years, more socially than anything. i

thank you. >> is this the right thing for the port and the future of the port? >> i believe that it is and i would like to elaborate. some very good questions asked so far. when we brought you the term sheet, this was characterized largely according to put way the team is accustomed to doing business. the deal before you looks a lot like the deals and that the city is accustomed to doing. i feel like we are sitting on an opportunity not just to take several of our assets for which we currently have no plan and get them accelerated into an entity which is well capitalized, has the resources, to not only use those assets but also do this in the next couple of years. it is amazing to hear about fund raising for the ports. i think that 30 million is too low but we will call that his practice run. we are having a conversation about pork real estate. the waterfront property is unequivocal in this world. the people in the families who work in this buildings and those generations that have lost their lives delivering maritime businesses are now third generations restaur

existing port tenants. that is a large number of tenants. most of the tennis but not all or are under short-term leases. we would endeavor to do our best to try to identify other properties or to try to get those tenants in touch with commercial real estate brokers to find other similar property. >> what types of tenants are we talking about? >> most of these peers are warehouses. so, they are looked largely fenced in storage areas. there are some office tenants that have some longer-term leases with the port. >> to we have an estimate on how many jobs we are talking about? >> no, we don't have that number for you today but we would be happy to get that between now and the board of supervisors consideration. >> that would be great. i don't think it has really been discussed as a job loss that could have happened, this is as a result of the changes in the leases. i think that having the information would be very worthwhile. >> to 28 has been talked about for these many months. the ports staff will be going o

the general distribution was 18% to the port. for our project allocation, pier 43, the bay trail linked oversee $7.8 million, the street wharf, $2.9 million. the blue streak projects, $21.6 million. the secret street project, $578,000. $658,000 for bond commission other costs. about 65% of the allocation. the bond sale timing, geobond ordinance as passed in october of 2007 placed the 2008 geobonds on the ballot. it required that this commission review all, with a completion of two issued in 2008 for $3.7 million, pending environmental review and construction costs. another in march of 2010 for $10.7 million. portions of the construction budget mostly for pier 43 and baseline park. we have planned for two more sales to be timed with project readiness. the first for the spring of this year to fund construction of pier 43 and portions of the ban and street project and blue- green way project. the likely sale in the spring will be exclusively for construction of the blue-green way projects. for a brief project update, pier 43 trail l

>> the port is a very nontraditional port. when you think of most ports, they are cargo facilities. the port of santa cisco has limited cargo, but it is very diverse. -- the port of san francisco has limited cargo, but it is very diverse, fishing industry, tugboats, ship repair, cargo, and a couple of others. as we redevelop the waterfront, we are integrating all of those individual uses into new development. you mentioned one and a half, the boat dock. we are working on a terminal facility, pier 27, always looking to integrate those in. unfortunately, those all need money, so we have to look at revenue-generating sources. >> are you limit it to maritime uses? >> there are other uses. we are state land, not city property. the state land has a lot of uses. the office has to be maritime- related, unless it is an historic building. our facilities have to be for the people of the state of california. they have to enhance that visit there. they're not local surfing. we cannot do any residential on the waterfront and we cannot do any hotels over the waterfront. there is property on the em

i am delighted to be back working with the port and working with the port and throughout the city, it is a

i wanted to invite brad benson from the port to come up that directly affect the port.supervisor mirkarimi: mr. bentsen. >> and the special projects manager representing 14. i wanted to address supervisor avalos's questions from the hearing. and to talk a little bit about the jobw impactwwwwwwww ofwwwwww that displacement -- and to talk a little bit about the job impact of that displacement. that have the overhead display? that is too small to read. what i will do is hand copy members of the committee and talk to the slide instead. essentially, we're talking about is the 19-29 sheds, and pier 28. these are all industrial warehouse sheds. most of the tenants in 19, 23, 29, 28, at 26 our warehouse -- are warehouse tenants. the activity that is going on in those areas is storage activity. there are a few smaller maritime tenants who are in the processing business. we would try to relocate them to our fish processing facilities. there are a few office tenatnnts in piers 26 and 28, includeing ideo, a lease just before the board of supervisors. it would endeavor to relocate a

you heard the right answer from the port director, which is revenues, jobs, and improve port. but there is something else that happens if we win -- it is not like the olympics or the world cup. if we win here, you have to have it over and over as long as you keep winning. new york held it for 132 years. i do not think that will happen, but i think we may wind up holding this for a while. i would not bet against this team. i would not bet against larry ellison or the engineers he has put together who are the best and brightest all over the world, and i certainly would not bet against the sailing teams put together, so i really would not bet that we would not wind up having this for a number of years, each time having 1.5 billion or more jobs come to the city, but win or lose, there is another thing you need to consider -- the america's cup is the biggest sailing race in the world, but it is not the only sailing race. there are dozens of sailing races every year. if we build this venue -- it is a bit of a field of dreams moment -- if you build it, they will come to race here, an

they go from port to port to port, and everywhere they go they are aliens.foreigners in a strange land. >> reporter: reverend rider says his "on the waterfront" ministry reflects the spiritual dimension of seafaring and the comfort sailors have placed over the centuries in their faith. >> cross the north atlantic in january, feel your ship rolling as you are even in bed, and much like a soldier in a military situation, thinking about divine support and sustenance can become very basic. it is not an abstraction for a seafarer on a bad day. being out at sea can be beautiful or haunting, and seafarers know both realities. their perience ogod n become very basic, either god's presence or god's absence, and they know that in the depths of their soul, and, again, in some small ways, we're privileged to hear their stories. >> beseeching him to uphold you and fill you with his grace. >> reporter: for "religion & ethics newsweekly," i'm saul gonzalez at the port of new york and new jersey. >>> finally, on our calendar this week, western christians and some branches o

-- and a port financially. as he said, if you think this year was successful, wait until you next year. we plan to make next year's fleet week even more remarkable than it was this year. we could not have done it without you, monique. you gave us so much support. it takes teamwork. that is such a hackneyed phrase, but we had it this year. it will be even better next year. to my fellow board members, thank you. to the larger maritime community, thank you. it will be even better next year. thank you. commissioner brandon: thank you. [applause] >> i also wanted to thank general myatt and the fleet week committee. we felt that we were real partners with fisherman's wharf. we saw the results on fisherman's wharf. we look forward to working with you next year. we just want to thank you for your leadership and the leadership of the committee. thank you. [applause] commissioner brandon: is there any other public comment? go ahead. >> thank you, monique, brad, and the entire team that worked on this america's cup bid. t

the port's business is extremely complex. a look in my resin they would tell you that i had very little -- a look in my resume would tell you that i had very little experience in the business report does, but it takes somebody who is committed, engaged, and able to do complex thinking, but also to be in coordination with the community. that has been really important to us with commissioner fong, commissioner brandon, and many others. we've been fortunate to have a good breed of commissioners. but those empty seats are important to us. i hope that answers your question. supervisor campos: thank you. supervisor alioto-pier: i am curious. i know that crowley was just put on and is new. i believe the commissioner brandon came on two years ago. >> a year ago. she will be finishing up her first year at this may, the first year of a four year term. supervisor alioto-pier: commissioner lazarists has two more years? >> yes. supervisor alioto-pier: for my own thinking, we have three solid commissioners through the america's cup current

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it absolutely was in concert with the port's team. they have been instrumental. >> let me -- supervisor campos: let me just say this. i know there are questions that members have that they want to ask, and i think the understanding was that i would just be making an opening statement, so i would just differ the rest of the questions to let you finish the presentation with the understanding that other members, like myself, have questions that they will ask. supervisor avalos: just so we have a good process for asking questions, there are a lot of members of the panel here beyond the committee, i would like to think that we can actually ask clarifying questions that will not have a very elaborate response, let the presentations proceed, and at the end of that, go into more detailed questions, which i'm sure there will be an ample amount of. supervisor mirkarimi: i agree, and i think we held off on wanting to ask. i think any of us has quite a list of questions here, so i think what we would like to have is the presentations, but the dep

the motion is adopted. >> item 45, the appointment of lesley katz to the port commission. >> i would like to refer this back to committee. i feel very strongly about the former supervisor's qualifications but we owe it to the public to have a more thorough discussion about this. of a move that we refer this back to committee. >> supervisor mar has made a motion to refer back to committee. this has been seconded by supervisor campos. >> the chair and a member of the rules committee were kind enough to indulge me when i wanted to sit in on the meeting and i would like to reflect on the fact that four former supervisor katz received strong support at the meeting which i very much appreciate. i have worked hard with her during her time on the board of supervisors and she distinguished herself as being a very substantive supervisor. she worked deeply with the burgeoning technology community in san francisco and helped to shepherd the way to ensure that city government did not stand in the way of a homely generation of jobs within san francisco. -- a whole new generation of jobs within san

supervisor mirkarimi: i want to again thank iewd and port for the rest of the -- oewd and port. what are the highlights of this deal that is before us, and how might it contrasted the earlier deal? >> i will do my best to do this on the fly. the host city agreement provides that over the course of the next year, the city will take the lead on performing compliance with the california environmental quality act for purposes of studying the event and any environmental impact that might arise. there will be a lot of consultation of state and federal permitting agencies. at the end of that year, that document is appealable for the board of supervisors. the options will include hosting the event in san and cisco, hosting the event at some alternative location, those have been described as a no project alternative that would allow the city to not proceed. the second section provides a number of plans will be developed. subject to review by the authority. at the end of that period, both the authority and sfacoc would have right to terminate the agreement without harm. i will defer to je

the term was that no rent would be paid to the ports. incremental property taxes would be used to reimburse the event authority for an least a portion of the $150 million required expenditures. recent the highest and best uses of the three properties as identified by the real estate consultants. these were the uses as assumed. pier 32 had a mixed use and this would occur after 10 years of releasing the facility's construction for the event which would be on a shorter-term basis. on pier 50, the assumption was a hotel the assumption was the building which had been referenced today. our analysis was to compare those developments and the present felly of those and the new city taxes generated by with the benefits of doing nothing which is not have in the event of three takeover. instead of them to shorten the building wall on c-30, going through a competitive process would have the same results. the results of analysis shows $66.1 million in value. we have some updated values that came out after the document was released which was increased

just walking through the peers with members of the port. i can not only say that not only did we make the right decision, the world has made the right decision. this is one of the most beautiful places on our -- earth that this 34th america's cup could possibly be. when you look out today, you'll get a glimpse of what millions of other people and viewers and visitors will see in 2013. my first thought was to let you know that this was a very high priority for me. many of you know i was not here december 31, so i have been looking for the unopened champagne bottle that was supposed to be left in room 200. maybe it is in some supervisor's office, but there has got to be one unopened bottle there to celebrate because knowing that this is coming -- on december 31, it was a culmination of what i saw was a whirl wind, a solid year of activity. ever since the cut was one in february and the immediate negotiations that gavin newsom and others had started, culminating in the negotiations and certainly working very closely with our board of superviso

last year was a wonderful year for the port. we had a lot of changes and i think there will be even more this year with the america cup. maybe the giants will win the world series again. we look forward to more revenue, there is so much going on. i am just happy to be a part of it. i am happy to serve on the commission. thank you for your support. i would like to open up nomination for port commission vice-president. are there any nominations? >> ann lazarus. >> i would second that. are there any other nominations? are there any other nominations? hearing none, let's vote. >> aye. an ny opposed? congratulations. >> i look forward to working with you, madam president, and our soul other commission member. [laughter] anyways, i second everything the board commission -- port commission president just said. thank you. >> item 7 b, executive directors report. >> good afternoon. thank you for joining us today. thank you very much for being willing to take on the role as officer. this is a fantastic thing. we have had it now once befor

the port has been remarkable. i would say the former port commissioner, we have great assets at the port of san francisco, but they are slowly starting to fall into the water. as we have seen with pierre 30/32, it has the shelf life of another, i think, 10 years. without some kind of revitalization, we could lose this asset. it is the same as you go down the port of sand and cisco. the america's cup gives us a great opportunity to rebuild that, to bring economic not just viability but a thriving economic community back to san francisco bay, so i would like to thank everyone who has been part of that. i would be remiss without thanking mark buell, who is heading the acoc, and also lucy, one of my constituents, a jewel to san francisco, who has been active on and all of the past america's cups and actually won it for the united states way back when, so i think it is important for us to recognize the people that are citizens of san francisco have done so much for the america's cup historically and who are going to ho