the report is expected to invest $55 million minimum of improvement for port properties. this will have the effect of having the port authority make those investments that offer long-term development rent credit to that effect. essentially it will be local investment. the city is also signed up to cover $32 million of the cost raised by the america's cup organizing committee or local taxes. what has been rejected is the $61 million of state revenue from the state from income taxes, sales taxes, etcetera, from the economic activity in 2013. based on those conditions, we have asked through the mechanism similar to what we did at pier 70 last year, that the city and port would be able to capture more of the revenue, the tax increment revenue through this mechanism. currently, we only have the ability to capture sixty-five cents of every tax increment dollar. it is generated through new development. in this district, that would raise it from 65 to ninety cents of every dollar tax capture. it has similar safeguards. the state has oversight. that would go through the state inve

over a three-year process, led jointly by bcdc and eight port at the time -- and the port at the time, the resolution was adopted in 2000, essentially lifting the water-oriented use restrictions and allowing a broader range of public trust uses and replacing the 50% phil will with a plan level approach to deliver public benefits along the waterfront. those public benefits being filled removal, major clauses for the benefit of the public to appreciate the day, adjacent open water basins where there would be limited primarily recreation-oriented maritime activities but not industrial maritime activities, and then public access. the special area plan lays all of that out in a great deal of detail, and we follow those rules whenever we do mixed use development project along the waterfront. we did not amend the special area plan for our project until very recently with the explora torium project. there was in the special area plan a requirement to remove most of the valley. the exploratorium have proposed moving less than the entire valley area and providing for some will between public ac

it would be supplementing the port staff. we will be doing inspections. >> that is the interim plan? >> desperatyes. >> that was the intent of my question, thank you. and any public comment on 8c? is there a motion? >> i move that we pass as amended. >> said. -- second. >> all those in favor? all opposed? 8c passes. >> 8e, request approval to issue request for proposal soliciting public relations and media services related to the port's special events and other revenue generating and strategic media activities. >> again, as the new commissioner, i wanted to get a better sense of the background. i guess my question, number 1, in terms of the various, it is pork-specific and the other offenses that are more sort it -- are port-specific and the other events that are more a city-wide. in terms of the amount that was determined, the limit, 600,000. in my experience, if you use 200,000 and end up on a monthly retainer, something like 600 and month, there are three major areas to cover, i am not a public relations expert, but i don'

i am with the port of san francisco. you have before you a cooperative agreement between the port of san francisco and the san francisco bay area rapid transit district, known as part -- bart. bart currently maintains a facility known as the san francisco transit structure, located on and under the very platform east of the ferry building, on property owned by the port of san francisco. bart has existing barriers on the platform but now proposes to construct enhanced surface and marine barriers within the boundaries of the san francisco bay and the plaza platform to protect its continuing transit use. as this is a bart project, bart not only is responsible for the funding of the project, but it will also be responsible for ongoing maintenance and repairs. bart will also be responsible for any claims or issues that arise from the general public or the area stakeholders regarding the barriers. bart must obtain port building permits for the project, which require that federal, state, and city regulatory issues be procured,

i am the port project director. i will present a brief summary of the selection process of the turner construction co., as the recommended construction manager and general contractor for the project. next a representative from the department of public works will summarize the work going forward. finally, we have their representative from turner presenting their qualifications. in april of this year, the port commission authorize staff to have the department's public works, the project manager, advertised for construction manager, general construction contract, with the direction the contract not commit the port commission to approval of a project or grant any entitlements. dpw issued a request for politicians and qualified 12 firms. these were invited to submit a request for proposal, and eight bids were received. two firms qualified for the interview process based on the criteria that one was the low bidder and the other was 10% within the low bid. the selection process require the final selection consist of two co

i am the port project director. i will present a brief summary of the selection process of the turner construction co., as the recommended construction manager and general contractor for the project. next a representative from the department of public works will summarize the work going forward. finally, we have their representative from turner presenting their qualifications. in april of this year, the port commission authorize staff to have the department's public works, the project manager, advertised for construction manager, general construction contract, with the direction the contract not commit the port commission

my name is jonathan stern with the planet -- with the port planning and development division. given that our legislative liaison was detained, he asked me to give you a brief update about the legislative agenda of the port and city at the state legislature. there are two bills that have been going through the legislature and i will give you a brief update regarding them. there we go. there are two bills, both about development projects. the first, ab-418, regards pier 7-0 and the trust status out at the pier, at the other bill is regarding the cruise terminal and the sites that will be in the america's cup. just as background, the port works with legislature, in conjunction with the city legislative committee. this is the group convened by the mayor's office, and generally puts together all of the specific needs that the city looks at, what is planning to move toward it at this time, and we are part of that process. ab-418 is really an administrative trust bill. it is a trust exchange mechanism. at this map shows the report that port staff that did a number of years ago about

director of homeland security at the port of san francisco. i come to request approval of an accept and expend of $7,783,556 to install and maintain the infrastructure. supervisor avalos: thank you. public comment. >> good morning. my name is douglas yepp. i would like to speak in favor of this item. i know this may bother some people but in my discussions, it seems san francisco has been overlooked as a target for terrorists. some people think that no one would dare to damage san francisco's reputation as a tolerant city, but i, among others, feel like our enemies might be bold enough to use our tolerance against us. this item should be approved, and it would be well-used, especially when there has been some emphasis on the federal level to inspect incoming cargo containers. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you. we will close public comment period moved forward as a committee report with recommendations. item three please. >> item 3. resolution authorizing the port of san francisco to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1,612,357 f

the nation's ports. that assessment comes because of where we're located. we protect all the inland waters and everything else. the federal government deems us a high level of risk and has a number of programs to allow us to participate. the first item on the agenda was the 2007 supplemental. the things here, it is an entanglement system. there is no good way to stop a crook that is suspected of high terrorist or high risk threat. this is a webbing system that can be propelled and help us in an effort to stop them if we deem them necessary. there is a camera monitoring system that is in conjunction with what we already have and some other security measures to make funds available to our department. we have the ability to view that from our emergency operations center. most of these here are the outboard motors. we have four more for more of our patrols. the current ones are at the end of their life cycle. these are available to us. currently, because that item is $110,000, there has been discussion about

-- the port and bcdc should work to find replacement public access. one of the issues has to do with the embarcadero. there is a broad feeling that we have done a good job, but that the west side is an important potential way for the public to appreciate the they, and that it does not match the standard of hurricane way and this side of the street. i think it is something that we all know and have seen in our own planning processes. with regard to historic rehabilitation and public benefits, i touched on this a little bit before. i think people appreciated the fact that the special area plan prompted the port to nominate the embarcadero historic district to the register of historic places. that was one of the requirements of the special area plan. they do not always view the

i want to thank our port director and port commissioners for joining us as well.i could sit here and talk about resources efficiency, environmental adaptability is, all of the things that we started out with, but what i really want to talk about is how exciting this race is going to be. i want to welcome the teams here on behalf of san francisco. we appreciate your competition, your entry into this race. mr. birth, mr. murray, thank you for your leadership on this. we are excited about this to no end. after monday's ride on that a slower sailboat, being passed by id ac -- by the ac 45's, it was really exhilarating. i have been tried to think about how to explain this sport to a novice. as i was thinking about the ac 45's, and as they were crossing the us, and as i saw the teams on that boat, doing everything they had to do to keep the sales in place, to keep balance, i can only think of two other analogous sports. at least on the 45's, and i expect it will be as dramatic as on the 72's, you need the ability of a professional basketball player to be able to functio

this hour libyan rebel fighters on the mediterranean frontline are trying to retake the major oil port of zawiya north far from the capital tripoli at least one hundred members of gadhafi forces and fifteen rebels have reportedly been killed in fierce fighting the offensive marks a breakthrough for the opposition which was swept out from the port by artillery fire an intensive shelling pro-government troops about three months ago. the closure of a key supply route from. rebel leaders have complained that nato airstrikes though a supporting their military efforts are focused too heavily on tripoli rather than on frontlines in misrata runs away or amounts leading to even more civilian casualties artie's riff and found out. solomon has been within a hair's breath of their doctors have performed any a miracle and the young girl is back home with her family she took her mother's pills to kill herself. if someone wants to kill me and bill to do myself.

it was the port who said not yet. it was the port, with the department of environment, who we really pressed, including the mayor's office -- we pressed hard to try to figure out what the infrastructure and capacity would look like as well as the economics so that it would help make sense to make sense for us to divert a portion and thinking we would be able to compensate that through a barging system that would allow us to hopefully capitalize on a portion of the port not in use right now. i think that this idea should not be retired. i think it should be developed and pursued, but it would probably require some significant investment on its capital side to make this happen. but in the interim of making that happen, i think it has been obligated of us to purse that conversation. just like the commercial rates that commissioner avalos just spoke about, the opening up commercial rates has yet i think been delved into before lafco and/or the city. and now the fact that commercial rates is something we may want to recapi

that is a challenging conversation but we look forward to continuing that with port staff. bicycle and pedestrian safety. this has to do with an already constricted area along the waterfront, including along the embarcadero. while we incurred purging bikes and pedestrians, that we can do so in a safe manner. we are looking at a number of different locations for restricting automobile access, including potentially enclosures on the northbound embarcadero. also, in the northern waterfront areas from keeping too many cars to where they cannot get out of in a quest for an ever-elusive parking spot. that is an engagement challenge, making sure that we set up those restrictions in a way that makes sense for all those who need to use those areas but also enhances the events themselves. with that, this is the last slide, identifying some of our locations online. we continue to take public comment through may. but as i mentioned, it will be and interest process. we will try to get as much, and as we can. with that, happy to answer any questions. >> thank you. is there any public com

[inaudible] >> when did the ports become so savannah? >> the ports? >> yeah. >> i don't really know. anybody else -- it would -- it was certainly in the beginning of the late 19th century, like the 1880s. they had stuff like naval turpentine stores. i'm a physician and i don't have much on imports and exports. it was definitely the late 19th century when all that began and just, you know, kept growing and growing and growing. we keep climbing up the ladder. we may or may not be the second largest port on the eastern seaboard, if not the third. but we're doing pretty good in that regard. yes, robert. >> one thing sherman didn't do was the port and they needed the port of savannah and the machine shops here in savannah? >> well -- he came to the sea because he needed to be refitted with the navy, the northern navy. needs supplies and everything. that might be a factor. but like i say, sherman loved the place. it was the winter of 1864. the war was already over. everybody had pretty much given up. in the union to the pledge even before the civil war was

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