on the agenda i'm here to say that, you know, quite often the front line people taking care of the ports business get a kick in the butt and don't get the recognition they deserve is i'm sure the port director has given you are them kudos but they've been amazing working with us that's connecticut i can't and dan we're putting together 9 peer 77 memorial that's a tough, tough process a lot of people would have said come back and they've never denouncing done that i wanted you guys to know how wonderful our troops are. >> thank you, very much. >> thank you shawn. is there any additional public comment seeing none, public comment is closed >> executive director report. >> good morning members of the public and the staff thank you for joining us i have a couple of things stat with our sale of our port revenue bonds at the last commissioner meeting we sold the bonds almost two weeks ago we we hit the manpower and the best of all market value in the municipal bond market it was a combination or really good interest news coming out for the borrowers and a lack of apply in the municipal bond ma

a break even scenario where generally port revenue equals port costs. the base case assumes revenue

thank you to the port.ibrary okay library is up next >> thank you very much chairman farrell city librarian here it's my privilege to present this budget wept to talk about the key fy 2015- 2016 budget for the 2015- 2016 budget and the next budget is represents an increase of 11 ftes from the current number of ftes at the 652 to 663 immediately other ftes for the following yes, sir. the key drivers are the emphasis on walking safety we want to toward the safe environment and the increases you see in the budget are driven by enhanced capacity the building of the proposals area we were e.r. we're looking at 3 additional custodians and officers. we're having the capacity to help our in house social workings and providing work order help for additional help in the area we are reviving in technology whether web band we feel it's important for the library the roll it plays we have the corrections and enhancements we want to discuss the possibility of relocating the facilities requiring lease space for the operati

community to small businesses and one of the other things i hope people see from this is that the port really represents a lot of different opportunities all costs the waterfront. i think that something were trying to make more and more people aware of, how diverse the operation and activities are here along the waterfront and i hope this goes a long way to show we have a nice mix or be getting a nice mix of local businesses and [inaudible] notches here at the ferry building but here at the other sites. in particular, really for the outreach and the idea of figuring out a way to bring more entities into the port. i also want to thank the small business commission for their support on this. so, kudos to you and appreciate your effort. >> all in favor aye. opposed? the resolution 1424 carries. >> item 13 b request approval of a [inaudible] 5 years for [inaudible]. the construction materials recycling center at sewall 3-for-2 at amador street between the port and [inaudible] san francisco incorporated >> my name is ruben [inaudible], property manager for [inaudible]. this item concerns cr

they have a lease from the port. the land they are on is port property and the dry docks they use belongs to the port, but the rest of the equipment is theirs. >> and is there any room for increasing this industry in the port? >> in terms of footprints? >> in terms of footprint, in terms of where you can actually create more facilities for ship repair. ir. >> there's ship repair at pier 7d. they occupy 14 acres. they are in the process of a master plan that will align itself with the rest of our pier 70 master plan. you'll recall we have a development project there. there's not a lot of expansion room that's desired. they have a lot of space they're not fully utilizing, but there's several other smaller boat works along the port, one adjacent to the ramp restaurant. it's the oldest ship repair operator in the bay. we haven't had anybody really wanting to come and build out a new boat yard. in fact, unfortunately with the move of the warriors to mission bay, i've had several people if i'd like to relocate the boat wor

a break even scenario where generally port revenue equals port costs. the base case assumes revenue generated from 82 cruise calls, projected events and parking usage assuming or pending a bcdc permit amendment. variances from the base case or this break even scenario shows the projected income lost to the port as shown in exhibit e, low calls, that is, less than 82 calls per year will result in a net loss to the port. likewise, high calls or over 82 calls a year will generate greater revenue to the port. so, in conclusion, port staff will present to the port commission consideration of this management agreement as early as may 27th. we believe that this agreement represents a balanced approach of generating revenue while setting aside the needs of the terminal operation. and we'll conclude a 20 year adventure to deliver a new cruise terminal to the city and county of san francisco. port commission approval is crucial in that it will allow metro to begin the transition from primary operations at pier 35 to the new terminal at pier 27. again, pier 27 wil

the port retains oversight in all of its leases. we have negotiated in this sake for tenants greater than 100,000 square feet that the port has a right to review and approve those subleases. specifically at building 113, the initial major tenants for that site the port has requested and wants approval rights for. that's important when we get down to uses, the next bullet point. one of our goals for this project from the beginning has been to ensure it maintains a light industrial feel, light industrial use. and we believe the port's oversight especially in building 113 will help ensure that that happens. with regard to required public access, we have been working with orton and the community to make sure we have enforcible rules that dictate clearly how the public access space will be accessed, how and when it will be open and what uses can occur there and we believe through the last few weeks we've come to a satisfactory result to clarify signage requirements to identify where this public access is and confirming the effort to maxi

the staff further recommendations that the port commission ports executive director for the ability to negotiate different terms with metro pending the outcome with the discussions of b cdc. the approval of the agreement will allow them to begin the operation from pier 25 to 27 so pier 27 can be proclaim by late september. it's critical that there allow metro to directly book events and begun the implementation to attract yourselves that's it i want to see that peter daily and john and grass and tom carter and james are here to answer all of us here to answer questions they've been instrumental in pitting this together >> so moved. is there a second. public comment? first person is shawn >> hi. you know, you don't have opportunities like this come around very often we all know that is a pretty special project but one of the things you look for in success is leadership and stefan have stepped up and we have a super cargo and that's james and they've invested time and effort because super cargo gets the passengers off and the bags moved i'm confident when they transition into the port yo

they still remained concerned with the immense capital needs of the port but they feel that the port commission in particular by setting the designated capital policy is taking affirmative actions to address that and they like what they are seeing. so we're very excited about our new rating. if all goes well we will be entering the market this thursday to sell the 2013 bonds with an anticipated closing date two weeks later on may the 29th. so so far, the mashet place is moving in the right direction for borrowers and we're very xietdd for that and we want to lock in and have the market place move up so we can earn money on our other investment holdings. wish us luck and i'm sure we will be reporting back on how the sale goes. you may have caught -- may recall the lease extension to the southern waterfront advisory committee. we apologize for not doing that earlier but we made the presentation on april 30. they were supportive of the lease option, they don't actually vote up or down, they give feedback and comments. they commented that rickology is a well-operated facility and it prov

order so those are individual projects within larger contract amounts that of already approved by port commission. $4000 for public works contract, so that's the approval of new contracts that are $400,000 or less. then, up to $100,000 for professional service contract. so far this fiscal year the executive director has approved $1.4 million of contract service orders all of which were $200,000 or less. about half $1 million of new contracts, which includes 3 professional service contracts and 1 public works contract. before i go into the specific contract activities, so far this fiscal year, i just want to remind you of what the local, widely mind our business enterprise participation. through administration code 14 point b, the local business enterprise program was established and it's really intended to expand contracting opportunities for small businesses in the city. prime contractors so the main contractors applying for contracts may be given business accounts for being local enterprises. then, in addition to that additional benefit the contract monitoring division actually gives

commissioners. members of the public and ports that. welcome to our april 22 meeting. i have a long executive directors report today because apparently is is incredibly busy time but i hope to move through it really quickly. i want to start by talking about a cruise out with 4 2014 and 2015. we are really excited to report that 2014 will be a record-setting year for crew shipping at the port of san francisco. we are expecting 75 cruiseship calls carrying approximately 260,000 guests plus of course the cruise. so this is a new high record for the port in modern time and were very very excited about it. this has been continuing over the last couple of years and 2013 the port hosted 64 crucial calls at 213,000 cruiseship passengers and that was our highest number of guest since 2006. so we are seen incredible growth in our business here on the west coast for any number of reasons but were very excited about it. 2015 is looking even bigger with 84 calls booked. we are expecting to cross the 300,000 passenger mark for the 1st time in modern times. so we are really excited about that. it'

has the port spent time addressing or researching? >> we partnered a lot with bae over the years and you can see the growth in the slide representing that. when the navy moved away from the bay, ship repair took a nose dive as you can imagine, particularly at the big sites. the sf boat works and then competing smaller boat facilities in alameda. they have a constant because of the smaller vessel traffic in the bay, but the big ship industry has been impacted. we've bandage working a lot been working a lot with bae so they could compete for the bigger ships that are coming out of the cruise industry and the cargo industry. as you may recall as part of our america's cup project, we invested in shore side power at pier 70, which has also enabled bae to be a stronger contender for bidding and they've won quite a few contracts that way. their volume is going up. there's still plenty of capacity to run the ship repair yard more and create more jobs and that's where we focus the port's attention. >> is there a direct link between the ship re

and possibly not solving the problems at the port at this time. so i think i think so that we have a big challenge to our waterfront what p that looks like the public process is open and prop b is a political campaign to focus on heights to challenge the developments that could be creating parks and affordable housing and bring people to the waterfront and do good for the city. thank you both for your comments we hope this discussion has been forgive for more information please visit the san francisco sf elections.org remember earlier vociferating is at city hall and you can vote on the two weekends before elective days please vote on june 3rd if i don't vote . >> (roll call). >> item 2, approval of minutes. >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> opposed? minutes approved. >> item 3, public comment on executive session? >> so moved. >> move into executive session. staff not present for that can vacate the room. thank you. >> did you vote? >> is there a motion to move into into pars3 we go ahead and -- i move to reconvene in open sessi

and possibly not solving the problems at the port at this time.o i think i think so that we have a big challenge to our waterfront what p that looks like the public process is open and prop b is a political campaign to focus on heights to challenge the developments that could be creating parks and affordable housing and bring people to the waterfront and do good for the city. thank you both for your comments we hope this discussion has been forgive for more information please visit the san francisco sf elections.org remember earlier vociferating is at city hall and you can vote on the two weekends before elective days please vote on june 3rd if i don't vote all. >> good morning folks. i'm mike and i'm the president of the san francisco memorial truce asia on behalf of the war context and the san francisco symphony welcome to davis home. we're grateful for the puc's san francisco puc's support to make that building one of the greenest performing venues in this country. in this context we have the san francisco war memorial opera house and davis

can respond to that since the eastern shoreline is within the ports boundary. capital needs remains very large we have, of course, identified this year about $1.6 billion in capital needs and identified the $600 million that is about a shortfall of $10 billion and it requires the port staff and port commission to consider the trade off between expenses and capital needs and try to balance accordingly so we'reizing that closely i've already mentioned. that's the high-level supervisors if it's okay with you i thought i'd ask meg 80 an so walk through the numbers >> thank you. >> as on overview the budget is increasing and important to note of that growth 7.6 million is driven by operating revenues we've split between the designation of futuristic capital. if you're looking at or you've found the slide of the presentation the operating expense has monique explained we're going to accommodate the known growth and the strategic priorities like staffing and other projects. the designation of future capital is trying to meet the capital policy but the other significan

so far as developing and fixing the problems with the port lands. we're in the enforcement of the nova valley club and the indemnification and a host of others >> mr. valenzuela 10 bring up the perspectives of job how do you feel about that. >> there are 3 issues that were brought up first, the ballot box planning no, it isn't if the planners don't exceed the height limits no problem only if they do if you look at san francisco history since 19th street 68 when the bureau ton act there's been 18 other ballot measures effecting the front the ball was effected and the hunters point shipyard we're talking about port property that is owned by the public. and if you take a look at port property it's held in public trust and the housing agreement is a red herring because as a matter of fact, if port property is held in publicly trust you can't build housing there and number 3 if that were done there's nothing in prop b that says you can't have a project being approved so the howard's altering argument is truly a red herring and we've seen the kind of hous

l-14980 between port and china baifb ballpark company for port property at terry a francois boulevard between the port and china basin ballpark company to be used as a parklet for public benefit. this action constitutes the approval action for the project for the purposes of ceqa, pursuant to section 31.0 4-h of the san francisco administrative code. >> thank you, amy, commissioners, madam president, vice president, fellow commissioners, bill willanson again with the port's planning and development team with the proper presentation at this time and here to talk about a special event at seawall lot 337. parking lot a for the giants, it's a primary parking lot for at&t park. the port commission approved a lease for this site some years ago which this item is part of. you are not asked to amend that lease today. the reason we're here before you for this special event is because the lease requires your approval if the special event is greater than 90 days in length, which in this case it is. so briefly the special event at 337 is pursuant to the existing parking lot lease, again is greate

those are big cargo ports and big container ports. they're very important. but also tucked along our coast are energy ports that people completely forget about. they don't even know what an energy port looks like. i'm very proud to be taking secretary moniz to his first energy port this next week in louisiana because these energy ports aren't bringing in big containers and big cargo ships but they're bringing in liquefied natural gas or taking it out or bringing in oil, imported from the rest of the world or exroarting -- exporting when we can get exports out but right now bringing crude oil in. they're manufacturing the huge platforms and fabricating the huge platforms that go out into the gulf of mexico without the proper dredging of these ports, without the proper security of these ports, america cannot be an energy powerhouse. we just can't do it. we have to have that port infrastructure, so one of my big pushes since i've been a senator is to try to get the federal government to understand that one size doesn't fit all. there are certain projects that w

colleagues, any questions on the port or airport and i library. okay open this up for public comment to items it through 4 any public comment on those items >> all right. any public comment on that item? now we can put those to bed so to speak taking them as a group analysts recommendation a motion to accept all the analysts recommendations a motion by supervisor breed and supervisor mar. thank you very much to the departments and can we go did we call item 5 can we speak that on prop j >> mr. chair would you, please adapt a motion to continue 2, 3, 4 to next week's meeting. >> just to check with the city attorney we've taken the public comment do we need to continue those items. >> john gibner, deputy city attorney those items are on tomorrow's meeting so and next wednesday meeting. >> that's correct. >> not open for those departments to combine so you adapted amendments that relate to those vice presidents but the overall meeting it should be continued. >> we'll make a motion to continue the items 2, 3, 4 to tomorrows meeting we'll take that wit

collected at our ports goes back to our ports. they don't call me ms. harbor maintenance for nothing around here. it's been a long journey but i'm thrilled that after countless hearings and meetings with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and with the leadership from chairman shuster, ranking member rahall, that our proposal to fully utilize our harbor maintenance trust fund and to allow ports to use these funds for expanded uses is included in this final water bill. when we pass this bipartisan measure, it's a victory not just for the ports of long beach and los angeles, but for all our ports, our ports in savannah and all those in this nation. when our ports are strong, mr. speaker, our nation is strong. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to join the chorus drawing attention to the appalling si

>> you want to talk about the port review? >> as part of that clarify we will still receive the rent we're currently receiving so we'll be net neutral and we'll just do revenue sharing after the costs have been recovered. >> exactly. the way the lease we're operating under, it recognized that early on. the lease site was approved two, two and a half years ago. it required at a minimum these special events, these longer terms, we meet that requirement i mentioned earlier about minimum parameter rental. so if you took the square footage for this site, 18,000 square feet, and used the minimum parameter rental that the commission approved every year, that's the $77,000 number we talked about. the port is guaranteed that number. >> right now we're getting $70,000. we're guaranteed 77,000? >> it's the greater of those numbers. >> so we'll be getting 77,000. >> at a minimum. >> so where does the 150,000 come from? >> fran worked with the parking lot operator who operates this lot on behalf of the giants and looked at the park's past

the small combined spaces as well. if something we can continue to design and coordinate with the port and with the community. last, we are going to have a number of public space. is a picture of it [inaudible] pavilion in richmond and acquisition and what it would look like upon completion. the a lot of events that have in that space that's a picture of the [inaudible] symphony playing on 3 july. it's an annual free concert. uses range from music festivals to food and wine to roller derby to foreclosure workouts. it's very active space. it's a really driven by the different interest of the community it's a mix of free event ticketed events, large ones, small events. they not have a good weekend events. the number of rules and regulations that we are negotiating with the port, with the goal of activating this area as much as possible but one thing we've heard from the kerry would like an opportunity to come down the part of the site. so to that end, there to public spaces that we create in this project. the 1st one is an indoor space. it is an atrium in building 113 that building is cu

of note is the cove downtown was filled by the time the port was established and that's when this map was created, but as you probably know, the cove waters go all the way to mont gomery and california street, so there's a lot of property dependent on the seawall. mission bay was rather sizable going all the way to the 280 extension. we have in our money to begin a robust study of the sea wall. our seawall particularly in the downtown area protects a number of very important assets of other city departments as well as bart and other agencies around the bay so this is a high priority for the port going forward. our capital plan remains probably as big as any departments. what you'd expect for an entity that is 150 years old. we continue to be as creative as we possibly can to find ways to fund improve ments in state of good repair just to keep the port operating and self sufficient. our capital plan for the amount of money we need to stay in our current state of operation is about 1.6 billion and we've identified just under 1 billion in potential funds. about half of that comes from th

this is a way to look it over time this is port revenues for the real estate division the bottom blue session is basically what the perimeter deals represent to use it really is another way to show the foundation the stable rent comes from the perimeter the developments and all layer on top of that and when we're able to weather the sessions the perimeters allows us to do that. so when we determine the rates for the given fiscal year we go through the method doing we include my tractions on port property and we voluntary 0 layer in certainly my condition on the port facility that might make it epilepsy our typical market condition and finally we look at affordability and i'll dive into that certainly we want to maximize we want to balance vacancy periods so if something is vacant now if i try to maximize the rates it might mean i don't lease it up in 3 months but 6 months we're trying to balance the rate not per square feet but applies to existing places to the tenant those small businesses when their lease expires that's the perimeter we're setting to make sure that the rate maximize

you do see the congestion pile up into the port of manila. reportedly, you look at the port. are looking at cargo and containers there. you are looking at a backlog or this waiting time. they are lingering in the port from the usual six days. it is operating at over 90% capacity according to the port from the usual less than 60% we're used to seeing this time of year. it is also a good effect. we are seeing the daily trips of trucks to and from the port from 6000 down to a about 3500 trips. if you ask the common commuter, traffic has eased up. port or truckhe drivers, they are not liking it. in their words, it is a constraint to growth. >> let's talk about that. the net effect to growth. what does it appear to be? >> i was looking at this. if you try and measure what is the net gain or the gain you get from freeing up the port against the loss from traffic jams. the estimates, the cases in favor of freeing up the ports and having to sit and wait in traffic. the lost output is between 1.4 u.s. dollars. that is the loss associated with the backlogs. that is against a gain from

port. closest american port on the east coast to the canal that is expected to attract the big cargo ships. still in the works are major dredging and the installation of massive cranes for loading and unloading cargo. a project of this size comes with plenty of controversy, and one of the issues is whether it was even needed. mi mimi thank you for being with us. let's talk about the impact of the expansion of the panama canal? what is this meant to be? >> what it will mean is that cargo, the big ships, called the post-panamx ships will be able to go across the kanell. right now they have to go through the suez canal. the biggest ships cannot get through the canal. increasingly this is what the world's fleet is going to look like. so sooner or later u.s. ports are going to have to be able to accommodate themselves. >> and we're fixing bridges here in the new york area to the idea that now these ships can go anywhere in the world. is this important -- this tunnel, is it important to handle th

boats is reason they've applied for the grant is those boats are 60-year-old the fire chief says their port fund that's about $600,000 in maintenance we didn't say that for the sake of saying it it didn't make sense for the fire department to maintain a third boat when they've never had 3 boats area they're playing for the grant because the functionality of the new boat for explodes the old boats that's the basic of our recommendation regarding the grant we certainly recommend approval of on page 3 of our report on the bottom of page 3 the fire boat in the amount of 11 thousand polluting plus on the same page we note as show that in table 3 on page 5 of our report in order to fully pay for the fire boat they anticipate 2 hundred 77 thousand that's not secured so we points out on page 6 supervisors just to make this very clear this could result in a request and again, we're recommending approval we want the board to know the facts this can result in the request for the board of supervisors to appropriate in general fund be money in the 2014-2015 money and fallout if the fire department doesn

well, we have a major port, one of the biggest ports in duluth, minnesota, that connects goods and from the midwest, not just from minnesota, from all over the midwest to the great lakes through the st. lawrence seaway. it is a major port and brings our goods and brings them in from the rest of the world. the backlog of sentiment due to insufficient -- sediment due to insufficient dredging is up to 18 million cubic yards and is estimated to cost $200 million. the wrda bill helps correct this disparity and ensures that funds are addressed to the needs of shippers and that the great lakes system does not fall into further disrepair. when ships on the great lakes have to light load, which means they are about 10% less cargo than they should have, they have to reduce their cargo because channels are not deep enough. our whole economy suffers. not just the shippers, not the people producing the goods. we have to ship 10% less than we should on these ships and instead bringing them in from other parts of the world which doesn't make sense at all. that is why i cosponsored an amendment with se

the port already supports some 300,000 jobs across our state. and when post pana-x vehicles start rolling into savannah, the economic interests will increase dramatically. georgia has always been a great place to do business and a big reason is that we've had strong leadership at state level. leaders who understand that making investments in economic development projects can give great returns. in this case, the port of savannah is an epi center of worldwide commercial traffic. the imports and exports associated with this port expansion means that jobs will be created not only in my home state, but all throughout the country. madam president, congress has once again agreed with us that it is a vital project for our country. now that we have completed our work, it is imperative that the administration carry through with its commitments. the project partnership agreement, which is a document that details the construction plans for a corps of engineers project, needs to be finalized and signed immediately. i have complete faith in the ability of th

this is the counsel's office of the port authority. the issue of how kwan has risen in the ranks because of the fact that he was an ally to chris christie. this is someone who had all kinds of a checkered past in relation to his family's liquor store business and possible tax evasion. the governor tried to appoint to the supreme court a move by the way, which you know, steve, was intended to sway the balance of the supreme court and tilt it in fave of republicans. >> i'll say this, this was a ticking time bomb with the port authority. the port authority has been a dumping ground for patronage for so long. in new jersey politics for years the best job you could get, supposedly, democrat or republican if you talked to them they dreamed somebody from their party would win the governor's office and that they would get appointed deputy executive director of the port author. why? the salary was sky high, pension that came with it was great, you got to travel over bridges for free and free housing in new york city. you got yourself a four-yea

just as a bit of contextual information, the port starting in 2010 re-entered the bond market after a bit of a hiatus due to increasing our internal financial capacity and also with the support of the mayor's office and the board of supervisors to make more investments in capital, in our capital infrastructure, and the intention of the revenue bond program is really to invest in larger scale investments and with your approval today will be at about $100 million since 2010. the city issued cop's on our behalf in 2013 around this will round it off. you did previously approve our ability to issue bonds in the amount of 25.3 million in may of 2013, you gave us access to the city's commercial paper program which allowed us to keep phase ii of the cruise ship terminal on target. the purpose of these bonds is phase ii of the cruise ship terminal and also to make improvements at pier 31 in the northern waterfront in the amount of 1.9 million and we're using additional funds for pier 31, but that will allow us to open up red tagged facility, meaning it's shut to public use for private leasing

you do need the port authority of new york and new jersey. in addition to the little traffic problems of last september it turns out that new jersey has one of the most congested port orders in america. you need things that expand state lines. there is always a federal role. but we have to get more u.s. companies interested and involved in this sector, the chicago sky ways was privatized. there were no bidders. they tried for a second time to sell midway airport in chicago, and they only had one bidder so they had to withdraw the offer. >> if you can't sell midway after tremendous capitol investment there it's a much improved airport. if you can't sell it in the condition that it is in now, it's hard to know what would bring any kind of capitol investment from the private sector. just a short break. when we come back. >> some of that is uncertainty. the very uncertainty that we're going through now is will there be funds which mean states can't plan for transportation needs if they don't know what to expect from the federal government. that c