and we are pleased to urge your re-appointment to miss brandon on the san francisco port commission. we think with the port now embarking on the level of economic development activities that it's currently embarked on, having her experience and her knowledge of what the port has done in the past, and what the port can do in the future would be a valuable asset to the people of san francisco. so we urge your support of her re-appointment. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, chair, yee, supervisor breed and supervisor cohen. i am from the san francisco arts commission. i am here in support of commissioner >> supervisor yee, supervisor breed, supervisor cohen, i am the chief administrative law judge for the public utilities commission and the port of san francisco holds that in trust for the people of california and i wanted to strongly urge you to reconfirm the appointment of kimberly brandon. commissioner brandon's knowledge is invaluable and having good succession planning and continuity is 3 4 f1key to sure that the port commission and all of the important projects, along the

and i talked with you all in january about access to the site and i think that the port and the port commission is going to have to help with that. because right now, the access is very, very limited. and so, i think that is a subject that should be brought in very early. and i think that the other thing is that as you go through this and i am hoping that the commission will stay very closely in touch with the project as it moves forward and because it is an important one. that you will continue to use the goals that were set out and master plan for pier 70 to evaluate the progress but right now i think that we will try to continue the love fest and let's endorse the term sheet. >> any further comment? >> commissioners? >> thank you. >> sort of want to echo toby's words that this really was a model. and how to reach out to the community and bring a project forward and so i want to thank forest city for all of the effort that they put into that and the port staff for working hand in hand with forest city to review the project and then shepherd it along and i know that there is no easy fete do an

it will come back to the port commission this fall hopefully with the complete a deal for your edification. thank you, and byron and i am numbers of our team are here to answer questions that you might have. >> motion to approve. >> second. >> any public comment? we do. ed ferris. (sounds like) >> good afternoon commissioners. good afternoon executive director moyer. my name is ed ferris -- local 10 -- is an important decision that will impact the success of the cruise industry here, and will be for many years to come. they should not be made quickly or without careful consideration. whatever terminal operators you choose let's make business decisions that promote labor peace instead of labor unrest. labor unrest can quickly and significantly diminish the quality vacation experience for cruise ship passengers. for some passengers this is their first experience with san francisco and it needs to be a pleasant and enjoyable one. i'm concerned about labor unrest in the future. we would respectfully request that you hold off on this authorization of the management agreement negotiation to begi

pursuant to the city charter the leases are approved by the port commission at its sole discretion. others that generate revenue or have a term of ten years are subject to the port commission and the board of supervisors. interlacing which we primarily concentrate in real estate, represents a significant portion of the port's leasing activity. and the port holds 550 leases approximately, and that we manage in the real estate division and this represents about 90 percent of the port's over all portfolio and represents 87 percent of the totalen annual revenues of the port. the opportunity to solicit all opportunities except where impractical and feasible, under the city charter if i lease out an office, under the charter, i am supposed to bid that. and we the way that we, handle that is we come and get delegated authority, under the port's leasing policy. given the volume of leases that we do, this year, i believe up to date we have done about 66 leases. and this would just be impossible and impractical to bid those lease and it can't be done. such as a typical there are leases that w

habitat restriction programs have really benefited from their engagement and i thank you and the port commissions of the last 12-15 years before the repeatedly to support the port's effort in environmental stewardship. i believe that is truly something to celebrate. that concludes my presentation. thank you. >> we do have public comment. bob isaacson. >> thank you, director of commissioners. i moved down to mission creek to a houseboat about 25 years ago,in an amazing thing was to see the wildlife there. they should be preserved. at that time the developer catella -- an earlier version of catella mission bay development consider the place a blank slate. wait a minute. there's a lot here that really needs to be taken care of. the fact that it is within a mile of the downtown area and these wonderful, charismatic shorebirds are there told us that there is really something that needs to be done so we formed a conservancy, about half of us from the creek, half from other places to publicize what was there and needed to be preserved. i am proud to say that we have been successful. the species, the num

if the port commission authorizes staff to commence negotiations with metro cruises, the staff is committed to bring -- for guidance. we are committed to engaging the premier for consultant -- to for assistance to provide negotiation support with the goal of making pier 27 operation efficient and to maximize revenue. with our consultants help will come back to the commission in september with an informational presentation on possible business models and pricing strategies and compare our facility to ports in the west coast. we will look at the elasticity pricing and a range of other issues. we want to maximize revenues by attracting as many cruise calls as we can, and the parking opportunities that pier 27, and potentially pier 35 my provide for us. the goal of the rfp timing continues to complete negotiations of the management agreement to come back to the port commission for final approval of the deal by fall, 2013. that gives up or just a few months negotiate agreements and get going with phase 2. in the event that metro cannot resolve the prerequisite terms, (indiscernible) --

benefit fund, the port will deposit funds in that fund consistent with the port commission's adopted policy. >> so the port revenues and then i am almost concluded. we have structured this deal essentially the deal works that forest city will get entitlement and get an 18 percent return and after that 18 percent return. we will split the land value 40 percent to the city and 55 percent to the port and we have layered on top of that some other participation mechanisms that occur regardless or not the forest city has hit its 18 percent and just walking through these, i want to point out the big revenue sources through time and this in line four. the port will get a share of the tax incrament generated from the water front site to help to address those needs and that will be early money from the project and skipping to line four, where you see modified gross revenues, we have structured the deal so that the port's participation and revenues will increase over time and after the buildings have been built and so starting in the year 30, we will get 1.5 percent of the modified gross revenu

rfp timing continues to complete negotiations of the management agreement to come back to the port commission for final approval of the deal by fall, 2013. that gives up or just a few months negotiate agreements and get going with phase 2. in the event that metro cannot resolve the prerequisite terms, (indiscernible) -- we have an exciting and daunting task. it is ardently the largest investment import maritime and for structure in the port's 150-year history. we were thinking of what it could've been as monumental as this and we can't. like i said before we have the highest number of cruise passengers ever to transit in the port's history next year. this is a facility that provides great opportunities for special events. went to get a management team in place soon to begin marketing and booking reservations. we are convinced that this will be a waterfront marquee location for conferences, weddings, corporate parties and the like which would generate new revenue to the port. finally by september, 2014, who want to celebrate the opening of the cruise terminal to the world. to do this we requir

and i think it's imperative that the port commission, we have got a great commission, but kimberly brandon is the one with the institutional memory, more so than myself and i think that is really valuable to the port at this very important time. so i thank you for the opportunity to speak and i support her nomination very much. thanks. >> thank you. >> supervisor breed. >> thank you. i am really excited to move this nomination through to the full board for a positive consideration and i just wanted to say a couple of things about commissioner brandon. since 1997, since many of us are san franciscans here on this committee and many in the room, we know what that particular area, where port is, primarily, centered in the heart of the embarcadero, what it used to look like. we remember before 1997, when the freeway was there, and after it had gotten torn down and how dark of a place it was. and in order to make it what it is today, you have to have good leadership. you have to have vision. and you have to have really good people who care about the city but more importantly, people who know ho

last september the port commission authorize an rfp for pier 38 with intent to rehabilitate and retenant the bulkhead on pier 38 but also qualify the development team with the possibility of a long-term reuse of the entire pier. the intent of the solicitation was to find respondents with experience in rehabilitating, developing and operating facilities comparable to pier 38. the ideal respondent would consist of a development team that has experienced with one historic rehabilitation of waterfront structure; two, and ability to identify and secure potential tenant; and three, and ability to maintain real estate projects when completed. with this in mind on march 25th port staff received two very qualified proposals from two very qualified development teams. one was san francisco development partners. san francisco pacific waterfront partners iii, the company to be formed and to be wholly-owned by san francisco waterfront partners llc. the other team is tmg pier 38 partners. the staff report just said pier 38 but should be tmg, the partnership again formed consisting of tmg partners and p

so thank you, for the port commission, and the wonderful staff and the director. the port of san francisco, congratulations to the city of san francisco. thank you. [ applause ] >> you're watching quick bite, the show that has san francisco. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we're here at one of the many food centric districts of san francisco, the 18th street corridor which locals have affectionately dubbed the castro. a cross between castro and gastronomic. the bakery, pizza, and dolores park cafe, there is no end in sight for the mouth watering food options here. adding to the culinary delights is the family of business he which includes skylight creamery, skylight and the 18 raisin. >> skylight market has been here since 1940. it's been in the family since 1964. his father and uncle bought the market and ran it through sam taking it over in 1998. at that point sam revamped the market. he installed a kitchen in the center of the market and really made it a place where chefs look forward to come. he created community through food. so, we designed our community as having three parts we li

i have been on the port commission for two years. and i want to acknowledge that i had fellow commissioners working on this project in this part of san francisco. and in 20006 -- 2006 there was effort of the port and the community and with the mayor's office and the board of supervisors. to come up with a plan to make this today what is a reality. i think this is an extremely auspicious beginning. we are in the ninth or 10th day of chinese new years. and i think it's important to recognize this is a great beginning for mission rock and anchorstein. and as the mayor said, we are trying to activate the waterfront. and pier 48 and mission rock is what we are trying it do, to combine many disverse businesses. where it's maritime and with giants and anchorstein to bring forward the waterfront. it's a renaissance that we are seeing. i sometimes talk to the port staff, gosh another press conference. because we are always announcing something new on the waterfront. so exciting to be a part of this effort. i want to recognize the port staff i

from the port commission, mell murphy is here with us, from the mayor's office of disability, carla johnson and her staff, from the port, a number of deputy directors, tom carters, susan reynolds and elaine. and from dpw, our city engineers. next, we are honored to have a city representative who has given us a great deal of support to this project and many improvement projects that the city enjoys. he's also someone who values partnerships and works to seek out ideas from san francisco residents, business owners and entrepreneurs and community leaders. he's the president of our board of supervisors and supervisor for this district 3. please welcome supervisor david chiu. >> the sun is shining on jefferson street. everyone excited to be here? let me say, we proved them wrong today. i came to san francisco as a tourist. i want to thank all of you who are part of this incredible community. mayor lee and i talk about how important it is for folks to come together. this is a project that for years has involved a lot of community conversations and some community debate but i really need to tip my

investing confidence and why we exist in such a great wonderful city and so thank you monique and the port commission and to all of your wonderful partners and staff for working so hard with the entities like pier 39 and others who will

a lot of people including most of you have asked why do you want to continue on the port commission and my response remains the same, i have a passion for this city. i was born and raised here. i am a product of the public school system, including san francisco state university. i have worked, lived or gone to school in every district in this city and so i feel it's my obligation to give back to the city that has given me so much. over the past 16 years, i have had the opportunity to participate in so many incredible, incredible waterfront projects. if i listed them, we would be here all afternoon. i have seen the northern waterfront transformed into a destination point. bringing people from across the world, but most importantly, locally, to work, live and enjoy the port from aquatic park to at&t park. now it's time to continue the transformation of the southern water front from china basin to indian basin and to make it equally accessible and enjoyable. we have an extraordinary opportunity to put thousands of people to work and to create new communities. i would love to remain and be

take this opportunity to -- here's another special person, kimberly brandon, who has been on the port commission. and i'm really confident that ms. brandon will continue to represent san francisco well as a port commissioner. i what pretty impressed by her understanding of the fiduciary responsibility and oversight of the waterfront maritime and real estate issues impacting the san francisco's port. with an estimated $1 billion capital improvements expected on the waterfront, i'm impressed with her commitment to ensure that the port remains strong and that the port continues to create diverse opportunities for san franciscans to enjoy the waterfront and to create new shoreline open space while revitalizing the historical architectural resources and structures that have played a significant role with the san francisco vibrant maritime history. and this is amazing that she's been on the port commission for this length of time and still has the enthusiasm to really want to serve on this. so, i recommend her strongly. >> thank you. supervisor breed. >> thank you. i just want to echo supervisor yee's