and the importance of the to the america's cup. we have not talked about other kinds of nightlife and the importance of having a good night light -- nightlife scene who are here for the america's cup and in terms of them enjoying themselves, when they are here, and leaving with a favorable impression. hopefully they come back. nightlife in the city is under tremendous pressure and has been. if you look at some things that are coming down the pike like putting a ton of housing on 11th street which could dramatically reduce nightlife there and other parts of south of market where proposed changes could undermine nightlife. it is a constant struggle. it is critical in the next two years that we have nightlife, a great nightlife remaining for america's cup and we will continue to have that into the future. could you after my editorial is incumbent on the relationship between good night life and the america's cup? >> absolutely. i see it turning into the things in terms of the arts and entertainment side but also the business side. we wa

à comments for the america's cup and cruise terminal. irst i would like to say that the feir contains strong environmental protection for the base, area, water, community and habitat. the imply mentation and enforcement of these protections will be critical ensuring that the america's cup in associated development will be as environmentally responsible. we would like to recognize the city, the mayor's office and the america's cup event authority for working to address the concerns of the environmental community, in particular, my organization appreciates the short-term and long-term air quality measures that are being implemented to reduce marine vessel and other air emissions and to off-set the shutdown of short side power for crew ships at pier 27. the requirements for cleaner engines and a new pier 70 dry dock electrification will be great. at the same time due to the fast tracking offer the america's cup eir, some of the documents, key documents like the mmrp and the se qua findings were released recently. it has made it difficult for

i am here speaking in support of the america's cup. blue and gold is a good solid union company from top to bottom, and we look forward to those jobs. we thank those who are bouncing around the need for the use of clean fields and the desire to use the local ferry fleet. we have more than enough qualified and competent masters in the bay who can do this work. we look forward to navigating these ferries to those seen this wonderful raise. >> i am the vice president and chief marketing officer. i am here in support of the eir and the america's cup. there is a popular misconception is the proverbial moment in time in the city's life, that the sailors below into town and right back out again, leaving behind only the breeze and the waves. i am on behalf of the 122 employees. i am here to stay where in full support of the america's cup coming to san francisco for two reasons. the improvements along the waterfront and along the city as well as the impact of will be felt in the dollar's and the jobs but will be snapped up by the people who live

the other entities listed here, the america's cup race management organization. they are primarily responsible for the water event management, but they will also be overseeing even logistics on land as well. we have been in close coordination with them and their sister agency. a quick run through the upcoming schedule. as i'm sure you have heard in the past, including at our presentation eight months ago, this america's cup is somewhat unique in that it is being preceded by the america's cup world series, which is a world tour of the same teams that are proposing to enter the america's cup event in 2013. that will head up to 16 cities over the course of this year and next year, leading up to early 2013. as you will see on this slide, there's a first leg of the world series that concludes in june 2012. the second leg commences in august 2012 and right now is planned for two regattas in san francisco. these would use the smaller votes, but that is really a great place. we are looking at that as an opportunity not only to experience the excitement of the america's cu

the ceqa findings covers all of the implementation plans for the america's cup. there summarized and included within the eir. even though they are evolving, they are living documents each that will incorporate best practices. among those, they will respond to the performance requirements and all the mitigation measures you are proving as part of these actions. those are covered. with respect to the national park service and the national environmental protection act, the environment and review process, the ceqa equivalent they have to go through, that is ongoing and will be flowing through the documents in the spring. they have similar but somewhat

we talked a lot last november, through the board process about economic benefits of the america's cup to the port and the city. we believe the 34th america's cup will bring to the port of san francisco and the san francisco bay a world-class venue for sailing well beyond the event. i mentioned a little about public access on the waterfront. we will be accelerating major public benefits, not just in the area of the piers, but as far down as pier 80 and beyond the port property. major port infrastructure upgrades, we have not contemplated a plan in either the capital plan or the waterfront land-use plan for fixing pier 30-32. we're getting the benefit of those upgrades. the tenants, we are very mindful of any impact on the tenants that would be displaced in the process. you should be proud of the real- estate division's efforts to do outreach to all of the tenants trying to make a concession easy for them, but there are many will see major benefits as a result of having the america's cup, both retail and maritime. we talked a lot about environmental stewardship. that has been a major th

the ceqa findings covers all of the implementation plans for the america's cup. there summarized and included within the eir. even though they are evolving, they are living documents each that will incorporate best practices. among those, they will respond to the performance requirements and all the mitigation measures you are proving as part of these actions. those are covered. with respect to the national park service and the national environmental protection act, the environment and review process, the ceqa equivalent they have to go through, that is ongoing and will be flowing through the documents in the spring. they have similar but somewhat different standards for their review. that information from the eir that is common to what needs to get covered gets picked up, and additional changes according to their interpretation of nepa will play out in those documents. for your purposes today, you are using the final eir as the basis of your action, and i have been advised by the city attorney that i do not need to walk you through all of these revisions. they ar

this idea was spurred by the america's cup because there is a need for everybody in the city to participate. i have been fortunate enough to attend several america's cups in the past. i have the opportunity to be in portugal and also in san diego. the event management, the oversight is extremely professional. they are very concerned with every aspect of the environment. they take the time and energy to clean up after they leave, and it is one of the best professional organizations i have seen. as far as its impact on the ecology and building, i think it is going to be nothing but positives. the awareness of we do have a waterfront and we have the ability to participate in recreation and taking advantage of the changing waterfront to the maritime recreation. it would be very positive for our fiscal impact and growth in these hard times. we have people lined up ready to go. we just need your permission to launch 100%. >> is there any additional public comment on this item? >> good evening, chairman and members of the commission. i am from one of the largest and oldest neighborhood association

we supported the certification of the eir for the america's cup. however, we did raise some of our concerns around social equity, which are the issues of good jobs and good union wages with good benefits and working conditions. i would reiterate that concern again, and i am very happy about the assurances we have from ports of about a sit-down in the new year to talk about those issues, and also, we have assurances from mr. bopp billingham, and infrastructure manager for the event sponsor. we're going to sit down with him and deal with some of these issues around waterfront were, particularly the operation of cranes. those are discussions that we look forward to, and we look forward to appearing again before the port commission in january to assess where we are at on the social equity issues. thank you very much for your consideration of our concerns, and what a great day it is for the port of san francisco. commissioner brandon: thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is jennifer, president of san francisco tomorrow. i have appreciated all the months

the entire legal team has been working on some aspect of the america's cup, but you would not have the dda in front of you. and the land use team has been instrumental on getting the planning department and the port through this process, so kudos to them. >> we are adopting the sub- alternatives when we adopt this? is that correct? >> yes, it is complicated, but for environment and impact coverage purposes, yes. we are calling it the project, just the simple about it, because it blends all of these pieces. >> i did have one minor question from the staff reports. there is reference to it implementing a program to protect against sea level rise so the affordable have a community facility district to be formed. i am not sure what the committee phyllis diller the district is. -- i am not sure what the community facility district is. >> it is often formed under the laws of the state. it is a special tax district that is usually approved by property owners for specific pieces of property to handle specific infrastructure or the service in need of those properties. in this case, it would be o

we have supported the america's cup since the beginning, and we continue to do so. we wanted to be as clean and sustainable as possible and for the city to be able to enjoy the your own while it is going on. -- to enjoy their own city while it is going on. thank you very much. >> i represent the south beach yacht club. we support the certification of the environmental impact report and an immediate vote this weekend. we have concerns about traffic, increased cost, difficulty parking, and those sorts of things. we believe the amount of review and the comments and responses have been well done. our members and neighbors have followed along closely, and we are satisfied with how that process has taken place. we believe it is appropriate to service via -- to certify the report tonight and focus on details of implementation, and that is where we are at now, and we are happy to assist with that. a key consideration is water access and how to increase the for the city. not for us it means a events that we do for us it means the events that are not racists -- for us it mean

the same is true with the america's cup. the disposition and development agreement with describe the long-term relationship between event authority, and attach to that would be the new leases for the short term use of port property during the event -- would be a venue leases. sometimes they start right after the event, sometimes later. the last up to six months after the event is over. possession for most of the sites would likely return to the port in 2014. part of the cordele is a transfer agreement to transfer seawall law 330 c title from the port to the event authority. it is part of the basic deal between the city and even authority where if they spend $55 million, the city will transfer a long-term lease. we will also ask the commission to consider an even relocation plan. this goes to the many tenants. we are going to hold the america's cup and provide -- these need to be moved to another location. this is a requirement of state law. the event relocation plan has been shared with tenants so that they have ample opportu

we started to organize around the america's cup in january. we decided to be inclusive. one of our primary goals has been to work with smaller arts organizations and artists to represent the city's multiple and diverse constituencies. whatever the plan will be for the arts during the america's cup, we wanted to make sure the grass roots arts community's interest would not be excluded. our strength lies in diversity and in the thousands of individual artists and organization to energize every neighborhood and community in the city. we're proud of our institutions but they could not be as great as they are if they were not and her world parts of a strong arctic a system that has healthy and vital grass-roots. in san francisco there has been a pattern of funneling finances to the various organizations at the expense of the others. the cultured -- cultural equity seems to be under attack. it started as a direct response to these patterns of behavior which is why it is important to keep that program alive and make it inclusive. we did not want this exclusion to happen. our goa

there is an agreement with the america's cup people. they are huge proponents of it. they are not going to allow any disruption of their cut. -- cup. >> as i understand the process, the next stage, the project goes before the planning commission for review of the eir at the beginning of january? >> we are during the planning commission will likely hear the item for review. there is associated issue with the shattering impact study -- that would all be on january 19. from there, we go back to you for your approval. we would then proceed [unintelligible] >> ok. anything else? >> thank you very much. >> informational presentation and staff directions to respond to proposed legislation to amend the planning code and zoning map sponsored by the board of supervisors president david chu. >> good evening. i am with the ports planning and development division. i am here to provide for you an overview and informational briefing on a piece of proposed legislation sponsored by supervisor and president david chiu on the planning code and zoning map. we have been working with the su

the america's cup world series is like formula one racing. the end of the season, they have one winner. then the second season will have its champion. then we will pick up with louis vuitton. the best way to explain it to americans, this is like the playoffs. very much in the nfnhl, everyone qualifies for the playoffs. but there is no link between the america's cup and louis vuitton cup. the close to shore racing concept is also something that has never been done. this is a way to bring the sport to the people, to allow the mass audience, allow the introduction of the sport to a new generation of folks who are not hard core sailors but still respect the traditions of sailors. it was fantastic to see so many people. we had over 115,000 people come out to plymouth, including quite a bit on sunday. it is a spectator event for the whole family. if you enjoy speed and athleticism and a cool spectacle, that is exactly what this is. it is thanks to the technology of the votes that we're able to sail so close to the shore. that is also my san francis

this is part of the america's cup effort to indicate that this is more than a sport. they want to build on the reputation the san francisco has as a model of sustainability by putting this program together, and they have the ambitious goal of a multifaceted outreach program related to it. that would involve public service announcements, identification on all america's cup votes, and also, multiple out -- events -- multiple outreach events. it relates to clean regatta standards as it relates to the base as well as environmental stewardship. the program will be part of all america's cup events and will be prominently -- the paraphernalia will be prominently displayed with the world series in san diego that will be held later this month between the 16th and the 20s. sad news -- we have lost another of the icons along the waterfront, and i did want to speak to that. captain richard frost died on october 29. he was born in arizona, lived on a cattle ranch until he joined the navy in 1939 at the age of 18. in the navy, he was given the nickname jack frost and used that name

i have had the opportunity to watch america's cup events from the time they were first taken to australia. i watched all the races in new zealand and the raise where he put the ac1700 i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i know the amount of economic pressure a little bit. i know that mr. ellison and the folks associated with him have a little bit of political swag. and i have no illusions that this environmental impact report, all of the comments not with standing all of the good work of mr. weico not with standing, there are some things that could be better and san francisco's the town that knows how. normally these things are worked out between now and when the board of supervisors has to ultimately aadjudicate this matter in some number of weeks but this is getting a little complicated because the port commission is meeting tomorrow on this. and this cannot be appealed to the board of supervisors unless miss avery produces a motion. i think that creates great legal uncertainty as to how the port commission can hear this without a motion and how kit appeal to the board o

given that the america's cup is going to be upon us in the next year or two, i encourage you guys to strongly consider arts and culture being at the focal point. i appreciate what brother robert spoke of, water being the barrier of all of us. i believe that we can tell the story about what is here in san francisco. and people come to visit, they need to know there is more than fisherman's wharf. there is excitement going on throughout the entire city. i moved here just a month ago because i enjoy all of the activities that happen in my neighborhood. [chime] think you for acknowledging the bayview hunters point in the southeast sector. he said to them, i didn't hear you mention the bayview. please reach out to us, thank you. >> i work out of district 6. i directed the carpetbag brigade physical theater company. we are presently in the middle of a three-year collaborative creation process with a colombian group. we're preparing a performance this spring. including san francisco during the america's cup the type of value that brings to large-scale performing arts festivals. it is a low

the city allows. he will need to get special permission for that. next, america's cup. the agreement with the city says the city and port will do everything they can to limit and even the construction during the america's cup. i would propose that this project should not even be considered until after the america's cup is completed. there are going to be something like 400 loaves of debris coming out of this site on to washington, the embarcadero, right in the middle of the america's cup event if the timing as promised continues. our association represents 5000 residents and businesses in the northeast waterfront, ground zero for this development. we do not agree with it. thank you. >> next. >> i am an urban planner representing myself. i would like to say that i support the testimony from spur. i have personally study the plans in detail. in my professional opinion, this is an excellent plan that should be approved and implemented without further delay. the project takes what is an embarrassing environmental blight a parking lot and chain- link fence and turns them into