after leaving the court, she worked on many port projects. she was a representative of many of the labor unions. she was kind, dogged, and wonderful to work with. she was highly responsive and always kept her clients front of hand. she was reasonable to work with and she helps us to move many projects across the finish line. at her time at the port, she worked very hard on the fish processing facility at 45. she worked on the dry-docks and got the ship repair business up and going. the second pier iteration at 70, she worked on the china basin, downtown ferry terminal, pier 80, and public access projects at pier 7 and fishermen's wharf. veronica loves the maritime portfolio. when she left the port, she continued to work hard on our maritime portfolio. she peacefully passed away september 20. she is survived by her husband and their son. she started some time ago a volunteer organization to help women in her hometown in nicaragua. her family is asking that donations be made for the organization in lieu of flowers, www.ncfkids.org or do so throu

on december 4, 2018, the port received five bids as shown. because of the budget, they showed the ranking of the bidders. the bids were within 6% of each other. the bid from cf contracting was the lowest responsive and responsible bid. it shows the sub contractors for cf contracting incorporating, with the 24% l.b.e. goal. the to ttal contract duration would be 11 months. the final completion will be in october, 2019. the contract with cf contracting incorporated in the amount of $944,250. and authorizing a contract contingency fund of 10% for a total authorization of $1,038,675. this concludes my presentation. thank you, commissioners >> president brandon: thank you. >> vice-president adams: so moved. >> second. >> president brandon: any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner makras: i support. >> commissioner woo ho: i see there's a brief paragraph in the staff report on cf contracting, who you recommend as a panel evaluation. and the sfdpw and so just how much of this work that we're asking them

portion and the port land. >> and the port properties, like ten% of that? >> sure. >> how much open space does a 2? >> 6.3, or something? 6.3. >> 6.3. so the port property is about half. >> right. there is a right-of-way which will remain a street access point. >> but it leads from -- my question, i am not looking as street -- at streets as open space. i'm looking at parks and walkways picked sidewalks wouldn't count and roads would not count for open space. >> again, with -- within the 29 acres, 2.9 acres are port owned property, of which 1.6 acres would be for the shoreline parks and open space. >> how much open space of the 2? >> 6.3 acres. >> now, just for the -- i think your chart said you are up in front of planning before today. so you made your full presentation to planning and you never revealed what affordability component you are dealing with up until today to anybody? >> to date, we have given a version of this information on presentation about the commission and the planning commission. and no. we have not. at the negotiations are ongoing. we h

or any member of the port team? no, all right. what we are going to do is take public comment and then take action on the item. ladies and gentlemen, as a reminder, two minutes to speak, a soft chime indicating 30 minutes remaining on the balance of the time. if you would like to speak on item 1, come up to the podium right now. perfect. commissioner, good to see you. good morning. >> thank you, very much nice to be here. my name is mark buell, and for 15 years i had the pleasure of being on the board of the golden gate national park conservancy and served as the chair of that board for eight years. so i'm familiar with the organization. over the 25 years they have raised as a partner with the national park, over $400 million in charitable money to support activities in the park and improvements. some of those you are very familiar with. the visitor center at land's end, visitor center at the golden gate bridge, muir woods visitor center and the warming hut at chrissy field. the level and quality of the work of the conservancy is s

the port would be involved in that. again, that is under negotiation and we will come back she was specifics when we have all that mapped out. generally speaking, the goal of the memorandum of understanding is to make sure that the port doesn't have ongoing financial liability going forward. this is a calendar of next steps the development agreement and project itself is before the land use committee next week, september 17th. the full board on september 25 th and october 2nd. other agency approvals will trail that board approval. they are hearing the item on october 9th and art october 18 th we would anticipate the outcome of this discussion to come back to you with the october 23rd meeting for the approvals of the items i just described. that is our presentation. we are welcoming any questions. >> thank you. >> we have public comment. toby? >> do we have a toby? is there any public comment on this item? come on up. you can come up, yolanda. >> hello. i am not even hear -- you guys need to know that being out in the com

july 25, we had a three star general, lieutenant todd semonite of the chief core of engineers visit the port. he was in town to attend the change of command ceremony for the army corps regional office, the south pacific division. we toured him -- well, actually, he toured the black -- in a blackhawk helicopter several of the projects in the region, including fire recovery areas in the north bay, as well as an airborne look at the port's waterfront and what the embarcadero sea front protects. we conducted a tour for him and a walking tour. i found the general to be a very solutions oriented leader and we thank him to look into our project and to delve into the details with us. he has a lot of experience, the most current being the response to hurricane sandy in the waterfront region. i see mr. bierman from the waterfront project is here from the army corps of engineer. i'd like to thank the commander fore come -- for coming out, and we continue to be very excited for the new solution start with the army corps of engineers. [inaudible] >> it's being held for five primary themes for the summit,

so a big thank you to all of the port staff and also to the san francisco planning department staff, who helped us put these programs together, supported the walking tours, and a lot of the discussions were also around how the working group recommendations really highlight the integration and alignment of bringing port policies in line with city policies and the types of improvements that will make the waterfront stronger and better. we spent a lot of time on the notion of the embarcadero public realm or the notion of public realm itself, which is a new concept for the waterfront plan. the waterfront plan has open space, transportation, public access policies, but since the time that the waterfront plan was created, the notion of how all of these spaces in our sidewalks, in our open spaces, in the developments that frame them all really should be looked at holistically to create an integrated public space because that is the frame within which people come to the waterfront, connect and get here, and spend time and engage with other people, with the city's -- the variety of activities

the port will be in contract, is in contract today with t.z.k. broadway l.l.c., the partnership made up of kenwood, tiatro and zanni. >> president k. brandon: my question, it may not be today but when we get the final for the presentation, to understand since the project cost has gone up $10 million, i see the efforts to minimize and given the amount of time, since time always costs money, it's admirable to find ways to make things more efficient in terms of the design. if we could understand exactly how each of the partners are contributing to the holding l.l.c. and the equity and so we need to understand the equity component as well for that component. if you don't have the answer yet today that would be

everything the ports the atmosphere water the sea shifts.the ports anniversary traditionally begins with the grand arrival parade with vessels ranging from motor boats to tall ships and all the more than three hundred ships come to the festival every year. but that will this affect. well it stands on to land where it's concerts on stages and vendors selling arts and crafts and food . shopping. among the festivals highlights is the traditional tugboat ballet with skipper's acting as choreographers. the ports origins may be veiled in mystery but the people of this hanseatic city make the most of it with maritime displays and celebrations every year. you can also take a dip in hamburg's river after years of pollution the water quality of the elder is clean enough to swim in bathing in the elbe it has a long tradition is specially during the nineteenth century journalist and author helen kemp has already written two books about it like many locals she's a fan of the river. what moves you to swim in the elba every day. every day it's a great plea

the port of hamburg the third largest in europe is very important to the economy. often city in new residential and business district is also home to hundreds newest attraction the elbe philharmonia. it's right next to the historical. which with its nine hundred century warehouses is a unesco world heritage site in one of the former workhouse. the maritime museum documents three thousand years of seafaring history. the world's biggest model railway is also in the special start it also shows hamburg with the philharmonia and the port in miniature. around the lake known as the inner allstar you'll find the old city center with a town hall one point eight million people live in hamburg making it germany second largest city. its main church sunk michelle michelle for short is visible from afar. the hanseatic city offers plenty of places to stay the four seasons hotel and hotel atlantic are among the most luxurious. hamburgers one of the most visited cities in germany just behind berlin and munich . it took a long time and was more expensive than expected but it seems t

we want pedestrians to feel safe again, so i'm here today to ask the port to please help expedite this project. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. matt brisena, and then jerry frisch. matt left? jeremy? and then, henry. >> hi. my name is jeremy frisch. i live in the mission district and work in soma. when i meet friends after work at the embarcadero, most of the time, i end up having to swerve in the vehicle lane and uber is using the bike lane as their drop off zone. there have been over 80 people injured in bike accidents on the embarcadero in the last five years. it's been over a month since kevin manningdide in a bike lane on the embarcadero. it has been almost two years since there was an open house for the embarcadero enhancement project. as mr. hildreth said, kevin's death was due to the inaction of others, or rather the lack of the port commission and the sfmta to work together on this. the embarcadero has the potential to be the biking mecca of the city with plenty of space for transit, vehicles, bikes and people. safer biking means more tourists and residents will use the la

segment is stuck in yet another traffic jam near the port in lagos. that's five days we've been stuck here for five days nothing's moving it's very stressful it's the only thing we can do is eat sleep and wait. is well known for its traffic jams but in the past few weeks the situation has worsened you to strike at the port truck drivers often have to wait for a month to get in and the entry cost of a port for their vehicles has quadrupled. businessman kevin and burn oil has come to have a look at the situation for himself he exports goods from nigeria. normally to three years ago we could do two three containers a month i mean a week now we're down to if you're lucky one in two three weeks sometimes four weeks so the clients are complaining and you can't get as much product out of the country and it's just it's just a disaster aid by noise says the bad state of the roads the lack of ports in nigeria and mismanagement are to blame for the situation. that mcinerney is you and from my assumption is some people probably benefit or maybe in the way the trav

so crane cove park budget lines were presented to the port commission at the last port commission meeting. so all in all, the budget continues to complete in february. we see strong revenue growth controlled with revenue growth supports $20 million in net revenue to be designated to future capital. and we see a significant capital budget in $74 million over two years, which is made possible by the growing dedication of port revenues to capital, as well as $18 million in external funding. that concludes the presentation. >> president brandon: any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner woo ho: given that this has gone all the way to the board of supervisors, it's not like we're able to change very much. so this is information, but just trying to understand the trend line here. so i'm not sure i understand whether you were showing us in the net change what you submitted versus what was approved finally. >> the net changes between what was approved by the port commission and approved by the board and the mayor in august. >> commissioner woo ho: oka

well now the port city of or the mego port city of lagos is one of the most important in west africa and one of the most chaotic one month ago nigeria's vice president ordered a seventy two hour security operation to clear up the traffic jams around the port but very little progress appears to have been made thousands of trucks still waiting up to four weeks to get into the port and our correspondent adrienne krishna reports from lagos. breakfast on the side of the road is nothing new for this truck driver. segment is stuck in yet another traffic jam near the port in lagos. five to five days we've been stuck here for five days nothing's moving it's very stressful it's the only thing we can do is eat sleep and wait. is well known for its traffic jams but in the past few weeks the situation has worsened you to strike at the port truck drivers often have to wait for a month to get in and the entry cost of the port for their vehicles has quadrupled . businessman kevin and ben ali has come to have a look at the situation for himself he exports goods from nigeria. normally to three years a

the problem. but they do what it does. just too many contractors out ports and the point i don't believe is out of all the up but it will eat at them in every day every day there are a little more ammo the major issue depleted as it is the approach the usual bodies are we making the government begin to but i've got lives the traffic on this route of that. truck because. we wanted to talk to the relevant ministry in the capital abuja but no one would answer our questions. segun things it'll be three weeks before he sees his family again that's the earliest to be able to deliver his goods he's hopeful about twenty twenty i guess is set to get a brand new porch. we had to kazakhstan where we meet sama high he was born in china and as we get a largely muslim ethnic minority like millions of other weak years some han was incarcerated in a chinese reeducation camp and pressure to renounce islamic jihad out summer on is a form in. made of a chinese real education he got out of the internment facility in march and is now in kazakhstan it is an important day for him

the port yesterday is just pulling into the dock. hoping my truck is going to be on this boat. within minutes of arriving, truck after truck carrying livestock roll off the boat. i am beginning to get a sense of the scale of the trade. since january this year more than 100,000 cattle have been shipped to mainland europe from ireland. a lot of them to be reared until ready for slaughter, a process called fattening. my truck isn't on this boat. i am going to have to head into the control post in the hope that they arrive. that's not a cattle truck... suddenly, here it is. the last livestock truck to come off the ferry. the crossing took 17 hours. the animals weren't unloaded and spent all that time inside the lorry. and they're straight into an overland crossing. 0h, we've got the truck. 0h, we've got the truck. 0h! after several hours on the road, the truck pulls into a service station. by law, the driver gets a break of at least 45 minutes every four and a half hours. the animals don't. they're left in the truck, in the heat of the a

engine of the state and one in ten jobs is connected to the port. every day we are down is day that the produce of south carolina doesn't have access to the world markets. >> reporter: the reak with the hurricane is not the wind. not even weather charleston is the bull's-eye. it's the flooding because charlestons in low country. it floods with just a few inches of rain in a regular rnfall. and the prediction here is for inches or perhaps en feet of water. what's going to happen to the cars. >> the cars are being exported. and that's iortant for south carolina. that ship leaving to get around the storm. and have a safe voyage to its distinction. there is another ship coming in to t le anotherd this afternoon leaving tonight. and that will hopefully clear the docks so that those cars are safe onboard ships. >> reporter: other industries have shuttered as well. volvo idled the new plant which opened in june. mercedes-benz opened ate spr factory this month. it's closed because of the storm. cars have been deforted outside of atlanta, georgia. boeing has

two weeks later, i pick it up on the road to the port. loaded with scottish dairy calves bound for spain. immediately the boat arrives, the truck and its cattle head to an inspection point in larne. and they seem to be checking the cattle. that's the truck leaving now. the journey logs tell me the truck is headed for one of two control points. a place where calves can be unloaded, fed and rested, but in the dark countryside, it's difficult to follow without being spotted, so i pull back. and the truck disappears into the darkness. um, we've lost the truck, which is not ideal. trying to keep an eye on a control post for 31 hours was very difficult. but we know according to the paperwork where it is due to arrive next, and that's france. it's 10:15am on sunday morning and i'm at the port or cherbourg, in france, and the boat which left the port yesterday is just pulling into the dock. i'm hoping my truck is going to be on this boat. within minutes of arriving, truck after truck carrying livestock roll off the boat. i am beginning to get a s

the port. t carry cars —— calves forfattening and the uk won't carry cars —— calves for fattening and slaughter direct to the continent. so the only way to export the dairy calves is to move them via northern ireland and then south. i watched p&0 carry the animals from cairnryan to lan. yet its own policy says "we will not ship any livestock intended for fattening or slaughter". but i know the calves going to spain are destined for fattening and slaughter. when i asked p&0 about that it tells me it cooperates with the scottish government on the shipping of livestock from cairnryan to lairne for onward transportation to lairne for onward transportation to the continent. so, p&0 say it is decision is made here at the scottish government which are driving its business. we know the government has commissioned research into animal welfare during ship once, and officials have observed them. i want to know how it views them. i want to know how it views the trade and p&0's involvement in it. p&0 the tra

we plan to open tomorrow there. >> the port of charleston is not just ocean ports, it's rail traffic. what are you hearing about the state of the train -- those peoples were inspected >> as far as dylan, the plan is for the first train to run on wednesday. there was a lot of flooding around our facility and there might be access issues that might be the one exception to the fortunately good picture we've experienced. >> the port of wilmington and morehead are closed until wednesday. they've got some damage there. they're doing some inspections over the next couple of days wednesday maybe is the best case scenario the ports are important for the southeastern region. a lot of things like ought toy parks. if the port of south carolina needed to pick up some of that excess capacity to keep things flowing in that region, would you be able to >> again, when's there a lot of needs. we hope for the best for them in whatever we do they've had so much rain >> jim newsome joining us on cnbc we appreciate it best to you, your employees, your family, everybody down there. thanks so much. >> thanks

the public works dealt with a port and the dredging. and i wanted to get my 50-foot in there early on, and i did in the first year. , it was the last bill of the 99th congress. matt: and important to show progress to constituents, too. what were your impressions of the longtime chairman of merchant marine walter jones? , helen: i was very fond of walter. he and i became good friends. i had known him before when i so a newspaper person, etc., i knew walter from way back and , i liked him. he was a good chairman and also for the merchant marine. matt: how about the ranking republican member robert davis? , helen: bob was ok. um, unfortunately, the republicans, and i am not saying everyone, but republicans as a whole did not feel that we needed a subsidy for the maritime industry. and they were always knocking it and cutting it down. and president reagan had reduced or eliminated the subsidy, and that didn't help that industry at all. i did not agree with what they did. kathleen: in your last term in congress, you served on the appropriati

i can in the case of sri lanka, have a 99-year lease on the port, which sits close to india and the majorhipping lanes. i am investing billions of dollars in pakistan, which is also not likely to be financially successful. i can get these commercial ports, but it has other uses as well. most of the debt is owed to china. now it is used by the chinese as a military base. >> some of this is strategic. the corridor down to pakistan, it is hard to see this as economic, going over the himalayas to get from china to pakistan. that is not practical. that seems like a strategic move on the chinese part. i understand why india is worried as china builds that infrastructure in pakistan. haslinda: all of india's rail tracks back to back would circle the globe 1.5 times, 8 billion and passengers a year. that is the official number. who do -- it is more if you add the people who travel for free across this vast nation. during rush hour, 7000 crammed trains, a system that is antiquated and in need of upgrades. >> i see the mood in india changing. you will have strong investment from the aiib, investing

with its population of twenty million lego's is west africa's largest city the port in lagos is one of the region's most important trading points and one of the most chaotic thousands of trucks queue in front of the port some will have to wait for weeks before entering. breakfast on the side of the road is nothing new for this truck driver. segment is stuck in yet another traffic jam near the port in lagos. that's a five these kids are fleeing days why don't i move ng it's very sad. that you know i do always being lied to and sweet and sometimes. a papa is well known for its traffic jams but in the past few weeks the situation has worsened ju-ju strike at the porch truck drivers often have to wait for a month to get in on the entry cost of a port for their vehicles as could triple. a businessman kevin in benoit has come to have a look at the situation for himself he explores goods from nigeria. normally to three years ago we could do two three containers a month i mean a week now with down says if you're lucky one two three weeks sometimes four weeks so. the clients are complaining and

the arabian sea. it also borders more sensitive area of china. it is a port in for both parties to succeed. >> >> if i make an investment, i move on. as a government, my concerns are not only financial. i can in the case of sri lanka, have a 99 year lease on the port, which sits close to india and right next to a major shipping lane. billions investing pakistan and which is also not likely to be financially successful. i can get these commercial ports but it can have other uses as well. most of debt is owed to china. now it is used by the chinese as a military base. >> some of this is strategic. the corridor down to pakistan, it is hard to see this is over theomic, going himalayas to get to china from , that is not practical. i can understand why india would be worried that it is being surrounded as china's building that infrastructure in pakistan. haslinda: all of india's rail tracks back to back would circle the globe 1.5 times, 8 billion passengers a year. that is the official number. it is more if you add the people who travel for free across this vast na

china's biggest project to date runs the length of neighboring pakistan to the port of gwadar on thewhen you talk about silk road, the fact that today, china has come to acquire control or controlling stakes in some 75 ports in 35 countries. clearly, that is not being done just with commercial objectives in mind. >> if you are very close to china, then there is more nervousness. india was a great example. but some of the asean countries they have to worry there is a strategic element to this. china is lending a lot of money to cambodia and lao. it is clearly -- and it provide a veto within asean which operates on a consensus basis. you can count on them sticking with china and preventing asean from doing anything which china might find objectionable. >> we are witnessing a rapidly expanding presence of china in the indo ocean region, and we understand that china has a desire to emerge as a major maritime power. we don't quarrel with that, but what is happening has implications for us. >> i think that when you have a rising power like china, countries which are close neighbors like in

five storms that are in or around the storm stor halo the port of will ming tomingtone smalle smallest norfolk virginia about four times the capacity of wilming n wilmington charleston, about 70 billion savannah and jacksonville also important to east coast commerce here's where they all stand right now. norfolk is what they call condition zulu, that's a call from the coast guard that means the channel inland is closed the port in terms of truck traffic is open. if the ship is in port, you can probably load or unload, but new vessel traffic in and out of virginia right now is closed so you're either there and working or you're not getting in and out. wilmington north carolina and charleston, south carolina closed to all traffic. no employees there savannah and jacksonville do remain open as of last night we spoke with them both. they are closely watching this storm, especially savannah because the storm has recently turned to a more southward tact, so the port of savannah is open now but watching where this storm ends up. joining us on the cnbc n

he at the port of new orleans, imports represent more than $50 billio tariffs are making a dent. ix months of the year,import volumes as a result of steel tariffs are down 25%, adnu in alu and you're looking at 30% and it's not just steel or this specific port. in milwaukee it's agriculture export.ma in ala it's steel and agriculture and here, add ,poultry and po as well. as the negotiations continue and as items are addedo the list by both sides, the concerns are growing. kurt nava, the president and cee ofmericanon associati of port authorities says retaliation is an issue. >> the tariffs that have been announced already account for about 10% of the total value of the tgde that's mov through america's sea ports. so that could obviously continue to escalate,ut even at 10% it's a significant impact not just on the tra t movinough our ports and ultimately to folks like truckers, railroads and warehouses and other parts of the supply chain. >> and there's anoth impact, investment in infrastructure. the port directors we spoke to said business is declining because of tiffs so there's

and the estimated cost of this is $3.4 million. port staff researched recent projects of similar scale and complexity and determine costs per acre were similar to other projects within the city. can you see that the park at the bottom has an estimated cost of $4.3 million per acre. which is well within the range on the table. it's similar to the $4.2 million for bay view gateway. the two parks here that are lower cost per acre, were not new parks. projects of this size and complexity are at risk of change orders and cost over runs. port staff will implement the following strategies to control costs. we'll work with the contractor on delivery methods and phasing to control change orders and budget. we'll closely monitor the progress during construction. and if needed, during construction we'll try to continue to value engineer. we will keep on schedule. once completed it will be ex siding showing connections with the shipyard roots. it will have a beach and sediment cap, lawn and plaza areas, the slip way with stabilized basis. site wide

i know that peter daley is here from the port and can speak to the technical aspects of the port. i'm also here to answer any questions. i thank you for your consideration this morning. >> supervisor safai: wait. so, does the gentleman from the port like to come up and speak? >> good morning, i'm peter daley, director at the port of san francisco. we have reviewed the legislation and can answer questions regarding its implementation. the idea is to protect the city and the port from any disruption of our monetary opportunities from these excursions operations. they're an important part of the portfolio. i'm here to answer any questions. >> supervisor safai: great. i don't think we have any. any members of the public wish to comment on the item, please come forward. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> supervisor yee: i want to thank supervisor peskin for introducing this legislation. it's important that our city support our workers and making sure that the operators and contractors and companies actually follow the wishes of the city in terms of having some harmony and peace.