members of the port commission, members of the public and port staff, i am elaine forbes. the executive director. the first item i have i is accommodation for renee dunn martin on her retirement. when the port loses a long-term employee, to well-earned retirement is a joyful and sad occasion. joyful for the person leaving and sad for the organization. this one is impactful for me because i worked closely with renee for many years, both as a colleagues and a boss. renee represents the very best in public service combined with tenacity to get everything and i mean everything. while maintaining positive relationships and having fun in the process. she has been our communications director for 21 years. 21 years of service. she works tirelessly for our divisions and she has been working here in 1997. she's known for executing some of the most memorable events, large and small, including the ferry building's 100 year anniversary, the port's 150 anniversary, super bowl week, fleet week, if i read the list i would be exhausted and they were exhausting to put together. she's always

the port has land granted that it holds in trust for the people of california, and typically, the port does not sell that land. it's the 7.5 mile band from fisherman's wharf to heron's head park. the only times that the port can tell the property is when it has the authorization of the state legislature or where it's done a trust exchange, and this is the case with pier 70. pier 70 had some lands in it that were never subject to the trust, uplands, not tidelands, or were being required prior to the birdland act. the port commission could have sold all of the parcels freed from the public trust but for the very reasons that you're indicating, the port commission decided to lease most of the property in pier 70 for nontrust mixed-use development. it's a mixture of ownership housing and rental housing, including the affordable housing that christine mentioned. for condo sites, you really cannot do condos on a ground lease. port staff researched that option. the problem is there's risk for both the port and for those future condo owners at the end of that groundless term. what happens to t

so thank you all for the great work in helping me to make the port look good. to our senior staff and the executive team, all of the project managers and day-to-day folks that i work with at the port everyday, i just want to say thank you, thank you so much. i love each and every one of you. i wanted to call out on the executive staff amy, who spoke earlier. she is my sister and my friend. we've worked side by side with each other from the first day that i arrived at port. i just want to also say to you, amy, i love you and thank you. i will miss you terribly. you've heard people talk about the great events that i'm getting credit for putting on. yes, i might lead the team but there is a team of port staff that volunteers all the time, every time we have an event. they step up to the plate and they're there to help out and i just wanted to call a few of them by name. that would be amy kasada, april shaw, josephine fung, denise long, manny ma pacheco and our entire port maintenance team. without the maintenance crew coming in, setting up, cleaning areas, stepping

this is going to be a good thing for the port. it's going to be a really valuable asset for all of us, and it's just getting going now. we need the opportunity to let it grow and become what it could possibly be, so thank you so much. >> thank you. giuseppe. [applause] >> i got to say, you know, i want to thank you guys for giving us the opportunity. this was a -- really a wonderful year, you know, being able to meet so many nice people and being able to share a lot of things with the community. what you guys did when you allowed us to selfish, you know, there was so much that we got to share with the community. when there was hard times with the napa fire, we partnered with glide church, and we were able to bring them the fish. i want to thank all these ladies here. these women worked so hard. i'm telling you, they clean all these little fish for all these people. they're my heros. we've got george and tina. you guys, there's some great people in our community that we were able to network with, and it became just a big family. eve

unsurprisingly the port is the waterfront on this part of the city. port assets are substantially at risk. financial district. south of market, mission creek. one thing we have done is tried to pick out what sort of the tipping point water level for each neighborhood? where do you go from limited flooding, close one lane on the embarcadero to you public infrastructure or private development. that level is different in different neighborhoods. that is one part of the pr plan. when is this to happen? you can tell neighborhoods have different flood extents, different timelines and land uses. what the port looks like and needs to operate is different than the ferry building. they need different strategies. they have a different function. our hope is to what we are to do is publish this draft report in the spring, then work through review between march and july. we had a big interagency workshop in november. port staff participated and they brought partners to participate. it was great. we are working with the port and sfmta around a study looking at the po

that is sort of like how the port with manage more. how would the advisory group and members of the public react to more piers? i don't have a distinct answer for you now. we are considering a small number and large number and phased in overtime. >> you shared the light industrial use. walk me through an example how that would work. >> how we would contract for that? >> what do you see as light industrial, does pdr apply? >> this is not an analysis where we came up with the intermediate lease. it says 30 year lease. potentially higher use upstairs. a seismic joint behind the bull you can head so it is safe. the back of the pier is more basic structural repairs. we haven't talk recalled about that. we talked about a port led way where we would you do that with the pier in good shape. we do an r.f.p. for the front of the boat. we do the leasing where we lease the back ourselves. second model is an r.f.p. for the pier but noting the limitation would be targeting to ward the smaller expenditure us that i explained earlier with supervisor gi

the port was working on grand opportunitying. all three worry negotiated for a term of extension in the future. that has brought us to today. the proposed amendments to the three rail agreements. the amendments have updated business terms. all three agreements will have a 15 year term and are coul five r mutual option for extension. ictf lease will require sfbr to perform baseline track improvement with coast up to $500,000. upgrading the track to begin the term. the railcar fee is subject to 20% for all railcars above 3,000. this allows the port to participate in any years with above average volumes. port's participation will increase in 10% to 15%. rail agreement will continue all inspection and maintenance responsibilities at the cost of the operator. operator will provide monthly tractrack inspection. they can request $20,000 in a given year. they have approval rights to grant these credits. any rent credits will be from revenues above 50% of the minimum guarantee. it including the low emegs locomotive. sfpr will bay the incre

i want to know what the port is doing to end juul's use of port property and what will be done to ensure the public's trust is done to protect us in the future in managing port properties. >> good afternoon, commissioners, again. i'm alice rogers, and i was at the november november c-wag meeting when this issue came to the floor. there was a secondary level of concern not addressing the subleasing issue. that's very complicated and very difficult, but the public access and public vitality and inclusion issues in the public realm aspects of these buildings don't seem to be delivering on their promise. i can't speak highly enough of the quality of the reconstruction and the engagement of the developer company during the process, so it comes as quite a surprise that the lobby area, the ground floors, the piazza area, the wonderful picture of the party notwithstanding, are not really being activated in the way that we all anticipated. and i'm truly hoping that the second great listening tour will help rectify that. i think this is really important not only for this historic core project, but

the port uses the substantive provisions of the city's public works code in issuing certain types of encroachment permits, including permits for personal wireless service facility sites, and rights of way under port jurisdiction. article 25 of the city's public works code establishes permit procedures for personal wireless sites including a protest and appeal procedure. the port would like to develop a clear and equivalent process to that use by public works. >> if you could flip forward, rod, to the proposed port procedure just so the commission can look at the chart to aid in questions, thank you. >> yeah. so this is the port process that we have developed -- or it follows the port -- the procedure that is -- has been developed and used by public works. the only differences are in the red dashed box and the red process boxes where we are going to -- we'd like to substitute the chief harbor engineer for the director of public works as the decision maker on the initial protest, and if the protest is then appealed -- or the decision is appealed, we would like to use the port building c

commission has helped guide the port on over several -- as long as i've been at the port, seven years, while we're all counting. so on the operating expenditure growth, you can see that personnel really is driving port costs, as well -- you know, we're aligned with the city message. the cost of personnel is significant. really, together, while salaries are definitely contributors to this group, and work orders, those are actually projected to grow at -- at c.p.i., so we're assuming 3% inflation. also significant, but it's really -- the port relies on other city departments to provide services. they're just a large component of our budget, and therefore, we naturally reflect growth in that cost line. this chart is intended to help explain a bit more about why -- why we're forecasting strong capital investments. so this is showing trends year over year in the different types of operating expenses. as you can see, the capital budget is represented through yellow portions of this bar, and the reason why we have that -- have money to make those investments is because of the areas in green,

if you see, take the port of miami, the port of miami is the largest cruise ship port in the nation. if you go up the coast there, canaveral is third and port everglades the third, and a couple hundred mile stretch of florida, the three largest cruise ship ports in the world and millions of passengers go through it. when you think of it is an adversary and terrorist standpoint and talk about impact can the psyche or economic well-being of a nation, those are attractive targets. we have sufficient presence on an unpredictable basis using different algorithms to make sure we deter things there. if we look at the container port. port of los angeles long beach. the collective port. 40% of what we buy at macy's, walmart, comes through that one port alone. and we have a physical presence there. we have a presence working with the port interest on the cyber part. and when we talk about cyber, there is our own cyber residing on the department of defense system and then the regulatory cyber piece that helps with good behavior. when you think about private interests in a port, if you have vuln

let's use resources to expand the ports of entry. you have to base -- this has to be evidence based not notion mongered and those ports of entry need more personnel nearly 3,000 employees vacancies and the positions are not on the border and some of it is because of the quality of life. they need more infrastructure to do their job in terms of ports of entry. and technology, several hundred million ranges from a billion to $700 million from the technology to scan the cars coming through the ports of entry and that is to detect guns. it's like an electronic dog almost, to detect drugs, guns and other contraband. you're using other technology and other places along the border and to do so in a way so it's about infrastructure and it's about some roads to go with it, to facilitate trade, immigration, first and foremost, our security and to do so in a way that honors our values. >> i don't know if i have this here. i just have a poll that said -- which was interesting because it said do you think -- what was the question -- do you think t

they are coming through the ports of entry, not between the ports of entry where the proposed wall would be built. we also need to provide the funds needed by the coast guard for a heavy icebreaker which the haas one was in the 19 -- the last one was in the 1970s. and there are asylums when there is -- times when there is no u.s. presence in the arctic. and with the melting of the ice, russia -- who has 40 or more icebreakers there, about four or five heavy icebreakers, and china and other countries are starting to move into that region to be able to claim the rich resources that are there. they are taking the lead on that. so there is a lot more at risk. it isn't just a question of to we want a border wall or we don't. by providing the kinds of money that the president is asking for is going to jeopardize our national security because we will not be able to meet the funding needs necessary to protect our homeland. and i could give you a whole list of the responsibilities that homeland, the department of homeland security has. it isn't just the border. it's drug trafficking, it's protect

are not enough to monitor and to be able to combat the opioids and contraband that is coming to the ports of entry contrary to what the president will say, they are coming through the ports of entry not between the ports of entry where the proposed wall would be built. we also need to provide the funds needed for a heavy icebreaker the last one was 1970s and there is time when there is no presence in the arctic and now with the melting of the ice, russia has 40 more icebreakers and china they are starting to move into that region to claim those reach one - - rich resources that are there and they are taking the lead on that. so do we want a border wall to provide that kind of money the president is asking for will jeopardize our national security because we will not be able to meet the funding needs necessary to protect our homeland. that the department of homeland security had it isn't just the border it's drug trafficking to protect our air and land and sea and infrastructure and that would not be funded by providing one - - providing dollars for the border wall. so the speaker and the

of what we are% concerned about whether it is drugs or whatever come through the ports of entry. with make them stronger roads to go with it so that we can facilitate commerce. immigrationand first and foremost security. committee should be left to its own devices. whatever the product is are you committed to allowing the floor ? >> if they come up with a bipartisan consensus, of course. >> will you include order will money? -- border wall money. >> there's not going to be any wall money in the legislation. however if they have some suggestions about certain technology, some infrastructure about the ports of entry. part of the negotiation. it is not a negotiation for the president to say -- what did he say today? it doesn't matter what congress does? i knew that he wanted it all to himself. a president who wants to have congress be completely irrelevant in how we meet the needs of the american people? now. come on. let them work their well. i'm an appropriator. intelligence -- and appropriation. they know their limitations terms of financial resources and they have to choose the b

reports of shelling in the port city of her data despite a u.n. backed true speed yemen. al jazeera obtains new video showing saudi agents carrying bags suspected to contain the remains of not a journalist jamal khashoggi. democratic senator elizabeth warren takes the first step towards running for the u.s. presidency in twenty twenty. and celebrations as people around the wilds welcome in the new year happy twenty nineteen. sudan's president omar al bashir has ordered a commission of inquiry into nationwide protests that began nearly two weeks ago the investigation will look at how police responded to the demonstrations which have left at least nineteen people dead it comes as security forces again use tear gas and live fire to disperse crowds in the capital dozens of protesters were arrested there calling on bashir to end his twenty nine year rule despite his promises to him to implement reforms to improve people's livelihoods given morgan has the latest from khartoum. today is the thirteenth day of protests people once again marched out into the streets protesting presi

between rds nogales, the douglas port of entry. more than 100 individuals' bodies were found last year trying to enter. it's a humanitarian crisis. the opioids that come across the southern border. 141 tons of heroin. seized coming across the southern border last year. 140 tons of cocaine. seized from across the southern border. i hear people say border security, they start talking about drones and unmanned aerial vehicles and cameras. guess what? that does not deter anyone. we get to watch the videos of people coming across. you know what a wall does? it channelizes people. it forces them to go to place that is we can interdict them. we provide hundreds of millions ofle toars of high mantarian aid to people horrificing their lives trying to enter this country. if it wasn't so serious, i would find it laugh aable to hear folks say we're putting $1 billion into this. it's border security. because they don't want a political victory for president trump. it's not about political victories. it's about national security. it's about human

i guarantee you, with my experience, most of the markets do come through the ports of entry. they do come through the cargo facility they come through the airports they come through the mail. they come through tunnels underneath the ports of entry. they come through tunnels underneath in between the ports of entry, which a wall will not do anything. so being here, listen to people say they need -- say we need a wall who have never been to the southwest area, they need to do more research and listen to the -- and not just listen to the news. host: thanks, joe. we have a line for federal workers, 202-748-8923. we'll play the president's remarks here shortly and we'll show you the response on the senate floor from mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer. and this tweet -- because of the president's actions, federal workers will be paid in coming days. for those who have worked without pay, we thank you. it is time to address the crisis on our borders once and for all. charlene on the democrats line in indiana. caller: i do not support a government shutdown for any reason unless there's

it's for the six other bills to open government which contain some port of entry language. today, the senate will vote on a bipartisan bill to open government, contains the same funding proposal they've already supported and yet now they won't. so there's no excuse for senate republicans not to pass this legislation. we asked them over and over again to take yes for an answer. so we're very firm in our support on how we secure our borders. let's have that discussion after we open up government and then let us get to work. you heard the letters from the former secretaries of the department of homeland security saying this is harmful. open up government. you heard from the f.b.i. agents association because of the shutdown they have no funds to pay confidential sources or pay for investigation and prosecution of cases, including child exploitation, yberwarfare, or ms-13, terrorism-related cases. you heard from the air traffic controllers, pilots, flight attendants said we have a growing concern for safety and security. we cannot even calculate the vel of risk currently are at p

let me go into it again. 90% of the drugs coming into the united states comes through the ports of entry. and by the way, in the last congress, we gave the administration exactly what the department asked for in the senate. we are negotiating, but let's be clear. but in case i wasn't clear, 90% of the drugs come through injury. let's use resources to expand the ports of ventured. this has to be evidence days. and those ports of entry need more personnel, nearly 3000 employees vacancies. and some of it is because they need more infrastructure to do their job, water supply and the rest. and then we talk about technology as i said several hundred million dollars ranges from half a billion to $700 million for technology to scan the cars coming through the port of entry and that is to detect guns. it's like an electronic with all. in other places along the border so it's about infrastructure, about some roads to go with it to facilitate trade, immigration first and foremost our security and to do so in a way that honors our values. i just saw a poll that said, which was interesting because it

the quality of life. they need more infrastructure to do their jobs in terms of ports of entry. and then we talk about technology, as i said, several for the illion dollars echnology. and other contraband and using other technology and other places along the border and do so in a way. it's about infrastructure and some roads to go with it to facilitate immigration first and foremost as security and do so that honors our values. , it t saw a poll that said was interesting because it said, do you think that the wall is kinlt with our values or is it like 51% said no. and 42 or something like that said yes. so this is about who we are as a country able to protect our borders, our people and our values. thank you all. reporter: is it a fence or wall. what if it finds another home here on the hill? [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> huffington post reporting that president trump has canceled speaker pelosi's trip to afghanistan

the ports. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. roybal-allard: i give myself another 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. roybal-allard: the remainder of the interdictions were at the ports of entry along with a small amount at c.b.p. checkpoints north of the ports of entry. so this idea that somehow we need to have this wall between the ports of entry because of the fact that drugs are coming through that area at large numbers and contributing to the drug problems that we have here is absolutely false. d now it is my pleasure to yield five minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. cuellar. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. cuellar: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank chairman roybal-allard for her leadership on homeland security and for her ideas on how we secure the border. also, want to thank the ranking member, my friend from tennessee, also. of course, the full committee rank