so in just before world war ii, the sea wall was actually finished. it was overseen by 12 separate chief harbor engineers and so there are, i believe, 42 segments to the sea wall and many of them are constructed differently depending upon who was the chief harbor engineer. in 1913 during the port's tenure, the port adopted a state law for civil service reform for purpose of being able to hire its staff based on merit and not for political reasons. and back in 1913 the port began establishing its advisory committees. and at that time the advisory groups consisted of ship owners, merchants, labor and other interests. of course, in 1914 the panama canal opened and the port had to be very responsive to that and at the same time world war i started. so there were some very chaotic times for the port. during the depression era, the port actually partnered with the federal public works administration, which was the agency set up under the new deal to do construction throughout the country and then, of course, in 1934 there was an 83-day strike, labor strike a

it includes a very important repair of the sea wall. under this expanse here, we have discovered that there had been a crack in the sea wall that had been repaired and that is of critical importance to us. this is what the new wharf will look like when it goes in. this will align the embarcadero. it will create another great place for people to come and create and interact with the day. it's funded from numerous sources, including gl bonds. this is another seawall project up in fisherman's wharf. that project is underway, funded by g l bonds. this is what it will look like when completed. all told, we have public finance projects going on at 14 years and that another going on at 15 and 17 publicly fund -- privately funded by the exploratory and. -- by the exploratorium. hopefully we will realize the value after the america's cup by renting this improved space as well as the public spaces we were already working on. supervisor chu: with regards to capital, does it include any thing not potentially in the 2012 spot? >> nothing is in the 20

it includes a very important repair of the sea wall. under this expanse here, we have discovered that there had been a crack in the sea wall that had been

it includes a very important repair of the sea wall. under this expanse here, we have discovered that there had been a crack in the sea wall that had been repaired and that is of critical importance to us. this is what the new wharf will look like when it goes in. this will align the embarcadero. it will create another great place for people to come and create and interact with the day. it's funded from numerous sources, including gl bonds. this is another seawall project up in fisherman's wharf. that project is underway, funded by g l bonds. this is what it will look like when completed. all told, we have public finance projects going on

the sea wall lots should not be parking lot. they should be developed and they should be developed within the public trust doctrine, which permits a hotel sites, bicycle emporiums, senior centers, and so forth. these can all be developed consistent with the public trust doctrine. in conclusion, i urge you to bring this project into compliance with the standards by reducing the height, bolt, shuttling, parking. or better yet, stop this inappropriate development altogether. thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> good evening, supervisors. i urge you to vote no on the approval of the 8 washington street eir. i am a volunteer. i am not getting paid to be here. most people -- the proposed project is a disaster for recreation. this has been carried forward from the nes. we offered a viable alternative. we never had a fair chance. the fix was and. -- was in. as discussed in the er, reiterated below, the construction when not remove the recreation source. -- as discussed in the eir, reiterated below, the construction would not remov

for example, the sea wall law 331 project. in terms of opportunities, i think we have a great opportunity to target our investment in port assets at a law that maintains or expands our financial performance. in the report, we looked at three potential development projects. considering our 2014 debt issuance, to see what the debt impacts on the revenue would be and what would be the result of the port's capacity? we discussed see what 337, pier 38 reteneting. there was one year when it became worse than your three because the debt was in place and revenues were not quite there. by fiscal year 2016-17, the result was a net increase of $3.8 million. we had no more requirement for a budget reduction, and we met the 25% target. so it will really be careful review of our development opportunities and guidance on that 2014 issuance planned as a key opportunity for us to enhance our capacity to invest in capital. as for next steps, director moyer already discussed the board hearings coming up. we are in the process of finalizing the bu

it is my pleasure to begin this presentation describing the revised proposal for the sea wall lot 337. in september of 2010, the court entered into an exclusive negotiation agreement for the next use development of the lot and pier 48 with seawall lot 337 associates which includes the san francisco giants as a partner. there is a two phase approach. phase one allocates up to 30 months for the parties reach agreement on a party plan and financial terms culminating in a term sheet approval by the board and the port. phase two allocates three years to complete the entitlement and permitting process, resulting in a disposition agreement and construction of the project. the giants have completed 5 of 12 or 42% of the phase one benchmarks with a remaining seven benchmark scheduled to be met over the next seven months. pursuant to this, on march 15 of this year, the giants' submitted a revised proposal describing an excuse program that balance is residential, office, retail, exhibition, and parking uses distributed over a network of 10 new city blocks. all was in a sea wall lot 337, the park

with the sea wall locked in 37, the proposal that came out last week that that will take a considerable amount of time, the transbay terminal, other issues in south beach, mission bay, there is a lot of development there, at least taking the treasure island project and moving that to three might better balance development projects on the east side. i'm wondering if the consultant can identify the population on treasure island and the resulting deviation in three and six and let me think about what that means. >> that is the population of 2880 people. moving it would bring the population of district 3 up 2.74% in the population for district 6, and -3.07%. chairman mcdonnell: i want to give people time to think about that knowing that will have other implications. it also would allow some further tweaking in russian hill and the tenderloin that other members have expressed great interest in. it was not my preference to do this. i know it is another last-minute thing. is it a proposal? i will so proposed. any discussion before a call the question? >> this is something i would have proposed

for a variety of reasons, the sea wall that was installed in and around fukushima was underdesigned for the tsunami that reached the shore there. the emergency disels that are the back up in case off site ac power is lost were placed in the basement of the turbine buildings facing the pacific ocean. you ask why were they placed in the turbine buildings in the basement? because they wanted to protect them from a seismic event. then some gaps in regulatory oversight. the sea pumps, in addition to the disel generators were located in a location below the level of a potential tsunami. so, the accident in my view was not the inevitable consequence of a rare act of god. but certainly if in fact through sound practices of engineering, sound regulation, periodic inspections and evaluations, certainly that's something that i think in the future, certainly we can prevent. causes of fukushima obviously as we all know, the earthquake knocked out the six external transmission lines. ensuing tsunami that follows about 40 minutes later. there was a series of waves, seven all together. knocked out 11 o

noticed for this meeting, file number -- the approval of public trust exchange for the portion of the sea wall lot in exchange for another -- approval of lace -- approval of lease and maintenance agreement. we have rescheduled that item to appear on the june 6 the agenda. i just wanted to make that clear to members of the public to may be here for that item. that item is not on the calendar today but will be on the calendar for june the sixth period with that, why we call item no. 1. >> hearing on the creation of the office of early to provocation, consolidating ece fund. supervisor chu: this item was heard at the budget and finance committee before and was brought to us by supervisor avalos and others. supervisor avalos: thank you for your cosponsor ship. this is done to streamline functions round early troweled education. there has been an effort over many years to establish and offered of early childhood education that would involve major departments of this city, including the human services agency, the department of children, youth and families, first five and the san francisco unified sc

we are talking about for the systems like levees and dams, the sea walls. what we are more and more focused on is wanting projects where we allow the natural systems flood plains, what plans, coastal wetlands, every year beaches to also performed flood of litigation services. so we are doing a lot of projects like that both in the mid part of the country and floodplain restoration. some of that involves setting back the levees far enough from the river to dewaal the flood plains to perform their natural function, and along the gulf coast we have goal of building 100 miles of oyster reefs along the alabama coast. the cost comparison compared to the great infrastructure is new and we are starting to work in partnership with some insurance companies to measure those not we have some preliminary figures on the oyster reefs but it's very new and i don't think it accurately reflects what the true cost benefit of the green verses their gray would be. >> thank you very much, senator wicker is coming here in just a second and i want to make sure to get his perspectiv

the rock from here is used from the sea wall. it came from this hill. it was a itgnoll that was present. because of this blasting that occurred, the rock is weak. while most of the time, there are times of heavy rain. sometimes, this has nothing to do with the rainfall. iraq is 50 to an old and then it just falls. in this particular area where we're standing, we have seen the wall at the base. >> the big steel beams with the fence. this is an effective way of preventing the rock that does fall from causing damage. that might protect the bottom of the hill but it doesn't do anything over the hill. >> it has long been my understanding that the city of san francisco says and the building department takes this position that there is no one buildable lot -- unbuildable lot. i wonder if this is realistic. >> if money is an issue, we can develop solutions that will mitigate the impact. that a solution can be eliminating the hill, that can eliminate the problem. or build a structure right into the hill so there is no longer an exposed face or bold enough of iraq

our challenge is to maintain that infrastructure, most critically the sea wall. in terms of the goals and challenges, of course maintaining a balanced operating budget is entirely critical. we are a self supporting enterprise. addressing aging infrastructure is incredibly important. we pride ourselves on the employment we have been bringing to the city for almost 150 years and we continue to do so. we have almost 550 tenants at the port of san francisco, 90% are small businesses, unique businesses, many of which are multi family businesses, meaning they are being operated by the third or fourth generation and their families. this includes the fishermen in fisherman's wharf. we are dedicated to bringing the america's cup event to successful fruition along the properties. a new thing for us is beginning on july 1, with your approval, the harbour facility will return with the redevelopment agency which built and funded it. that will be returning to the port of san francisco, so there are changes in the budget to recount that. historically, we continue to seep modest

organization is leading a whole see what the 3037, the association of businesses, to invest in the sea wall lot, and to see people like kathy simon and others on the team to just this weekend, we opened up delors park, a children's playground to hundreds of kids. and now to visualize how the kids from at&t park and the kids from delores park will be coming down here in just a few short years, enjoying these great 8 acres of open space on to the waterfront, one of the most beautiful waterfront you have ever seen in your life. that is going to be fulfilling a promise of what the port has been talking about for many years, investing in our land here to some of the most beautiful views the city has to offer. 1.7 million square feet of office space in retail space to be inviting even more companies, whether they are biotech or technology companies, to have their employees working here, again, in such a beautiful surroundings. such beautiful surroundings like, i think david whispered coming in know, we should make the weather today a condition of the eir. right? that is going to be a permanent pa

the marina sea walls and great aquatic park. the palace of fine arts. we wouldn't have and a little further in, lake merit, this pier. alva rado park and then, some of you my recognize this. the berkeley rose garden. did it have to be this beautiful. finally, i'm going to wrap up. san francisco is rich in the various kinds of arts projects. we have a fabulous collection of stuff here. there were four components. there was visual arts, federal theater, federal musics and federal writers. they employed many people. this is excellent to show the work. the visual arts project. it was especially important in san francisco because of dieggo rivera and radicalizing it. this is the coit towers. this was done under cw a. 1934. the wpa wasn't in existence. this is the very first of the relieve projects. harry hopkins said, they have to eat too. the artists should dig ditches like everybody else. this is antonio brinko. millions of americans got to hear live music for the first time. this is the federal theater project. this is maxine albroro. it's been destroyed

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but the height of the tsunami is greater than thought possible. sea walls were built to hold the sea, they were breached and washed away. tragically at least 101 designated evacuation sites were flooded and people followed the evacuation orders and thought they reached safety still perish. the devastation resulting from this demonstrates we can always do better to prepare. the high breaking job of rebuilding from this tsunami still continues in japan and is estimated to cost more than $3 tour billion making this the most costly natural disaster in history. with some communities gone it's not always clear how the rebuilding should begin. 5 million tons of debris were swept into the ocean. much of this sank offshore but some of it as much as 1.5 million tons continue to float and was carried out to sea by the winds and currents. this debris includes boats, household goods, toys, everything from infrastructure to personal possessions. the first items to arrive in our water were high windage items, those that float high enough in the water to be primarily blown

of the sand will be covered as the high tide reaches aupl the way up to the dunes and here at the sea wall be out as most of this memorial day weekend has been a washout here with the tropical storm. juliet: oh, florida always gets hit hard. gregg: yeah. sad way to begin the summertime, isn't it. juliet: get it all over with in the beginning. gregg: there is a good idea. juliet: try to look at things optimistically. gregg: i'm a glass half empty, you're a glass half full kind of person, right? juliet: definitely. gregg: we don't match. juliet: we'll never be able to get married. gregg: since i'm married. juliet: that's a problem. gregg: defense officials prepare for any contingency when it comes to iran's nuclear ambitions. so just how far is too far. juliet: a four-star general will talk about that. a determined dog making a trek across after a continent. the story of her incredible journey and her unusual traveling companion. gregg: you go lassie. ♪ [singing] the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure,

over the past year, we have conducted extensive due diligence on the site conditions at sea wall lot 337 and pier 38. technical, environmental, structural, marine engineering and others. our proposal is no longer conceptual in nature but firmly rooted in reality. we are fully engaged with port staff and working diligently on almost a daily basis on the project. you will find us several times a week working with phil, jonathan stern, and many others as we tackle all the issues posed by such a complicated and exciting development project. we're also working with the mayor's office of economic development, housing, the planning department and many other city agencies because the project of this magnitude involves a lot of coordination. our collective goal is to reach agreement on a term sheet for the consideration by the end of this calendar year or hopefully before. we are in the process of reconnecting with many stakeholders that have an interest in our project. regulatory agencies such as the state land commission and the conservation commission, neighboring businesses, neighborhood