Reporter San Francisco pride, like every other event, looks different this year. The celebration is still being honored online. Like other times before, well get through this too and music can be our therapy. Reporter its a different way to celebrate pride, but an important celebration, nonetheless. Yes, there are less parties but there can be just as much pride. Reporter the annual San Francisco pride event moved online this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Its understandable. We have to recognize this is something we have to respond to. Reporter its still disappointing. I think every Movement Needs allies. The Virtual World is hard ever to bring those folks in. Reporter theyre making the most by hosting 13 hours of programming to honor the 50 anniversary. Musical performance, discussions activists and celebrity appearances are some of whats happening now. We really tried to do our best to pick up everything that you normally see at city hall and put it into virtual format. R
Legal assistant im im Cynthia Goldstein the boards executive director. Were going to be joined as by were joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. Sitting in the front right now is amanda representing the bureau of mapping and shes joined by her colleague raul shaw i believe chris buck is here in the front right now with the bureau of urban forestry and Scott Sanchez will be here shortly and representing his office and the Planning Department and Planning Commission Electronic Devices are prohibited. Please carry on conversations out in the hallway. Permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. Have up to 3 minutes no rebuttal. To assist the board in the accurate preparation of the minutes, members of the public are asked, not required to submit a speaker card or Business Card to the clerk. Speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the podium. If you have a question about the
Hon. Commissioners director forbes and port seven thank you for allowing me the opportunity to tell you about pier 39 birthday celebration. In the late 1970s savvy San Francisco businessman Warren Simmons dreams of building an urban park along the citys underdeveloped waterfront. October 4, 1978 simmons dream became a reality. When he transformed his dilapidated cargo pier into pier 39 and eclectic collection of Specialty Shops restaurants and attractions. The First Public Private Partnership project built along the embarcadero since world war ii pier 30 on pave the way for future development on alongside the bait. In the beginning the property was built in controversy and various legal battles. After opening to the public it was evident that tenant sales were much lower than anticipated. Due to these issues and only three years after opening to the public pier 30 or so to warren souths forte was to take undervalued and underperforming Retail Properties and bring them to their full pot
Report good afternoon members of the commission. Members of the public and port simon lake forbes or director. The first item is to congratulate pier 30 on august 30 ninth birthday. It was october of 1978 that pier 39 opened on schedule i here to here in San Francisco. At its opening pier 39 had 50 stores, 23 restaurants, a diving pool and street performers. Today it is a twolevel open air festival marketplace which owes 60 Specialty Retail shops 20 attractions 14 restaurants including the rock cafe and bubblegum shrimp cold pier 30 on offers breathtaking views of the bait out because Golden Gate Bay bridge and the 300 berth marina and live daily entertainment. One in three visitors to San Francisco goes to pier 39. Today we have kept the paper here. Shes the Senior Vice President of marketing for pier 39 and shes come here to talk to us about the yearlong celebration that pier 39 is kicking off an Senior Vice President she is responsible for the continued development and implementatio
This item . Nathan, no . Thank you very much, both of you. The next item is public comment. On anything not on todays agenda. Anyone have something to say . Okay. Correspondence. There is no correspondence. Speed and any councilmember comments or announcements . Shortest meeting weve ever had. We are adjourned. Thank you. [gavel] [adjournment] y day of tony bennett day in San Francisco, and thank you for joining us [inaudible] inspired by mr. Bennetts duet said album. Please enjoy and have a great day. Good morning everyone. Im elaine forms interim port director. Welcome to pier 80. Thank you for coming out today. We have much to celebrate. We are here to celebrate a 15 year terminal Management Agreement that will bring maritime actaveties back to the port as originally intended. The pier was built in the 1960 as a cargo shipping container port. By the mid1990s we lost market share to oakland and made a decision to stop cargo shipping and move to [inaudible] initially it was strong but