Transcripts For SFGTV Port Commission 20240712 : comparemela

It represents commerce, navigation, all of the things that San Francisco is famous for. The wood you see in the board of supervisors chambers is oak and all hand carved on site. Interesting thing about the oak is there isnt anymore in the entire world. The floors in china was cleard and never replanted. If you look up at the seceiling you would believe thats hand kof carved out of wood and it is a cast plaster sealing and the only spanish design in an arts building. There are no records about how many people worked on this building. The workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language. And what happened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have this masterpiece to show the world today. [roll call] item number two, pledge of allegiance. Item number three, approval of minutes for the june 9, 2020 Port Commission meeting. So moved. Second. All in favor. Aye. Sorry, roll call vote. [roll call] thank you, minutes have been approved. Item number four, announcements. Please be advised that a member of the public have up to three minutes to make Public Comment on each agenda item unless the Port Commission adopt shorter period on any item. Please note that during the Public Comment period, the moderator will instruct dialin participants to use their touch phone to register any desire for Public Comment. Audio prompts will signal to dial in participants when their audio input has been enabled commenting. Please dial in only when the item you wish to comment on is announced. For meeting presenters and participants, please remember to mute your microphone and turn off your cameras when you are not presenting. I would like to move to consider consent items first prior to the agenda item five. Is there a second . Second. Approved. Roll call vote. [roll call] motion passes. Item 7a, consent calendar request approval of delegation of vote renewal of the Fisherman Wharf Community Benefit district to affected tenants consistent with park practice resolution number 2031. So moved. Second. Thank you. You will open the phone lines to take Public Comment on item 7a. Members of the public joining us on the phone, he will provide instructions now for anyone on phone who like to provide Public Comment. Thank you president brandon. At this time, well open the queue for anyone on the phone who like to make Public Comment on item 7a. Dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. The system will let you know when your line is open. Others will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments will be limited to three minutes per person. The queue is now open. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. President brandon do we have anyone on the phone . We have one caller on the line at the moment. Opening the first line now. Is this in favor of the Community Benefit district, vote for that . Yes. Im a Business Owner. Im in total favor of the Community Benefit district. You have to forgive me, im in a bad phone place. I want to get my vote registered for that. President brandon your name . [indiscernible]. President brandon thank you. Thats all i have. President brandon any other callers . There are no other members of the public on the phone for item 7a. President brandon seeing no more callers on the phone. Public comment is closed. Commissioner, all in favor . Aye. Roll call. President brandon im sorry. Ill get that down one day. Roll call vote. [roll call] president brandon resolution 2031 has been approved. Now well take Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda. Item number 5, Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda. President brandon we owill open we will open the phone lines to take Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda. Well provide instructions now for anyone on the phone who like to provide Public Comment. Thank you. At this time we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. The system will let you know when your line is open. Others will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments will be limit to three minutes per person. The queue is now open. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. President brandon thank you. Do we have anyone on the phone . At this time, we have two callers on the line for Public Comment. Opening the first line now. Hello everyone. President brandon, Vice President adams, configurations gilman and woo ho and executive director. My name is Laura Schaefer im Deputy Director at Fisherman Wharf. I speak on behalf of our organization. The Fisherman Wharf has supported the dynamic working water front of the wharf. We have spent many hours and various conversations with the boat owners captain and staff fishing vessel and with city officials and port officials in a combined effort to identify suitable locations for the fresh daily fishing call can be sold directly from the boat to the public within the Fisherman Wharf district. I speak to you today on the item of the fishing vessel pioneer. The size of the pioneer mean which is where the retail are authorized to occur. This location is longer viable. The assistant maritime director has been researching options and working with everyone to come up with an amicable solution. The search for solution will continue. The pioneer still has the option selling their catch to commercial fishery. We understand this is not a viable longterm solution. They spent lot of time advocating on behalf of sb pioneer and continue supporting the goal resuming retail system. We recognize and appreciate the many hours of hard work by port staff and acknowledge the situation is difficult for all involved. Thank you so much for listening to me during Public Comment. President brandon thank you laura. Next caller please. Opening the next line now. This is tom creteen. Commissioners, i appreciate the opportunity to be able to speak. I would like to say the port has been working all tenants to help with Current Situation including flexibility for business to operate within the requirements of social distancing and health and safety directives from department of Public Health. We appreciate the health from the port to bring back many long Time Union Workers having shut our doors in march impacted 140 workers and their families. Today, more than half are back to work. I have been on record many times in support of the fishing industry of fish sales and i will continue to be that way. Thank you very much for my opportunity to speak. President brandon thank you tom. Are there any other callers . We have one additional caller on the line. My name is frank again, im a Third Generation fisherman at Fisherman Wharf, weve been a tenant of the port since 1908. I cannot speak highly enough how much port has supported fishing boats, sport fishing industry. I cannot speak highly enough wanting to be able to stay open. Im in favor of fish sales at the wharf in places that can be done. Right now, i think the way things are going and the help that we get, i would not be here if it wasnt for the port. Theyve allowed me over the years, i been around all my life, like i said, our family has been in business at the port 112 years. Without the support of the port and people like michael and our port director, elaine, we wouldnt be here. They do the best they can. They support us the most than anybody can. Like i said earlier, im not getting very good connection. I hope i get through. If if wasnt for tom creteen, hes big time owner of the fishing industry. It would be ashame to see his restaurant not functioning without Outdoor Dining facilities. It would be a shame. Were one of the fortunate businesses because of the help of the port were in business taking out port fishing parties now. We want to thank the port for everything they do. Thats my comment. President brandon thank you frank, we can hear you very clearly. Thank you. You guys are the best. President brandon any other callers . We have one last caller on the line. Im john barnett. President of the crab boat owners association. I want to reiterate what frank said, how much port helped us. One of the fisherman that lost everything in the fireworks the port has gone beyond trying to do everything they can. The port has gone out of their way to help us try to get us grant money and loan money, i want to thank them continued effort. Reiterating what frank said, Outdoor Dining and everything we can do to stay in business. Its been a very tough year. President brandon thank you. Are there any other callers . At this time, there are no other members on the call. President brandon seeing no more callers on the phone, Public Comment is closed. Next item please. Item 6, executive director report. Good afternoon, members of the public and port staff, im port executive director. I want to say thank you to Michael Martin and katy for acting as port director so i can serve mayor breed and dr. Colfax at oat the onset covid19 pande. I was away for four months. I want to say that it was Port Commission and port staff that really made it possible for me to contribute to leadership in that way. Im very grateful to you all. This organization so many people really stepped out their lane assignments and took on new responsibilities and collaboration. Not only did the port team do a lot for our organization but did a lot for the Covid Response on the ground. Port commissioners, you played such a huge part in the that for guiding the team. You kept this Organization Safe and stable during a very long four month period. Im so proud of our strong bench and all the accomplishments that the team made during the early months of shelterinplace, many of these accomplishments are on your agenda today. Im proud to be back to be the leader of this very talented organization which has challenges that face us that really are unprecedented in our lifetime. Im very confident in what well achieve together with our partners and stakeholders. I did learn a lot from dr. Colfax. I really do look forward to applying this learning here in our organization especially as it realte relates to equity. Latinos alarmingly are over 50 of reported cases. Africanamericans are experience worse Health Outcomes and asians are overrepresented from the disease. Im speaking now about San Francisco data. This is our city data. It is just past time for us to address headon the systemic racism and poverty and inhumane conditions, africanamericans and other groups disconnected from country and prosperity in americas effort. Its pasttime for us to really place true value on our essential workers and see the contribution of all people. At the port, i believe were really situated to take this on. We have and we will continue to do so. Lets keep working on it and be in it all together because we really are all in this together. On my final note, i wouldnt have worked for dr. Colfax for four months if i didnt tell everyone to cover their faces and learn to adapt to this virus. This is a very serious virus. It maybe with us for a while. Please lets all learn together, cover our faces and follow all the health guidance. We have to change our behaviors in order to be successful out in communities together. Were seeing that. This virus is serious. Pay attention all the Health Orders. First, to pier 45, i live to give update on the recovery. The port property insurance policy does cover cost of rebuilding, the damaged shed and lost of income. Total replacement of pier 45. Reconstruction and final disposition of this claim may take us many years, unfortunately. We have some challenges and opportunities in this long path ahead. I am now happy to report that the cleaning and restoration of all tenant spaces in sheds a, b and d are complete on site Fish Processing has been allowed to resume at pier 45. Were contracted now with silverado construction for debris removal. We expected demolition to take approximating five weeks. We do expect the Fire Department investigation into the cause and origin of the fire. Once silverado removed the debris, they will support that investigation. Once that investigation is complete, we will continue to work with that contractor on all debris removal but that will allow further access into the shed and potential salvage operations. Were currently in the process of developing a plan to partition pier 45 shed a into new storage spaces for fib fishers who lost. We successfully identified relocation for red and white fleet operation and in the process of relocating them. You have item 8b on your calendar to discuss economic assistance for the fishers. I want to thank all the port staff who worked very hard on the pier 45 fire and continue to do so. At heron head park over july 4th weekend, it started at about 8 00 p. M. It was a grass fire adjacent to the ecosystem. The Fire Department did an amazing job quickly responding and they patrolled over the evening into the night to deal with flare ups. Approximately three acres native grass and brushes were burned on all sides of the ecocentre. The maintenance has investigated and the ecocentre is okay. The soil will be able to be replaced and repaired. We did lose an active beehive. Good news that we were able to take care of that fire and thanks to the Fire Department and maintained it. My next opening is about economics reopening. I like to thank monica of port staff who helped us very much leading an effort ton economic reopening for the port. Were committed to a very safe and equitable return to port staff, tenants and to the waterfront. We have created reoccupancy task force to evaluate our requirements for our facilities in our covid environment. The City Administrators Office is coordinating an effort statewide. Dr. Colfax and city administrator has issued directives including requirement to departments Submit Health and safety plan. I want to talk about the overall concepts in our economic reopening. Which is that staff who can work from home continue to do so. Theres nothing like a zero risk of transmission from home when were bringing our staff into the work environment. The risk contracting the virus is no longer zero. Those who can work from home will continue to do so into the foreseeable future. For our employees who produce work at work and need to be on the job, most notably our entire maintenance. We have found through Public Health department and Occupational Health standard guidance, etcetera, clear direction how we can bring our workforce back safely. Our plan includes the best Occupational Health standard and health guidances. It includes protective gear, social distancing and lots of Different Health check screenings, stayathome if youre sick. These types of things to keep our workplace safe. On july 1st, we received approval to reopening. Our goal is 90 of maintenance to resume normal work activities by august 1st. Our maintenance provides really important surfaces to the waterfront and many of those services we have deferred during this period and it is time that we bring our maintenance staff back online but it needs to be safe and secure for our workforce. Im pleased to report that 90 of our team have participated in training on new covid specific protocols for face covering, daily health screenings, disinfection protocols and proper use of ppe. In addition to the reoccupancy task force, theyre developing tool and resources to support many other port employees who will be working from home, telecommuting and South Beach Harbor are looking into safety plans for safe reopening. I want to thank our i. T. Team who is capable of supporting us today as we transition to work from home. I do want to acknowledge that our reopening plan will shift if the virus shift. Were closely aligned in watching for our mayors and Public Health director guidances. Time really matters with the virus and we have to be prepared if were required to go back inside. We have a very cautious approach and we wait and watch. We do feel confident that we can have a safe reopening of pier 50. Finally, i move commendation. It means people are retiring. We have two giants, tom carter and marie mitchell. They really belong together. Theyve been a team for quite some time and very highly effective team. I will start with tom carter who is our beloved Deputy Director of San Francisco<\/a> is famous for. The wood you see in the board of supervisors chambers is oak and all hand carved on site. Interesting thing about the oak is there isnt anymore in the entire world. The floors in china was cleard and never replanted. If you look up at the seceiling you would believe thats hand kof carved out of wood and it is a cast plaster sealing and the only spanish design in an arts building. There are no records about how many people worked on this building. The workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language. And what happened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have this masterpiece to show the world today. [roll call] item number two, pledge of allegiance. Item number three, approval of minutes for the june 9, 2020 Port Commission<\/a> meeting. So moved. Second. All in favor. Aye. Sorry, roll call vote. [roll call] thank you, minutes have been approved. Item number four, announcements. Please be advised that a member of the public have up to three minutes to make Public Comment<\/a> on each agenda item unless the Port Commission<\/a> adopt shorter period on any item. Please note that during the Public Comment<\/a> period, the moderator will instruct dialin participants to use their touch phone to register any desire for Public Comment<\/a>. Audio prompts will signal to dial in participants when their audio input has been enabled commenting. Please dial in only when the item you wish to comment on is announced. For meeting presenters and participants, please remember to mute your microphone and turn off your cameras when you are not presenting. I would like to move to consider consent items first prior to the agenda item five. Is there a second . Second. Approved. Roll call vote. [roll call] motion passes. Item 7a, consent calendar request approval of delegation of vote renewal of the Fisherman Wharf<\/a> Community Benefit<\/a> district to affected tenants consistent with park practice resolution number 2031. So moved. Second. Thank you. You will open the phone lines to take Public Comment<\/a> on item 7a. Members of the public joining us on the phone, he will provide instructions now for anyone on phone who like to provide Public Comment<\/a>. Thank you president brandon. At this time, well open the queue for anyone on the phone who like to make Public Comment<\/a> on item 7a. Dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment<\/a>. The system will let you know when your line is open. Others will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments will be limited to three minutes per person. The queue is now open. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment<\/a>. President brandon do we have anyone on the phone . We have one caller on the line at the moment. Opening the first line now. Is this in favor of the Community Benefit<\/a> district, vote for that . Yes. Im a Business Owner<\/a>. Im in total favor of the Community Benefit<\/a> district. You have to forgive me, im in a bad phone place. I want to get my vote registered for that. President brandon your name . [indiscernible]. President brandon thank you. Thats all i have. President brandon any other callers . There are no other members of the public on the phone for item 7a. President brandon seeing no more callers on the phone. Public comment is closed. Commissioner, all in favor . Aye. Roll call. President brandon im sorry. Ill get that down one day. Roll call vote. [roll call] president brandon resolution 2031 has been approved. Now well take Public Comment<\/a> on items not listed on the agenda. Item number 5, Public Comment<\/a> on items not listed on the agenda. President brandon we owill open we will open the phone lines to take Public Comment<\/a> on items not listed on the agenda. Well provide instructions now for anyone on the phone who like to provide Public Comment<\/a>. Thank you. At this time we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make Public Comment<\/a> on items not listed on the agenda. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment<\/a>. The system will let you know when your line is open. Others will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments will be limit to three minutes per person. The queue is now open. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment<\/a>. President brandon thank you. Do we have anyone on the phone . At this time, we have two callers on the line for Public Comment<\/a>. Opening the first line now. Hello everyone. President brandon, Vice President<\/a> adams, configurations gilman and woo ho and executive director. My name is Laura Schaefer<\/a> im Deputy Director<\/a> at Fisherman Wharf<\/a>. I speak on behalf of our organization. The Fisherman Wharf<\/a> has supported the dynamic working water front of the wharf. We have spent many hours and various conversations with the boat owners captain and staff fishing vessel and with city officials and port officials in a combined effort to identify suitable locations for the fresh daily fishing call can be sold directly from the boat to the public within the Fisherman Wharf<\/a> district. I speak to you today on the item of the fishing vessel pioneer. The size of the pioneer mean which is where the retail are authorized to occur. This location is longer viable. The assistant maritime director has been researching options and working with everyone to come up with an amicable solution. The search for solution will continue. The pioneer still has the option selling their catch to commercial fishery. We understand this is not a viable longterm solution. They spent lot of time advocating on behalf of sb pioneer and continue supporting the goal resuming retail system. We recognize and appreciate the many hours of hard work by port staff and acknowledge the situation is difficult for all involved. Thank you so much for listening to me during Public Comment<\/a>. President brandon thank you laura. Next caller please. Opening the next line now. This is tom creteen. Commissioners, i appreciate the opportunity to be able to speak. I would like to say the port has been working all tenants to help with Current Situation<\/a> including flexibility for business to operate within the requirements of social distancing and health and safety directives from department of Public Health<\/a>. We appreciate the health from the port to bring back many long Time Union Workers<\/a> having shut our doors in march impacted 140 workers and their families. Today, more than half are back to work. I have been on record many times in support of the fishing industry of fish sales and i will continue to be that way. Thank you very much for my opportunity to speak. President brandon thank you tom. Are there any other callers . We have one additional caller on the line. My name is frank again, im a Third Generation<\/a> fisherman at Fisherman Wharf<\/a>, weve been a tenant of the port since 1908. I cannot speak highly enough how much port has supported fishing boats, sport fishing industry. I cannot speak highly enough wanting to be able to stay open. Im in favor of fish sales at the wharf in places that can be done. Right now, i think the way things are going and the help that we get, i would not be here if it wasnt for the port. Theyve allowed me over the years, i been around all my life, like i said, our family has been in business at the port 112 years. Without the support of the port and people like michael and our port director, elaine, we wouldnt be here. They do the best they can. They support us the most than anybody can. Like i said earlier, im not getting very good connection. I hope i get through. If if wasnt for tom creteen, hes big time owner of the fishing industry. It would be ashame to see his restaurant not functioning without Outdoor Dining<\/a> facilities. It would be a shame. Were one of the fortunate businesses because of the help of the port were in business taking out port fishing parties now. We want to thank the port for everything they do. Thats my comment. President brandon thank you frank, we can hear you very clearly. Thank you. You guys are the best. President brandon any other callers . We have one last caller on the line. Im john barnett. President of the crab boat owners association. I want to reiterate what frank said, how much port helped us. One of the fisherman that lost everything in the fireworks the port has gone beyond trying to do everything they can. The port has gone out of their way to help us try to get us grant money and loan money, i want to thank them continued effort. Reiterating what frank said, Outdoor Dining<\/a> and everything we can do to stay in business. Its been a very tough year. President brandon thank you. Are there any other callers . At this time, there are no other members on the call. President brandon seeing no more callers on the phone, Public Comment<\/a> is closed. Next item please. Item 6, executive director report. Good afternoon, members of the public and port staff, im port executive director. I want to say thank you to Michael Martin<\/a> and katy for acting as port director so i can serve mayor breed and dr. Colfax at oat the onset covid19 pande. I was away for four months. I want to say that it was Port Commission<\/a> and port staff that really made it possible for me to contribute to leadership in that way. Im very grateful to you all. This organization so many people really stepped out their lane assignments and took on new responsibilities and collaboration. Not only did the port team do a lot for our organization but did a lot for the Covid Response<\/a> on the ground. Port commissioners, you played such a huge part in the that for guiding the team. You kept this Organization Safe<\/a> and stable during a very long four month period. Im so proud of our strong bench and all the accomplishments that the team made during the early months of shelterinplace, many of these accomplishments are on your agenda today. Im proud to be back to be the leader of this very talented organization which has challenges that face us that really are unprecedented in our lifetime. Im very confident in what well achieve together with our partners and stakeholders. I did learn a lot from dr. Colfax. I really do look forward to applying this learning here in our organization especially as it realte relates to equity. Latinos alarmingly are over 50 of reported cases. Africanamericans are experience worse Health Outcomes<\/a> and asians are overrepresented from the disease. Im speaking now about San Francisco<\/a> data. This is our city data. It is just past time for us to address headon the systemic racism and poverty and inhumane conditions, africanamericans and other groups disconnected from country and prosperity in americas effort. Its pasttime for us to really place true value on our essential workers and see the contribution of all people. At the port, i believe were really situated to take this on. We have and we will continue to do so. Lets keep working on it and be in it all together because we really are all in this together. On my final note, i wouldnt have worked for dr. Colfax for four months if i didnt tell everyone to cover their faces and learn to adapt to this virus. This is a very serious virus. It maybe with us for a while. Please lets all learn together, cover our faces and follow all the health guidance. We have to change our behaviors in order to be successful out in communities together. Were seeing that. This virus is serious. Pay attention all the Health Orders<\/a>. First, to pier 45, i live to give update on the recovery. The port property insurance policy does cover cost of rebuilding, the damaged shed and lost of income. Total replacement of pier 45. Reconstruction and final disposition of this claim may take us many years, unfortunately. We have some challenges and opportunities in this long path ahead. I am now happy to report that the cleaning and restoration of all tenant spaces in sheds a, b and d are complete on site Fish Processing<\/a> has been allowed to resume at pier 45. Were contracted now with silverado construction for debris removal. We expected demolition to take approximating five weeks. We do expect the Fire Department<\/a> investigation into the cause and origin of the fire. Once silverado removed the debris, they will support that investigation. Once that investigation is complete, we will continue to work with that contractor on all debris removal but that will allow further access into the shed and potential salvage operations. Were currently in the process of developing a plan to partition pier 45 shed a into new storage spaces for fib fishers who lost. We successfully identified relocation for red and white fleet operation and in the process of relocating them. You have item 8b on your calendar to discuss economic assistance for the fishers. I want to thank all the port staff who worked very hard on the pier 45 fire and continue to do so. At heron head park over july 4th weekend, it started at about 8 00 p. M. It was a grass fire adjacent to the ecosystem. The Fire Department<\/a> did an amazing job quickly responding and they patrolled over the evening into the night to deal with flare ups. Approximately three acres native grass and brushes were burned on all sides of the ecocentre. The maintenance has investigated and the ecocentre is okay. The soil will be able to be replaced and repaired. We did lose an active beehive. Good news that we were able to take care of that fire and thanks to the Fire Department<\/a> and maintained it. My next opening is about economics reopening. I like to thank monica of port staff who helped us very much leading an effort ton economic reopening for the port. Were committed to a very safe and equitable return to port staff, tenants and to the waterfront. We have created reoccupancy task force to evaluate our requirements for our facilities in our covid environment. The City Administrators Office<\/a> is coordinating an effort statewide. Dr. Colfax and city administrator has issued directives including requirement to departments Submit Health<\/a> and safety plan. I want to talk about the overall concepts in our economic reopening. Which is that staff who can work from home continue to do so. Theres nothing like a zero risk of transmission from home when were bringing our staff into the work environment. The risk contracting the virus is no longer zero. Those who can work from home will continue to do so into the foreseeable future. For our employees who produce work at work and need to be on the job, most notably our entire maintenance. We have found through Public Health<\/a> department and Occupational Health<\/a> standard guidance, etcetera, clear direction how we can bring our workforce back safely. Our plan includes the best Occupational Health<\/a> standard and health guidances. It includes protective gear, social distancing and lots of Different Health<\/a> check screenings, stayathome if youre sick. These types of things to keep our workplace safe. On july 1st, we received approval to reopening. Our goal is 90 of maintenance to resume normal work activities by august 1st. Our maintenance provides really important surfaces to the waterfront and many of those services we have deferred during this period and it is time that we bring our maintenance staff back online but it needs to be safe and secure for our workforce. Im pleased to report that 90 of our team have participated in training on new covid specific protocols for face covering, daily health screenings, disinfection protocols and proper use of ppe. In addition to the reoccupancy task force, theyre developing tool and resources to support many other port employees who will be working from home, telecommuting and South Beach Harbor<\/a> are looking into safety plans for safe reopening. I want to thank our i. T. Team who is capable of supporting us today as we transition to work from home. I do want to acknowledge that our reopening plan will shift if the virus shift. Were closely aligned in watching for our mayors and Public Health<\/a> director guidances. Time really matters with the virus and we have to be prepared if were required to go back inside. We have a very cautious approach and we wait and watch. We do feel confident that we can have a safe reopening of pier 50. Finally, i move commendation. It means people are retiring. We have two giants, tom carter and marie mitchell. They really belong together. Theyve been a team for quite some time and very highly effective team. I will start with tom carter who is our beloved Deputy Director<\/a> of Maintenance Division<\/a>. Hes been with the port for 15 years and with the city for 26. Prior to joining the port in 2004 i was superintendent of the Public Works Bureau<\/a> of street and sewer repair and bureau of urban forestry. He began his city career at the department of of parking and traffic, which is now sfmta as a painter in 1994. Tom has been an incredible leader in this organization. Hes been a huge force in the transition of the pier 50 to a much more professionalized organization that really honor the value of every contribution of the workforce and tom moved culture change to make sure that workers of colour, women and people would be accepted and appreciated in the workplace and that multiple people could come and contribute to pier 50 meaningfully. I want to acknowledge that he took on that call to duty and he really made a big difference in pier 50. Im so personally thankful to him. I think much more importantly pier 50 division will be permanently thankful to that responsibility that he held and the change he made over a very patient period of time. He has done much more. These groups perform work everyday that goes unseen and really the backbone of our success. He also has really changed or ampamplified the customer servie orientation. Some of the best thank you calls from the waterfront, from people calling to thank me for the service they get from our Maintenance Division<\/a> who really all strive to represent the ports values and culture. Thats because of toms leadership. Finally in addition to getting to work, i was his colleague for many years, i can say one of my favorite things about tom carter is his skill set to teach people the skill and the knowledge to depart knowledge. Tom isnt the kind of collaborator who move quickly to get his way. Hes the kind of collaborator who waits for the team to go along with him. That is one of his key successes in leadership as that he nurtures others to do and to lead. Now hes retired, i really do look forward to working with the acting superintendent tim felton, who works with tom and all the other leaders throughout that organization, leader who worked with tom. I know they have been trained and tom has helped them to improve their special talent and ability. Thank you tom so much for all you done for this organization and i hope you all can help me congratulating him on a very well time. That brings me to marie mitchell. She has been really the heart and soul of the pier 50 organization in terms of keeping everything calm, keeping everything on track, being the eyes and ears for everyone and always doing it with such a manner of welcome and confidence and stability. Marie has answered many calls and made sure that things are resolved timely, fairly, equitably. She is toms right hand as well. She has been here 42 years. Shes worked for the city and county of San Francisco<\/a>. She retired at the beginning of this month. She had a career of working in the Mayors Office<\/a> of five mayors and two administrators. She finished her career in the Maintenance Division<\/a>. This amazing 42year career started as a fluke. She got the job with the city while in school to be a court stenographer. She decided the city would be a better fit for her. I started shes the heart insoul of the Maintenance Division<\/a>. Shegreeting everyone with a wam smile, calming presence. She handled request, she got everyone to go where they had to go. Got questions answered. Shes the go to person. Shes the person who runs the place. One of the most important roles that marie fulfills is the person you can confide in. Marie is a very wise person. Together, tom and marie were quite a team and exceptional duo. It was marie who was toms right hand. She kept him steady. Please join me in congratulating marie on her well earned retirement after 42 years. That concludes my report. Thank you so much. President brandon thank you elaine. Were losing two giants. I dont want to ask do you think we we should introduce carl . Yes. I love to introduce carl. Carl is our new Commission Secretary<\/a> and my assistant. Carl had a stint in the Mayors Office<\/a> and also is an attorney. He has come in here and already organized me within two weeks. Im so happy to have carl on the job. He is helping us improving our processes, now that were in covid and everything digital processes that worked before dont work as well. Hes helping me with the Senior Leadership<\/a> team and organizing ourselves as we move forward in our new normal. Please welcome carl. Of course, big shoes to fill with amy. Were so happy to welcome you to our port. Like to announce that commissioner Victor Makras<\/a> sought not to be reappointed to the commission. He and his wife sarah are pursuing other civic interest. I want to thank commissioner makras for all the guidance he gave port staff on real estate. He looked closely at leases and real estate deals and my Real Estate Team<\/a> learned a lot from commissioner makras. He has such a wealth of knowledge and understanding. We appreciate his time and energy he put in the port and wish him the very best in his future endeavors president brandon i like to give the staff an opportunity to comment on tom and maries retirement. I want to congratulate both marie and tom. Its only fitting theyre retiring together. When i think pier 50 and all the good work done by the maintenance staff, i think them of as a team, supporting each other. I always enjoyed working with marie. I do want to mention my time with tom. I remember when tom started, we were finishing up a troubling audit by the board of supervisors regarding our maintenance staff. Tom stepped in to that situation and sort of wri wrighted the sh. Now only complimented what tom started. Again congratulations to both of you and your retirement. Maybe i can jump in. My thanks and gratitude to both tom and marie. I concur with byron and the previous statements in terms of what kind of leadership as a team the two of them provided and their complementary skill to give the support within pier 50 but really, bridging to pier 1 and the rest of the work site to make it a more holistic and unified organization. Its really backed up by the personal relationships that have been built as a result of their leadership style. For some of us, we were kind of caught off guard by their announcement of the retirement. Im in denial over this. Im so impressed by how well everybody is able to step up to try and fill that gap in a very collaborative way. I think thats the most direct reflection of the contributions that theyve made to all of us and to the port. Thank you so much and i wish you all the best. Hi, im the chief harbor engineer. I wrote some stuff down because i dont want to get too emotional. Tom was a great mentor. He taught me a lot about the port and was a wonderful partner in working with engineering to deal with all of the infrastructure that weve got. I appreciate all of his lessons and all the time we spent working together. I really enjoyed our time together and wish him and marie a happy and healthy retirement. I want to thank marie for arranging toms schedule to give me much time as she could. I will always remember her smile. Thank you both. I want very much to thank marie for her kindness and her patience and for always being helpful in terms of getting access to some of toms time. To tom, i want to say, thank you for being such a fantastic colleague as elaine said. You really you were really good question asker. I could always count on you to pause and say now, what are you trying to get at there . More than anything, i appreciate toms very funny and i will say somewhat sense of humor. I wish both tom and marie just a healthy and fun and happy retirement. Happy trails to both of you. May the road rise up to meet you. This is andre with the Maritime Division<\/a>. I want to say congrats to both tom and marie. You have been nothing but supportive to the Maritime Division<\/a> from high street harbor all the way to pier 96. Tom, since day one, youve been nothing but supportive when it comes to staff and just operations as a whole. Again, thank you, thank you for all that you done for our division. Congrats. Im from real estate and development. Tom and marie, i wish you so much happiness and joy in retirement. Ive been impressed with in my short time is your shift of the Maintenance Division<\/a>. Theres such incredible amount of work to be done and just watching the Maintenance Division<\/a> step up during this incredibly tragic fire. It really showed you all just have another gear that you shown us. We should be able to flip into when we have crises and emergencies. Tom its been wonderful working with you over the past couple of years. Marie, i wish you all the best in retirement and please drop in on us from time to time. This is brad from the resilience program. Tom and marie, ill start by saying, its impossible to overstate what a challenge it is to maintain a port where so many of the facilities are dealing their useful life. We have such huge crowds along the waterfronts. You kept it sparkling and beautiful for everybody. Its very impressive. You both deserve a wonderful retirement. Tom ill say, i want to thank you for your friendship and for your guidance and i think you both just left the place much better than you found it. Thank you so much. This is tim felton with the Maintenance Division<\/a>. Im the acting Deputy Director<\/a> taking over for tom. Tom and marie, i want to let you know how much we appreciate the work you did, the incredibly difficult hard, long work you did. Ive been working for 15 years. I seen the change. I can feel the change. Just really the structure you brought to the Maintenance Division<\/a> is whats carrying us now. I really appreciate you putting that in place. Marie, you were the god mother of pier 50. Everybody came to you. You were a therapist, you were an accountant. We cant thank you enough for that. Thank you again. Commissioner woo ho i cant say i knew tom carter that well. It was almost no news is good news. I do know that we went through some major crises in terms of fires and more than just the one we had recently. I remember the other one that we had down in pier next to the terminal. It happened right before americas cup. I think that tom was always a very calm figure. I know from the previous director and from you, elaine, he was the bedrock for us in terms maintaining the port. I think lot has been said. I cant add more, they have all the details which i would not know, not centering an not having daily working relationship. I want to congratulate tom it reflects going through so many retirements recently, i wanted to do another shot out for the tremendous staff that we do have and given what was just gone through in the last three months. Were holding up extremely well. It makes our work on the commission much easier to know that we have the right people steering the ship and everybody is on the right side. I want to congratulate and elaine welcome you back. We missed up. I have to say that mike martin and katy did a tremendous job. We did not feel like we were less than left in the hole as all. Our hearts were out there with you as you work so hard during this period to keep the city on even kill and keep us safe. I do have couple of questions on your report. I want to close out this session expressing my appreciation. You make the Commission Look<\/a> good. You allow us to sleep at night so we dont have to worry. Thats really a testament to all of you in leadership positions at the port. I want to say thank you and express my tremendous appreciation for the job well done. Thank you. I want to say couple of words about tom and marie. Tom, i did not know you very well. I knew you a little. I wanted to first commend you and your long tenure with the city and county of San Francisco<\/a> and everything you accomplished. I do know that you have a tremendous amount of credibility and respect for many of our port tenants. You told me about efforts you and your team. I want to commend you on that leadership. I want to really wish you joy in retirement for both with you and your family and your friends. I hope that you get to go back to sailing, which i know that you enjoy to do. Really respected my interactions with you and really enjoyed them. I wanted to thank you. Marie, weve never met, i want to wish you happiness, health and family time in your retirement. 47 years with the city and county of San Francisco<\/a>, you deserve some rest, time with your family and enjoying whatever activities give you a glimpse in your eye. I do have questions about the directors report. I will hold them after the commendations. Commissioner adams what can i say about tom carter. Tom hes an east coast guy. Tom is totally old school. Hes a guy thats been a pillar in the port. Whether it was director forbes or director moyeer. He was there. He was that solve rock of foundation. Knows where the bodies are buried at the historical knowledge of the port. He truly will be missed. I also never met marie. I want to thank you for your many years of service and debt of gratitude to you. Kind of weird that you both are leaving just like amy and storm that were going through with covid19. Its been a year from like i never witnessed in my life. I understand life moves on. I want to wish you both happy success in your retirement and with your families. President brandon tom and marie congratulations on your retirement. Im so happy for both of you. Thank you for all of years of service for city and county of San Francisco<\/a>. Thank you so much for all youve done for the port for the Maintenance Division<\/a>. I really wish you much success and happiness in retirement. Tom, its been an absolute pleasure working with you. You are just such a kind, compassionate [indiscernible] tom, youre such a team player and so collaborative. Youre the person that everyone from whatever position comes to you, regardless if it has to do with labor or not. I think youre a wonderful person. I know that you have big shoes to fill. You have led a wonderful foundation. Were all going to miss you. Tom or marie, do you guys want to say anything . Thank you everybody. Good afternoon president brandon, Vice President<\/a> adams, commissioners woo ho and gilman. Marie was my rock. My first five years i didnt have that. When she came on board, it was just like i was able to soar at that point. I had that person that i could trust, the person that kept an eye out on everything. Made sure i was pointing in the right direction, shifted the way i was thinking when i was a little bit off. Shes such a wonderful person, everybody has spoken to that. For those that havent met marie, you really missed out. Shes just a beautiful woman. What a smile, pleasant, evenly folks on the phone they would say, they could tell she was smiling and just loved her voice and the way she treated everybody. We had that relationship, kind of like the warriors, like curry and green. Just great teammate she was. I really leaned on her and she got things done for us on the port. Marie, thank you very much for everything. I miss you. I do know that after 42 year, you will enjoy that retirement. I consider myself to be fortunate. Im grateful for the opportunity city and county of San Francisco<\/a> presented to me. I moved here in 1986 and new to the city, a city that i for the first time really besides my hometown where i felt like i was at home. All of my staff and everybody that worked with me over the 15 years, its been great. Its been wonderful. Really great staff and its been lot of changes, lot of challenges. Moving forward, even if its hard to believe, all staff will be better off. Its a great place to be in terms of the position, even in this difficult times. All of my colleague Deputy Director<\/a>s, ones that are here and ones out there, they all have been really great to work with. Ive enjoyed them all. I had great relationships with them. It was wonderful learning their divisions. I thought that was important in order for us as maintenance to provide our services to them. I thank all of you and thank you for the kind words today. Very thank you. She really trusted in me completely to do the right thing for the Maintenance Division<\/a> and for the port. I believe thats what i did. I know that some of the Deputy Director<\/a>s heard me say this, everything that i did, all my decisions that i made were always in the best interest of the organization. Thats the way that i thought that we could lead and for other folks to take that on and make those same decisions. I thank you for giving me this little bit of time. Thank you very much commissioners. I really appreciate your support over the years. You do great work and please keep it up. Thank you. President brandon thank you tom. Were losing so many great people. Thank you. Marie did you want to say anything . I want to thank everyone for their kind words and let tom know working with him was a joy. He made it easy to smile and to get the work done. Im going to miss him very much as well. Director forbes, thank you very much for your kind words and commissioners and all the staff here at pier 50. I enjoyed working with everyone. President brandon thank you marie, we appreciate your 42 years with the city and two cents with the port. We wish you a happy time. Now we will open the line to Public Comment<\/a>. Thank you president brandon. At this time, we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make Public Comment<\/a> on the executive directors report. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment<\/a>. The system will let you know when your line is open. Other will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments will be limited to three minutes per person. The queue is now open. Please dial in our 3 if you wish to make Public Comment<\/a>. We have one caller on the line at this time. Opening up the line now. President brandon hello . Anyone on the line . Im sorry, can you hear me now . I was on mute, sorry. I dont normally get on, but theres always a reason. God has biblical reason why i get on the phone. Tom carter this is james bryant. You know, known you over the many years and its totally appropriate for me to say congratulations to your long, hard work for the city and county of San Francisco<\/a> as a personal friend, i want to thank you for giving all that you given to San Francisco<\/a> and i want to say thank you. President brandon thank you. Any more callers . At this time, there are no other callers on the line wishing to make Public Comment<\/a>. President brandon Public Comment<\/a> is closed. We will open up to commissioner comments. Commissioner woo ho. Well go to commissioner gilman. Commissioner gilman thank you so much president brandon. Director forbes i want to acknowledge your team and your staff how strong they were stepping in the roles that they provided. I wanted to thank you for cultivating such a strong team here at the port that while you were away from us for four months, there was no doubt that daytoday operations in large and Strategic Issues<\/a> like many before us today were moving with the staff. I never had that doubt. I wanted to give that shot out to you and the support staff to really knowledge the work that happened while you were away. One question i had or maybe it could be a future agenda item, [lost audio] i want to commend efforts and taking them slow and cautiously. I wonder if we have a similar internal team either within real estate or sitting somewhere in the port to help guide our tenants. Im increasingly concern about the office and tenants allow to reopen in these measures of what support were providing folks to comply with the Health Orders<\/a> and with safety guidelines. I was curious if there was a mechanism within the port to help guide our tenants and guide folks for best practices for returning to work. Thank you so much for your question commissioner gilman. Thank you so much for acknowledging staff and how much work happened in the last four months. I appreciate that and i know they appreciate that too. The process for guiding port tenants in reopening is through the Public Health<\/a> Department Information<\/a> and guidance branch. Its the primary group. It starts with a health order or Health Directive<\/a> from dr dr. Aragon. That work is all coordinated through the Economic Reopening Task<\/a> force. Leading former commissioner rodney fong is leader on that group. Im work with department of Public Health<\/a>. There is a lot of guidances about how to do things safely. I think quite frankly, the one of the hardest parts now is what activity we can really have while living with the virus in this stage, pretreatment and vaccines that help make the impact less hoa horrific and extreme. I think that is the conversation the Real Estate Team<\/a> has done an amazing job s soliciting feedback. Were all struggling whats really possible whether its Outdoor Dining<\/a>, retail indoor retail. Is the Customer Base<\/a> there to support and will we have to close the door on a reopen day. Many states are having to roll back. We had to pause. Public Health Department<\/a> may have to recommend a rollback because as we see, this virus, once it spreads, it spreads rapidly. Thats the kind of thing i will corporate to work with our tenants and get answers through Economic Reopening Task<\/a> force in the city and leaders involved on reopening, listening to the mayor, listening to her direction on reopening, working, watching carefully Public Health<\/a> through the directives and guidance and issue branch. The enforcement happens mostly through our Police Officers<\/a> because they know the Health Director<\/a> so well and theyre working together to keep everyone safe. There is very large program. I think the important positioning will likely to be convene conversations with our tenants and make Strategic Decisions<\/a> as the custodian of the property to really support economic recovery. Thank you director. It might be great to have informational from the entities to understand it. Were in such a unique position. I know were not going to see 24 million visitors to the waterfront this summer. We are part of the city high traffic of visitors on the southern waterfront and on the northern waterfront. I think i would love to hear from the Health Department<\/a> and others how were educating that group. Pier 39, ive been there. I experienced it. Lots of other aspects of our property can be negated and have greeters the way that dozen. Im concerned around the amount of tourists coming in and not complying with our local orders. President brandon Commission Er<\/a> woo ho . Vice president adams. Commissioner adams director forbes, good to see you back after those four months. You definitely have a strong team, team of warriors led by mike and katy both did great job and all the team. I miss most of your directors report. I appreciate what ms. Gilman said about healthcare. I will weigh in more. I want to thank you and glad youre back and were all hanginhanging in there and doine best we can. President brandon thank you. Commissioner woo ho , can you hear me now . President brandon yes, we can hear you. Can you hear us . Commissioner woo ho . Can someone reach out to the commissioner . Absolutely, were working on that now. President brandon thank you so much. Elaine, welcome back. We have missed you. We really want to thank mike and katy for stepping up. They did a phenomenal job. Theres so much going on now. They stepped right in and like everyone else, you have a great bench and great team of people. I want to thank commissioner makras for his service on the commission. We will really miss his real estate expertise, various ways that he had us looking at our projects. Hes been great to work with. Im sure he will find another [indiscernible] regarding executive directors report, elaine, at the last meeting, i challenged the commission and the staff to come up with recommendations to help with our racial an equity and justice programming. I hope that during your executive directors report youll give us update on whatever recommendations for policies, changes, staff or the commissioners come up with so that we can continue to make substantial changes to the way we do business and open up the port to black people along with other minority groups who has been underrepresented for so long. I want to keep that front and centre. Hopefully youll able to give us an update. I dont know if you want to Say Something<\/a> about our new responsibilities, director, manager and what the port is looking to do with that role. I would love to give an update at every meeting. I think thats an excellent suggestion. I like to introduce her at the next meeting. She started yesterday, i want her to come and it will be a good item on the report to talk about the role and introduce her. Thank you so much. President brandon thank you, i really appreciate it. Were ready for the next item. Item number 8a. Informational presentation on potential programs to support local Business Enterprises<\/a>, l. B. E. S that do business with the port or port tenants and have been financially harmed by the covid19 pandemic. Hi. Can you hear me . President brandon yes, we can. Great. Thank you commissioners, president brandon, Vice President<\/a> adams and commissioners gilman and woo ho for the opportunity to brief you on item 8a about the action the port to consider in support of local Business Enterprises<\/a> l. B. E. S harmed by the pandemic. My name is Stephanie Tang<\/a>. I am the procurement and contracts manager. This item is made all the better with the assistance from the port team, a special thank you to katy and wyatt. This information item comes out of the commission forsight in championing the l. B. E. Program as an engine of the economy and also forsight to frame the efforts. In this presentation, well look at our priorities and how this fits into the work we want to do through the lens of equity. Well look at the target population of l. B. E. S before these programs. Then for the program overview, ill present three possible strategic objectives, Program Objectives<\/a> and finally well look at funding and next steps. The port Strategic Plan<\/a> named equity as a core priority. Equity supports the diversity of our city thats part of the national conversation. L. B. E. S are a key partner that provides professional and Construction Services<\/a> and also the supplies that allowed to do our work and achieve our mission. Our Program Objective<\/a> is to ensure microl. B. E. S to have access to capital. What does this matter now . Its really brought on by covid. We are all in this together. But this experience is not the same for everyone. Certainly not for black and brown and latinx communities. Long standing systemic racism has put minority groups increased risk getting covid19. Covid19 is a Health Emergency<\/a> and its an economic emergency. Everyone is worried about how Small Businesses<\/a> are going to survive at this time. This brings us back to l. B. E. S. L. B. E. S are Small Businesses<\/a>, a majority are women or minority owned and they are segment of the population but has a real connection to the port. We pulled together this slide to give you a sense of who are the target l. B. E. S that we want to work with. All of this chart depicts l. B. E. S who have some relationship with the port. Either tenant, supplier of goods and services or the contractor. L. B. E. S are different sizes of l. B. E. S. Thats based on the gross receipts how much business they do. Staff chosen to focus on the smallest in gross receipts, l. B. E. S. The first column on the left are m. Bes which are minority Business Enterprise<\/a>, Centre Column<\/a> is for women Business Enterprises<\/a>, third column is businesses that are neither women or minority owned. Majority of these businesses are women or minority owned. [lost audio]. In order to have a proper response, there are some things we can do immediately. There are some things we should do over longer term. This is a crises that will require median and longterm action. Immediately we have two major areas that we recommend. One is a emergency program, the second is a l. B. E. Tenant rent forgiveness and in the longterm, access to capital program. Lets begin with the l. B. E. Hardship emergency loan and Grant Program<\/a>. This program is intended to provide a shortterm and fast way for l. B. E. S to access capital. We know its important to move quickly and to make it accessible for businesses. We watched the news to see what happened with the federal ppp program. We understand that we have to consider implementation and how we stand up and administer program that can work. To do this, we are heavily influenced by existing program with the city that which is done by the economic and Workforce Development<\/a> that was started shinsince shelterinplace. This program is called sf health. Our proposal for the information item today is for the port to fund a 1 million loan program for microl. B. E. S who are port tenants, suppliers or on a project team as a prime or subcontractor or subconsultant. Similar to the sf health program, these will be for up to 50,000 and zero percent interest and the amount you qualify for will be based on your own specific business expense like payroll, utilities and inventory. The port would incentivize repayment. Between repayments in full between years zero and two, 50 of the principle replacement will be required for 50 forgiveness. 75 of the principle will be paid for 25 forgiveness. Between years three and five, the loan will require 100 principled replacement. In order to implement this, the port will would partner with oewd to administer this program. Likely community will partner with a Community Development<\/a> Financial Institution<\/a> cdfi. The criteria for the applicants will be very similar to sf health with two key additions. The new criteria will be one and two. You would have to be certified as a microl. B. E. And you would have to be located on port property or as a prime or subcontractor or subconsultant on a port property. The rest of the criteria are based on the sf health criteria. The one that i want to highlight for you that may evolve is the last criteria. First lets go through the criteria. You must have a valid San Francisco<\/a> business license, you have to be for profit business located in San Francisco<\/a> in good standing, your annual Business Revenue<\/a> must be less than 2. 5 billion a year. You cannot have any city and county tax lien or judgments, you have to demonstrate that youre been harmed by this pandemic including a 25 drop in revenue since january 1, 2020. When this program was first implemented, you could not gotten any Paycheck Protection Program<\/a> loan. The ppp loan. The p. P. P. Has been funded numerous time by the federal government and many more businesses have gotten loans. Staff recognizes that given Small Businesses<\/a> assistance, experience with the p. P. P. Program, we must be deliberate about our outreach and Technical Assistance<\/a>. Second is the loan servicer, the one processing the loan. They have experience with shawl business lending and understand the onlines that a Small Business<\/a> may face. Finally, well connect with existing programs. The city has Contractor Development<\/a> program that is run through Risk Management<\/a> and the Contract Monitoring Division<\/a> with meriwether Insurance Services<\/a> as the consultant. It is through this kind of diverse approach that we believe that l. B. E. S will become aware of and access the program. The second part of our approach is an l. B. E. Tenant rent relief Forgiveness Program<\/a>. There are about 30 l. B. E. S located on port property and offices through Truck Parking<\/a> and this item will be taken up later in the agenda on 10b. Before we turn to the longterm program, i do want to mention something of consideration for this commission as we talk about longterm what should the port do. The voters of california have prohibited the use of race, sex, or ethnicity in public contracting. In 2004 a San Francisco<\/a> court ruling resulted in suspension. As a result, theres now the l. B. E. And nondiscrimination and contracting ordinance. This ordinance is both race and gender neutral. Theres no such benefits for being either member of a minority or woman. This november the voter will vote on this ballot measure and may open the door to the city and county of San Francisco<\/a> to implement gender and race based bids and rating preferences on competitive solicitation. Why would the port engage in a along term program with access to capital . We dont come to you today with a absolute solution what we could do. This is more about policy considerations about what were thinking. The port is a special agency in that we have both public and private Public Partnerships<\/a> and as a result, some port projects such as mission rock and pier 70 are not eligible for all elements of the city programs. As a result, we wanted to think of something of a program that would provide l. B. E. To access. We recognize this is a challenging problem and we are working with and exploring other municipalities and work with other Partner Agencies<\/a> to identify a solution. When it comes to the port, we understand our basic plan is to attempt to mitigate risks and maintain our principle. We do not want to end up too risky situation. We are exploring opportunities where the port can be a guarantor or other Risk Mitigation<\/a> projects or could be benefit from existing loan guarantees from other institutions. Were also considering how do we strengthen l. B. E. S with their existing Financial Institution<\/a>. L. B. E. S all have a bank but they currently work with and how do we improve their standing there. We intend to return this winter with a proposal after the voices of the voters of california has been heard. What is the Funding Source<\/a> for these projects . For the shortterm, for the hardship emergency loan fund, we recommend deploying 1 million from the southern waterfront Community Benefit<\/a>s and beautification fund. Over the longterm plan that would be an additional deployment from the southern Waterfront Community<\/a> beautification fund. What happens next . At a future meeting, we will come back with an action item about the emergency hardship loan and Grant Program<\/a> and after the election, we will also come back with more information about a longterm l. B. E. Program. In concludes my presentation. I welcome your questions and suggestions. President brandon thank you stephanie. We will now open up for Public Comment<\/a>. We will open the phone lines to take Public Comment<\/a> on items 8a for members of the public joining us on the phone. At this time, we will will open the queue for anyone on the phone who like to make Public Comment<\/a> on item 8a. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment<\/a>. The system will let you know when your line is open. Others will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments will be limited to three minutes per person. The queue is now open. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment<\/a>. President brandon thank you. Anyone on the line . We have two callers on the line at the moment. Opening the first line now. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. The port, president brandon, Vice President<\/a> adams, commissioner gilman and commissioner woo ho. My name is james bryant, im the ceo of jvl partners. Im calling to say this is probably one of the most heart felt moments that an l. B. E. Like myself, could have imagined. This year alone, at this point, my company has a 59. 4 loss ratio. Without Services Like<\/a> youre now talking about, my company will probably not exist in 2021. I suggest and i stress the suggestion that the commission move on this proposal and what i will also do is say to the commission, as a Voting Member<\/a> of california, i will be voting to try to make sure that the changes for the proposition 209 will forth come. I say this to say that only if every department in city and county of San Francisco<\/a> could this. L. B. E. S and micro l. B. E. S who would actually possibly have a chance to participate and have the opportunity to have an even Playing Field<\/a> and a better chance at being a successful business. I want to thank you all for your time and i hope that again, you pass item 8a. Thank you. President brandon thank you for your comments. Next caller. We have one more caller. I will open that line now. Good afternoon. My name is nowell bonner, ceo and principle of bonner communications. I want to thank president brandon and Vice President<\/a> adam for howing me to speak. I want to applaud the port staff for thinking about ways to support and uplift San Francisco<\/a> l. B. E. S during one of the challenging economic downturns. While covid19 has impacted big business across this nation, there has been disproportionate impact felt across Small Business<\/a> community and San Francisco<\/a> has not been immune. L. B. E. Has been fighting to keep their staff on payroll and doors open as some have been canceled and others on hold or paused indefinitely due to the uncertainty of covid19. As a certified microl. B. E. And Business Owner<\/a> that able to secure a p. P. P. , it was only helpful for the time it was intended for. Eight week period. This pandemic will be much longer than we all would like and that it is less likely that we can rely on the federal government to provide guidance and support. Do believe it is up to our local governments to step in. The programs like support l. B. E. Hardship and emergency loan and Grant Program<\/a> would not only provide critical, capital to some of the businesses that need it most in San Francisco<\/a> but given the things they need to get through the uncertainties of covid19, take care of their business related expenses and ensure they have an opportunity to stay engaged on port projects. I want to mention that i think the inclusion of the port potentially acting as an intermediary between l. B. E. S and their banks to help with the payment of line of credit is brilliant. This is an important longterm thinking that can be incredible for the growth and development of Small Businesses<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a>. Again, i want to applaud the port for putting this l. B. E. Hardship emergency Loan Grant Program<\/a> together and i hope it will gain the support of the Port Commission<\/a> today. President brandon thank you. Any other callers . Yes, we have one additional caller on the line. Good afternoon im monica wilson. Im San Francisco<\/a> microl. B. E. In district 10. The work that i do is focused on providing services for the l. B. E. Community on jobs on large developments as well as a consultant as part of the meriwether and Williams Development<\/a> program. I want to quickly say, i support this program tremendously. What nowell and james said, the hit is hard within the l. B. E. Community now. At my work, inclusion of this program, the creation of this program, will absolutely be another tool in the l. B. E. Tool box. It is very clear to me that the strength in the port is behind this. When i first heard about this, this is where the port and the creativeness and compliment to l. B. E. Commitment to l. B. E. Is so strong. The work that i do in particular on the mission rock project and working with the general contractors for the last couple of years. I cannot wait to share this with those developers and the team at large. This is a beautiful program. I support it tremendously. I cannot wait to be working with the port to deliver this to the l. B. E. Community. Thank you very much. President brandon thank you monica. Are there any other callers . At this time, there are no other callers on the phone. President brandon thank you. Seeing no more callers on the phone, Public Comment<\/a> is closed. Commissioner gilman . Commissioner gilman thank you president brandon. Thank you stephanie for that thorough presentation. I was briefed prior by staff by stephanie and katy. Im in supportive of this item. Im really proud that the port is stepping up in this capacity. Stephanie was being shy she informed me that other enterprise departments are looking to the port to see we have this program so they can offer the same benefits to their l. B. E. L. B. E. S and that do busins with them such as the airport. Im really proud were leading the way. President brandon, lot of this came from your leadership, i want to thank you for that. Im supportive of the item. President brandon thank you. Commissioner woo ho can you hear me . President brandon yes. Commissioner woo ho i dont know why we had problems earlier. Anyway, thank you very much stephanie for the report. I think its very well thought out program. My only question really is, i want to understand how the rent forgiveness will work with this. Will we have an l. B. E. That will be eligible for both . If they are, how do we separate out whats going on with each . The current thinking of that, the rent Forgiveness Program<\/a> and the other Hardship Program<\/a> are working together if the Commission Wants<\/a> to make a different recommendation, staff is open to that. Commissioner woo ho i want to make sure that we understand how it is working together and so, were saying because of the p. P. P. They might have p. P. P. , they may have this and rent forgiveness. Its always nice to have richness. I understand the trauma theyre going through now. Its very difficult. We want to make sure that were balanced. This is a large sum of money. I dont think this is going to take somebody over the hills in terms of financially. I do think that somehow we need to understand how rent forgiveness works with this program and that we have clear guidelines rather than say well work on case by case basis. Thats my recommendation. Thank you commissioner for commissioner adams stephanie , good report. Im also in support. President brandon, thank you, i know youve been pushing for this for a long time. I appreciate those that called in. I believe this process is longterm. I always thought beginning of something coming out of something. I feel that this is longterm. Whatever we can do to help, this is a good start. I appreciate all the work that went into it. Im in support of it. Thank you. President brandon thank you. Stephanie, thank you so much for this report. I want to thank the team. I want to thank katy for all the work that went into bringing this here today. I think this is something that the rest of the city can look at and can get involved in. I want to thank our Development Partners<\/a> for really engaging our l. B. E. S and through those meetings, understanding that the things that was hindering l. B. E. Access to capital. Trying to come up with a longterm program that can really help our l. B. E. Theyre in a peculiar position because its a Public Private<\/a> partnership. I thought about starting this longterm fund that l. B. E. Can access and then when covid hit, we try to come up with Grant Program<\/a>s. Now we have grant loan program. We are so fortunate to have stephanie who work with our l. B. E. S and their loan program to be able to come and help us create our own. Im hoping that this can be a model for the city. We can get other enterprise agencies to invest in this fund. All of l. B. E. S working on this Public Private<\/a> partnership, will have access to capital. Stephanie, thank you very much. I appreciate all the time and effort and all the meetings weve had. You can explain it. [laughter] i appreciate that. Im looking forward to the next meeting when we can take action on this item. Thank you. Next item please. Item 8b. Informational presentation on economic Assistance Loan Program<\/a> for crab fishers impacted by the pier 45 shed c fire to be administered in partnership with the Mayors Office<\/a> of economic and Workforce Development<\/a>. Good afternoon commissioners im with the external affairs division. Before you is an informational item to discuss economic assistance in the form of a loan program for crab fishers impacted by the pier 45 shed c fire. During this epresentation, well provide background and overview with proposed program, discussed funding framework and conclude with a discussion about the next steps. Our program oik objectives and s are the ones who support crab and fishing communities through capital investment. To ensure tenants can stabilize their business for longterm success, three, preserve a historic and hard working community and industry along our waterfront. This item supports a numbering of our Strategic Plan<\/a> objectives including preserving the ports Diverse Player<\/a> time maritime portfolio and providing for the current and future need of fishing industry. By way of background, on the morning of saturday may 23rd, a four alarm fire engulfed pier 45. Thanks to the swift work of the San Francisco<\/a> Fire Department<\/a>, the fire was contain to shed c. A 75,000 square footwear house that contain local fishers use this equipment to deliver approximately two third San Francisco<\/a> fresh seafood annually. San francisco crab Fishing Community<\/a> producing pounds of crab each year. It is a vital part of our waterfront history and identity. Port staff has been working with the office of economic Workforce Development<\/a>. Supervisor erin peskins office and the San Francisco<\/a> grab boaters ocean, others develop two programs. First is a Grant Program<\/a> for down payment assistance for the initial outlay capital to purchase replacement crab traps. Second is a loan program to offset the remaining cost to purchase the traps. While they Work Together<\/a>, the Grant Program<\/a> is a separate endeavor led by oewd and funded through private donations for the down payment assistance. Crab trap pictured on this slide here, consist of a welded metal frame covered in rubber and wrapped in a wire mesh. Hand full of manufactures in Northern California<\/a> and Pacific Northwest<\/a> produced these traps, manufactures build each trap by hand, production and delivery can take several weeks to complete. At a per trap cost, over 200 small fisher will need approximately 40,000dollar and large operation will be over 150 to purchase the crab traps necessary to fish through the 2021 crab season. Manufactures require a 25 to 50 percent down payment. Thats the program if you headed by oewd and supervisor peskins office. Today informational items covers the loan program for replacement of crab trap. Port staff is proposing to provide 1 million in Capital Funding<\/a> for a grab fisher loan program to assistant tenants. Staff anticipates 20 to 30 port tenants will be eligible for and apply for the loan. Loans would have a fiveyear term with zero percent interest and would be allowed only for the use to purchase crab trap. The port continued on the existing framework to administer the funds through oewds relationship with mainstream launch. To be eligible for the funds, applicant will need to tenant of shed c register with the port. They need to be and active fisher, will need to confirm receipt of replacement crab traps and provide their california fish and wildlife permit, maximum number of authorized traps. Loans will not be able to fund a number of their crab trap threshold. They need to participate in the 20202021 crab season. The formula for determining the amount of each loan has two tiers. First fishers will receive a 100 per trap for the first 200 traps they purchase. All remaining funds will be allocated proportionately based on the outstanding debt of each applicant. Both tiers will be funded in single round of applications. We drafted a small, simple application based on criteria identified earlier. Crabbers would have to complete the application prior to set deadline. Will provide Technical Assistance<\/a> to assist with the paperwork. Well able to determine the final allocation of purchase based on the funding formula i just identified. Fishers will have up to five years to repay the loan with the first payment due eight months after the loan is awarded. Delaying collection will allow fishers to start the crab season and stabilize their business prior to the first payment. If a fisher misses a single payment no fees will be accessed. If they miss second payment, they will be assessed 5 penalty. We are also potentia potential p provision. Our goal is to balance giving the fishers leeway to give economic challenges of the industry during this current crises while protecting the port capital. Funding for the loan program will be allocated on one time basis through the port Contingency Fund<\/a> which was appropriated in fiscal year 20192020. If approved the port will transfer funds to oewd to work order to administer the Program Based<\/a> on memorandum of understanding between the two agencies. Again, this is an informational item. Were prepared to return to you with a formal program with an action item. Members of the finance division and i are available to answer your questions. That concludes my presentation. Thank you. President brandon thank you. [indiscernible] at this time, we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who like to make Public Comment<\/a> on item amendmen 8b. Dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment<\/a>. The system will let you know when your line is open. Others will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments will be limited to three minutes per person. The queue is now open. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment<\/a>. President brandon thank you. Do we have anyone on the line . Yes, at this time, we have three callers on the line. Opening the first line now. Hello Port Commission<\/a> and port employees. My name is john miller. Ive been fishing out of Fisherman Wharf<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a> for over 40 years. I lost all my crab gear may 23rd fire, pier 45 which represents the lifetime of work. Its essential to make living as a fulltime fisherman. Due to the challenges of covid and lost of my ability to make a living without my crab gear, i really appreciate that the commission is going to make these loans and grants available because otherwise, i couldnt stay in business. I would lose my career and my livelihood. I want to say i greatly appreciate the help and support from the commission to facilitate this. Thank you all very much. Its a very desperate situation for the San Francisco<\/a> Fishing Community<\/a>. I cannot emphasize enough we really need your help. Thank you very much. We have three callers remaining. Im commercial fisherman out in San Francisco<\/a>. I lost gear in shed c. 35350 crab gear. I agree with john miller, definitely appreciate it. Sound like you guys are working to help out. I am a little concerned about this program. For me personally and possibly some other fishermen as well. Im in the sure if the one size fits all necessarily work. I potentially have gear that is still in the shed. It will be definitely disappointing to me if the only way i can receive any of the grant fund or loan is by more crab gear when many of them are salvageable. Immediately after the fire, i was concerned that i wouldnt be able to fish next year unless i took actions in my own hand and got more crab gear and i borrowed 30,000 and used crab gear from a friend of mine. Which will take less work getting new gear and lost little less. I feel like im put in a situation where im possibly the only way i can is to possibly end up with far more crab gear than i actually need. I know im not the only fisherman in that situation. I would imagine theres other people that may have bought used gear or like to buy used gear because its already rigged and fish. Everybody knows its not just the cost of the crab pot but theres hours of labor that goes into it. If i were to buy 350 brand new crab traps now, if i had them delivered tomorrow, theres no way ill be ready for next crab season. Buying used gear is the way that i have gear thats ready to fish. Thats considered an option not just for me but other fishermen. Thanks again, i appreciate the port seems to be making a good effort to help everybody out. President brandon thank you. The Current Program<\/a> is not for salvage gear. I can talk about the salvage gear in pier 45 at the conclusion of the Fire Investigation<\/a> and director forbes updated during the directors report. Well be able to strategy some of the gear in there. Until the Fire Department<\/a> concludes the investigation, no one can access the shed because of safety reasons. In terms of the loan program, this loan Program Targets<\/a> towards new gear. I think we have to limit it to new gear because of the paperworpaperwork involved and e tracking criteria for each individual application. President brandon next caller. We have two callers. Ill open the next line now. Thank you guys for taking the time to hear us out. My name is john barnett. Im president of the crab boat association. Almost everything in the shed fire would be pretty consistent. I have two boats that i lost over 650 traps. I want to thank Aaron Peskins<\/a> office trying to get us at least fishing again next season. Its been a tough process. I already purchased 250 traps about a third i had previously. I had to rig them up. Thats all i could afford. All i could rig up in time. I already started the process. I want you guys to know that, this is devastating for the 30 fisherman who lost their gear. I personally dont how half of them without some funding assistance like this are going to make it. Some well established, over 25 years of saving equipment like john miller earlier sade. To replace that will take time. Its not something that can happen in one season let alone in three or four months. I want to thank you guys for all the hard work for hearing us out and for hel helping us to help s order in here and for communicating with us quite a bit. Pretty much all i have to say. Thank you guys for your time. Opening the last line now. Yes, good afternoon Port Commission<\/a>. I like to take the time to thank you for helping us out with the loans and grants. Im one of the charter boat operators and commercial fibberman. I have a charter boat that weve been running for the last 45 to 50 years. He a i had a bunch of stuff out there. Not only its the crab gear and all the supplies that goes along with the full time operation. I want to thank you for helping us out and helping keeping communication with us. Im fortunate enough to believe theres still some salvageable gear in my shed very similar to nick and other people out there. I had to order some gear just to make sure that i can get ready for my season alsoly enough. Early enough. My concern was there would not be enough supplies. Thats why i ordered the gear early. Theres a way to salvage, let us know in the sooner the better so we can figure out what i have to order. Once again, i like to thank you for helping us out with the loans and grants. Its been a tough time. President brandon whats your name. Im eric. At the charter boat bass. President brandon appreciate your comment. Aare there any other callers . At this time, there no other members of the public on the phone. President brandon seeing no more callers on the phone, Public Comment<\/a> is closed. Commissioner woo ho. Commissioner woo ho thank you for that report. I think were all very happy to see that we have come back with a program and sound like its really going to help the fisherman. With a little concern about what you said this will not apply to any used equipment. Well work through that. We do want to help them get back on their feet. I want to applaud all of you for doing this quickly. Is the private donation already funded for the down payment . Is that already been arranged . I dont need to know the name of the donor. Is that still in the works . That is still in the works and ongoing. Commissioner woo ho otherwis e im supportive and appreciate that were working on this. Its such an integral part of the port and part offer maritime history. Make port of San Francisco<\/a> unique and different. Thank you. Commissioner gilman thank you for the report. I want to echo commissioner woo ho. Im supportive of the item. I want to thank supervisor peskins office for their leadership and taking on this philanthropic contribution. My only comment i have related to the Public Comment<\/a> where you receive from gentleman who purchased used equipment. I understand why our Loan Program May<\/a> not a fit. We ask that we explore to see whether the philanthropic dollars brought in that will be combined with our dollars. If theres a way osegment those that could support individuals who either using used equipment for purchase who are purchasing the lines and floats. If someone just needs to purchase new lines and floats, would our program be permissible for that . Is it only the full crab pot. Our program focus only pod crab traps. We can smores that we can explore as we return as look at used gear when we return for the action item. We want to keep it simple, keep it direct and that was really the cleanest way that we could rapidly deploy funds for the crabbers and the stick just to the crab trap themselves. Commissioner gilman im not saying we should go down and used at used hubs. I was curious if someone needs to purchase new floats and new lines. It was more of mention to look at how we can leverage the philanthropic dollars to support their fishermen and fisher women. Thank you again for your report. Thank you. President brandon Vice President<\/a> adams. Commissioner adams i want to thank supervisor peskin and mayor office support. I want to thank eric and the two john and nick speaking from the fishing, commercial Fishing Community<\/a>. Im also in very much support of this. [please stand by]. Is. Thank you so much. What happened at pier 45 was devastating. I had the opportunity as the other commissioners to recommend to the board and just being out there and seeing what happened and the thought that the tenants might not be able to have a season without our help. I want to thank supervisor simpson for raising the dollars and so happy that you and the entire team were able to put this together. Im sorry, president , one is supervisor peskins staff. And trying to make Public Comment<\/a> and we didnt know if we wanted to give them the opportunity to speak. U a yes, it does look like someone is on that line. I can unmute that line now. Thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners. This is a representative for supervisor peskin and thank you for allowing me to virtually express your gratitude of the work of the port and all of you on the commission to find the expedited relief to the crabers and in the immediate aftermath of the fire, it became clear we would need a ride range of tools and the down payment is one of those tools that hopefully will bear fruit for folks as they struggle to get these very intricate handmade craftsmen crab traps replenished and produced. I learned a lot about the effort into creating the crab traps and the crab pots. The sooner we get this out the door, the better. And boris and katie and folks and he and his team so thank you for your consideration for this item and the care and attention that you have given to the community. A commissioner brandon, you are muted. Sorry about that. Thank you so much for your comments. Is there anyone else on the line . We will slow Public Comment<\/a> again and with both of these, i think that we can hear from the Public Comment<\/a> that these businesses need funds. So if we need to have an emergency meeting between now and our regularly scheduled august meeting, i think we should do that to have the items approved so let us know if that is something we need to consider. Thank you. Thank you, commissioners. Next item please. Item 9a, request authorization to advertise construction contract 2795 and resolution number 2032. Good afternoon. I will be giving todays presentation to request the mark improvements and how this background meets the ports strategic objective, scope, budget and funding, local Business Enterprise<\/a> goals and the proposed schedule. Next slide please. Herons head park is the ports largest park about 22 acres and it includes walking trails and a dog run and the ecocenter building and is a habitat for many birds and other wildlife. Successful implementation of the 2008 geo bond funding allowed for expansion of heron park and head park and has related in increased use. The park has over 5,000 visitors per year of all ages. 75 are San Francisco<\/a> residents and 35 are from the nearby neighborhoods and the 92124 zip code. In another exciting recent example of increased uses that this month the tenant at the eco center which is sf rec and park started hosting the first ever kids camp at herons head park called wetland explorers. 100 of the kids are receiving scholarships to attend and from the nearby 92124 zip code. This increased use of the park resulted in in awareness of increased needs. The Funding Source<\/a> for the project is the 2012 clean and safe park general obligation bond. The overall objective of the geo bond was the rehabilitation of the citys parks and will improve pathways, accessibility, and safety for the public while protecting the Natural Environment<\/a> of the park. Next slide please. And this work supports the goals of the ports tra stra teejic plan and will make im to the ports Strategic Plan<\/a> and provide more amenities at the eco center and the pathways at the park and a. D. A. To connect to the pg e shoreline to provide access to more of the southern water. By performing upgrades to the eco center solar panels, the project provides more amenities to the tenant which is currently San Francisco<\/a> recreation and Parks Department<\/a> as i mentioned before. This will allow them to more effectively provide public programming at the ecocenter. This contract promotes living wage jobs by providing opportunity for local Business Enterprise<\/a> which is includes contractors from historically disadvantaged communities and meeting hires and the eco center is considered off the grid and powered by the Solar Panel System<\/a>. By upgrading the Solar Panel System<\/a>, they will improve herons head park. Next slide please. And so port staff determined and prioritized areas of improvement at the park based on the geobond funding and discussions with the tenant of the ecocenter. And will replace the old one on that pink line at the bottom. And the Solar Panel System<\/a> at the eco center will be replaced and path lighting will be installed along the blue dotted line to provide a lit path to the parking lot and to be installed and constructed. There will be a bid to construct stairs to construct the Southeast Side<\/a> and the ramp along the picnic area and repaving the picnic area and Additional Photo<\/a> and you can see the photo of the southeast door and location of the future stairs. We included this as a bid alternate to insure this will come in and the stairs and ramp will provide direct access in the ecocenter and currently to get to the picnic area, the person has to backtrack and walk about 400 feet. We hope this will facilitate use of that picnic area. Next slide please. 100 of the funding for the project will come from the 2012 geobond which were specifically allocated for use in park upgrades. The engineers Construction Cost<\/a> estimate including a 10 contingency for the proposed project is 965,000 dollars and the bid alternate is 350 thuz including contingency. Including the bid alternate t total anticipated budget is 1. 3 million. Next slide please. The Contract Monitoring Division<\/a> c. M. D. Has established a 20 lbe subcontractor participation goal to outreach to contractors located in San Francisco<\/a> and encourage bidding by lbes with the particular focus on the bayview neighborhood adjacent to the site. Staff outreach will include phone calls and emails and newspaper advertisement and hosting the bid opportunity at the San Francisco<\/a> Contractors Assistance Center<\/a> which we will have to check on if that is an option due the covid and facilitating introductions at the meeting. There are two permits required for this work. The port encroachment permit will be secured by staff prior to construction and additionally, herons head park is under the jurisdiction of San Francisco<\/a> bay Conservation Development<\/a> commission, and this construction is pending their approval through an already existing permit. And this approval we secured prior to construction as well. If you approve this today, we plan to be on track to have completion by july 2021. In conclusion, i respectfully ask you authorize herons head to advertise for competitive bid. Thank you for your time. So moved. Second. Now lets open it up to Public Comment<\/a>. Thank you, president brandon. At this time we will open the queue on anyone on the phone to make Public Comment<\/a> on item 9a. Please dial star 3 and the system will let you know when the camp is open. And comments will be limited to three minutes per person and the queue is now open. Please join the queue now. Thank you. Do we have anyone on the phone . President brandon, at this time we do not have any colors on the line. Thank you, erica, for your report. And i have no kwet at this time and i support the item. Awe thank you. Commissioner woo ho. An i am supportive of the item and i dont have any questions either. Vice president adams. I have no questions and i am supportive of the question also. You did a great great job, and there are no questions. Do we have a balance in the 2012 geo bond or is this it . There is 3. 1 million in remaining unspent 2012 geo bond funds, but those funds are allocated, so as erica said, 1. 3 million for herons head and then the eare maineder is allocate the remainder is allocated to the the renovation of aqua vista park which will occur with construction of the mission bay ferry landing. There is a tiny little bit about 250,000 remaining for us to do some feasibility work related to a potential project on isles creek. Thank you. Thank you very much. Carl, can we have a roll call vote . [roll call vote] thank you. Motion passes unanimously. Next item please. Item number 10a, informational presentation on the responses received and scoring panel results for the south beach piers 38 and 40 request for proposals within the embarcadero National Register<\/a> Historic District<\/a> for the adaptive reuse, rehabilitation, lease and operations consistent with the goals and policies of the draft waterfront plan and the ports resilience program. Good afternoon, commissioners. David dupree with real estate and development. Commission president brandon, director forbes, and i first wanted to introduce the team and the support that i have had from mike, rebecca, eileen, and stephanie and getting to this point in the process. I am joined today by a few others as well including our preservation expert who is provided excellent expertise to the scoring panel. Next slide please. This briefly provides an outline of what i will present today and going over the Strategic Plan<\/a> alignment, the background, the Respondents Development<\/a> con comments and technical expert review and review and scores, and then i will turn it over to simon from pacific waterfront partner who is will present the overview of his concepts. And i will close it out with next steps moving forward. Next slide please. A successful rehabilitation of piers 38 and 40 will touch on five strategic objectives including productivity. Stability, resilience, engagement, and equity. And as we get further in the presentation, you will see how the successful project will lead to each of these. Next slide please. Provide a little bit of background and the slide should look familiar. This r. F. P. Process is the direct outcome of the waterfront plan updates including the nine plan goals and including the embarcadero district public trust objectives, the south beach area objectives, the acceptable uses from the waterfront plan for the pier 38 and 40 facility. And Community Input<\/a> on the values and priorities of the community and the cac wanted to see delivered with piers 38 and 40. And we want to make certain that the project aligns with the city resorts and the Seawall Program<\/a> and the army corps of engineer study. We have a brief outline of the process today to build off the request for interest for all the historic piers we concluded in the summer of 2019. We went to the port for permission and for informational items in december of 2018. February 2019, and may of 2019. And then we drafted the r. F. P. Goals and objectives to bring to the Central Waterfront<\/a> Advisory Group<\/a> and the northeast waterfront Advisory Group<\/a>. The south beach, Mission Bay Neighborhood<\/a> group in summer of 2019 and we returned to the Port Commission<\/a> with the goals and objectives of the r. F. P. To seek authorization to release it in october. We issued the r. F. P. In january of 2020, and on march of this year we received two respondents. Next slide please. Here is a high level overview of the Development Offering<\/a> in the areas offered for both pier 38 and pier 40. Next slide please. High level overview of the process. Again, on january 10 we issued the r. F. P. We made people register to down load it so we could see who downloaded it. There were 150 people registered and downloaded the r. F. P. And on january 24, we held a prebid meeting and tour. We hosted it at the South Beach Harbor<\/a> Community Room<\/a> and toured both piers 38 and 40. We had about 80 people attend including nine developers. 49 subconsultants and 10lbe firms. As a part of that tour and prebid meeting we had people sign in, selfidentify with whether they are a prime developer, end user, or tenant that may have responded to the r. F. I. A consultant or an lbe consultant with colored name tags for each organization. We broke the group into four small groups and gave tours by port staff and opened up the meeting room to people could network amongst one another to see if they could form teams between themselves. March 4 we received two proposals. I will also mention throughout the process there were three opportunities for protests regarding the and pacific Waterfront Partners<\/a> will be presenting the concepts in just a bit. Next slide please. I am going to provide a brief overview of each of the responses and then simon from pacific waterfront partner wills go into more detail on his specific proposal. Pacific Waterfront Partners<\/a> was a public playground where family cans engage in water oriented recreation and land side Recreational Activities<\/a> for a diverse population. They have uses that include maritime uses, publicly oriented uses, Revenue Generating<\/a> uses and significant investment in the piers, the maritime uses, just a few highlights include Youth Sailing<\/a> facility, center for water transportation and new marina, publicly oriented uses include affordable restaurants and popup retail, Public Access<\/a> on both the aprons and internally to the historic facilities. Proposed marketplace on pier 40. And free activities and events. Revenue generating uses include office, retail, and the office space includes nonprofit space for nonprofits as well. And the total investment was 383 million including the full size resilience and improvements consistent with the secretary standards. Next slide please. Here is the site plan and Land Use Program<\/a> for pacific Waterfront Partners<\/a> including a summary of their Square Footage<\/a> by use. Essentially the green and orange areas are the publicly oriented uses and Public Access<\/a>. The light blue is office that is Revenue Generating<\/a> uses but which would also include space for nonprofits. The new marina is identified to the north with an extension of the seawall and the South Beach Harbor<\/a> seawall that provides wave attenuation and resiliency. We have Orton Development<\/a> and their vision was for rehabilitated mixed use pier 38 and 40 with the aquatic park to invite people to play and work. And an aquatic recreation park and space for excursion water, taxi and ferry. And publicly oriented with Public Access<\/a> and restaurants and pier 40 with the revenue generated use to be office and retail and the improvements were also consistent with secretary standards. This is an overview of ortons land use site plan and the total program and the purple identified on this for the Revenue Generating<\/a> uses and the yellow orange areas where the public serving uses along with between the peers and Aquatic Center<\/a> from the maritime functions. And from the r. F. P. And assist the scoring panel with three technical experts and economic Planning Systems<\/a> and market feasibility proposals and port engineering staff. And port preservation staff reviewed for the preservation approach to secretary standards. Next slide please. We had an allstar scoring panel that included sophie maxwell, the late ron miguel. And byron rett, the chief operating officer, alice roger who is participated in the Waterfront Plan Working Group<\/a> and generation and the retired project and the appreciation of the passing fortunate to have worked with him to the end. Stephanie tang managed this process and worked with the Panel Members<\/a> to complete the ethical clearance and blackout forms that you approved previously. I will mention between steps one and step two. Proposals were do at the early onset of the covid outbreak and we affirmed the reinterest of the developers and step one and step two and came back and reaffirmed the interest moving forward. We review the score sheets and the Panel Numbers<\/a> and provided the overview of the technical members. And april 10 we convened and moderated the review meeting with the Technical Panel<\/a> and the scoring panel. And with the r. F. P. To see if there is any question about the scoring process to guide them through the scoring process. They submitted score sheets for tabulation and june 10 we convened the panel and reviewed the process. The scoring criteria was approved by the commission with the written responses and additional 30 points as a part of the verbal interview process. Next slide please. This summarizes the result and for 114 points and eliminate the highest and lowest scores for each of the criteria and the remaining scores were average. They were close. Next slide please. I will wrap it up at the end. Thank you, david. Good afternoon, president brandon, commissioners, and Vice President<\/a> and i am simon stonegrove with pacific Waterfront Partners<\/a>. I want to thank the planning and Development Staff<\/a> im sorry, and good afternoon, director forbes. And director forbes leadership they have struggled for three years to get the waterfront draft plan update completed and i want to thank the neighbors, particularly so many neighbors who work so hard and the draft and all special friends to all of us. Next slide please. I want to start off just a little bit by not talking too much about us, but we have trefk Financial Partners<\/a> who never give up, never stop learning, and i was an immigrant, and we, too, are dreamers. After submitting the proposal in march and after the horrible events in minneapolis and afterward and like many of us around the country and around the world, we decided we must stop talking about equitable minority inclusion and start acting. Should we be selected, we have restructured our project team, and i have asked corner stone to join us as project manageers. I have known wayne for over 15 years and have always admired his work and his mission. I look forward to actual partnering with him in the project. Over to you, wayne. Next slide please. Thank you. Good you go back . I spoke to early about the next slide. There we go. Thank, simon. I have known simon longer and i know him to be a reputable person and this development is really significant for a coup of reasons. It will be transformative for the port but more importantly it represents the unique opportunity to use the development to bring opportunity and capacity to the local community. So i think we would have failed if we dont figure out how to include local businesses and lbes and local San Francisco<\/a> residents into the process. Cornerstones role is two part. One is to i a cyst on the technical side and the program and Construction Management<\/a> side which we have been doing for 34 years and most of the large programs when we help our clients and we always want to have something to leave behind and on the team is to build an incubator or what we call a world class facility. And the uniqueness of the facility will be that it will focus on the premises, number one, and number two, focus on skills and focus on inclusion and access to opportunities from the development and it will focus on diversity. So throughout my brief presentation i will highlight a few things that we have done as a company and what the Cornerstone Institute<\/a> is going to establish here so the model on the team is to build it, to train, and to sustain. This facility were going to establish on the premises will be a facility that will include several features. One of the features will be job training and placement, entrepreneurship, Small Business<\/a> development, financial literacy, industry Networking Opportunities<\/a> and most importantly, job training in specific skills in the areas of design, construction, and Real Estate Development<\/a> which will be part of the whole three to five year process. So to figure out a way to make this ecosystem which i will further describe and with lbe employers and mentors and local residents. With the term ecosystem and create a pot of gumbo and the skills creating and access and inclusion from the community. The third piece is diversity. With the other projects with the official and history and replicated in our facility and will bring all the features of the Training Program<\/a> into the new facility. And again, i call it a gumbo of all of these benefits to the city. And i will collaborate with dwayne jones who i have worked with in the past in the bayview and were going to go out to the communities and the underrepresented communities in the bayview, the mission, and other communities throughout San Francisco<\/a> and do a listening tour and find out what is they want to be part of the development. Were going to bring that in and incorporate that into this development. Im going to make sure that happens with this team. Thank you. Thank you, wayne. My last point on partnering at the bottom of the slide were going to talk a lot about partner. Were going to partner with the community on this project. Were going to partner with support, with the maritime tenants, with the restaurateurs and other nonprofits and team members. Next slide please. This is our team. It is too long to go into, so i have cut it back. We have about 28 people involved. The significant thing is the joint venture in the project management and with the Cornerstone Institute<\/a> and they will involve them to hammer on the outreach. We have a fantastic team of architects and engineers with boat loads of experience. All of them get it and will ramp up their commitment to the inclusionary employment. We have terrific contractors and specialty advisors to expedite the entitlements and general contractors this is still in the lbe area. We are entirely experienced lawyers and bond financing expert and now so you can stop looking at the boring slides and leave our interpretation of support vision, i want to introduce or lead consultant who will present the next portion. Thank you very much. And members of the commission, it is nice to be here today and at the beginning of the process to partner with the community and plan for the two historic piers. A diversity of uses and diversity of users. The two historic shed and bulk head buildings. Next slide please. At the same time we want to meet and exceed the public trust object ifrs and the goals of the draft waterfront plan. In this view you see some of the Community Benefit<\/a>s to the wharf park area. With the Youth Sailing<\/a> program and along the waterfront. Next slide please. And with the plan in the r. P. F. , you can see here in the ideal low and orange colors and restaurant, bike and kayak rental and include in the pink at the bottom on pier 40 open to members of the local south beach community. We are extending the historic bay front walk and interpretive history and display areas in the sheds and bulkhead buildings themselves. In the areas in between piers 38 and 40, you can see the increase in water activity that were bringing to the project including floats and including public swimming and bathing area to the east with pier 40. And building the new outdoor cover with photovoltaic glass to help activate the next important spot. In activating the embarcadero what we are really doing is connecting the local neighborhood with the pay. So trying to bring views through to the sheds and the pay to vaift this area. Next slide please. And importantly, creating a structure of our own time which is combatable with the historic structures. Which is the creation of the outdoor market, latin food market that we have discussed in our proposal, connected to sustainable transportation, bus lines, walking, biking, and we erie yating a space that serves diverse uses but diverse people. And brings Economic Opportunity<\/a> to the area. Next slide please. And next slide and forefront in the mind as well as resiliency and postearthquake resiliency and measures to combat sea level rise. Simon, would you like to take over here . Unmute myself first. Want to talk a little bit about resiliency. Three forms of it. Resilient structural and Financial Engineering<\/a> and the cfd and the ifd and the grants that are marked on this plan and are probably too hard for you to read. But were going to partner with the port Structural Engineers<\/a> and we have a capital that will arrange the bond funding to relieve support staff of all of that. And then there is Financial Engineering<\/a>. You will see in red at the bottom lefthand corner there there are eight restaurants in the rocket area, each about 125 feet. We are going to form incubators for the port. These will be future points is we will not charge anything and we will charge zero rent. Were going to subsidize the original improvement costs. And unless president brandon thinks i have gone nuts, we are going to implement a stepped percentage rent program so that as they succeed, when they suck suit and the orange indicator and markets of market rates shown in orange. The to t highlight there is is no maintenance charges until they can afford it. There will be 50 and there will be the step percentage and the poor goes to and the cap on price points so that the community can affordably dine out. Were going to have a Selection Process<\/a> managed by the community, the port, and us. And were going to ask for no chain stores, no chain restaurants, and dedicated. And lastly, were going to have startup for the water taxis as we have done at pier one and a half and we will have subsidies to encourage water tax tee transportation such as tide and i am foing to focus on the next slide and go past that and that technology is already old and suffice to say the ports engineers have passed us in the and in january. Thank you for and we are humbled by the opportunity of being considered. And the possibility of partneri partnering been on twins 2013 and if you decide to awart it to because i feel like we are finally going to get our chance. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, simon, wayne, and mark. Next slide please. So i am ready to wrap it here and be very brief. Our next steps and and seeking approval to begin negotiations on august 14 and ideally in the fall or winter of this year come back to the commission seeking an thor if i didnt say that the scoring and that we couldnt lose with either of the respondents. And i think simon also mentioned that what we see today may end up being slightly different from where we end up in and and evolves over a time. Lastly, i want to thank you matt and steven and mark for their technical review support and extra big thanks to Stephanie Tang<\/a> who jumped into this process which is not a typical procurement process and is not the typical first week of work at the port and ongoing support from michelle and and were all local up there for questions . Now lets open it up to you think and is for members of the in and will provile instructions now. Thank you, president brandon. At this time we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make Public Comment<\/a> on item 10a. Please dial star 3 to make Public Comment<\/a>. The system is now open. Dial star 3 to make Public Comment<\/a>. Thank you, jennifer. Seeing no callers, Public Comment<\/a> is closed. Commissioner woo ho . Thank you. This is actually very significant and momentous day. I still remember when we closed pier 38 to a wonderful project and the proposal has been terrific and if we had gone forward with what is proposed to the and what would have been the partial solution and not have been as thorough and comprehensive and meeting so many objectives and in what we are living through today and living across the country and all the things we need to do and the vibrant waterfront and i commend you for bringing in the partners and to bring the project more inclusive and achieve the objectives as we need to do and being responsible in the city for the and the social objectives and in society and the vision and see so much more today and i think while we were very not very happy that we had to live for this long to get here. Which was not really very complete. It was worth the wait to today and much more appropriate for the two piers and the vision being expressed on many Different Levels<\/a> and in terms of the maritime and the Community Benefit<\/a>s and open on the commercial side. And i would like to say this. See a lot more detail on the ideas and what it will help us to make this project financially successful and there was a huge difference in the amount of investment involved and that is a good and bad between the two proposal. On the one hand it is great there is going to be an enormous amount of investment in your proposal and also worries me in terms of how he will be all funded. And the particular part that i think you mention and perhaps we need to know more detail and in terms of the staff report and understand clearly the seismic work and the seawall and sea wall rise to be reflected. We had many major magnificent projects proposed to us in the past and from pier 32 only to find out when more details and more research was done and the projects became a lot more difficult and feasible and my questions really and i am not sure whether you can answer them today but something that the port staff and all of us should be aware of the show stoppers and what would not make the project come to fruition since we have been down this path before. I guess that is something that if you have any thoughts today to talk about and to hear them and i am concerned with measure major developments and we are all excited in the beginning. I am really excited. This is amazing. And i am pleased to say that the project po posers are people we proposers are people we know and trust and in terms of simon and the excellent work we have done. And we had to be pleased to have very strong proposals here. I want to make sure this time we dont have anything that will surprise us and not allow something to come to fruition. What would be the show stoppers here . We can address that, commission. Simon, it is rebecca. Can i jump in first . Commissioners, real estate and development. I want to begin by highlighting what david ended the presentation on which is that i would imagine we are very quickly going to start to look at the in water work and extent and location of the various marina facilities that had been proposed and i can see some of those evolving. And not from a show stopper perspective but being on this program and going to evolve and the simons group will have to do in terms of looking at where the best locations are in terms of the seawall and bay mud and locations of the piles and which will need repair and full replacement. Not a show stopper but the evolution on the program in case you like to answer further. Thank you, rebecca. Commissioner woo ho, we studied this back in 2009 and a subtenant of the then tenant of pier 38 and Structural Engineers<\/a> with this assessment and did it again in 2013 and with the engineers both of whom have done pier one and pier 15 and are very experienced engineers and we have on our team the two contractors who have been brothers and who have done a whole lot of the work they did at pier 15 and pier 70 and i am forgetting in my nervousness and they have done a lot of work. And Power Engineering<\/a> has worked for us and then worked for what they have done the work in the basin right here in the building and another i have known him for a long time and is very knowledgeable engineer. And patriaian who has been working and criminal to the Port Engineers<\/a> and the seawall repair. And the diagram and looking at in january. And been changed and the seawall is not as in bad shape as pier 1, 3, and 5. We know it will be expensive. We think our estimates are too high. We are very thorough when i built it with the low bidder. And i used the contact that was doing the bay bridge. I will never do that again, but decided to go and be done with it. So i dont have to not sleep at night. And these guys have done an incredible job. This is a very thorough estimate and i am very confident in the costing. I dont think there is any show stopper. The show stopper you asked about might be that we perform at the same rates that were getting currently or a little bit less than what were getting on 1, 3, and 5. We have the strength and we think space and location is so fantastic and were not going to have any problem and you will see cbre and are leasing people and the piers and written arrest and giving a lot away from the community. The charges will result in the gross trends being slightly higher and the Sailing Academy<\/a> and eight restaurant and their contribution as a percentage of the overall 276,000 and it is pretty small. So we are pleased to go through Due Diligence<\/a> and we have an acre of documents that i have been under this for so many years and investors are satisfied with the Due Diligence<\/a> and hope to set aside the port and independent consultants and im sorry, i forgot the name. And we know to be able to satisfy them as well. And i want to point out we developed because we want to have three and five on the waterfront and we saw it for 106 million and higher than the top floor and the sales floor staff. We do good projects and confidence in the quality. I believe we will be able to attract the Office Tenants<\/a> given the covid doesnt keep up for 10 years or San Francisco<\/a> doesnt fall off the bay from the earthquake. I believe that we are going to be able to have the office and income subsidize the Public Benefit<\/a> if i may, we have a Long Commission<\/a> meeting. I have two other comments. One, and i just want to mention it and since you were living in gnaw environment with covid and much more aware and the pandemic in the design to mention that hopefully and the Office Designs<\/a> to address these kind of threats in the future. I guess that is something for you to consider and the ventilation systems, etc. , and the other piece is for the port side. You mentioned and so it will be important for us to understand the benefits both obviously not just the public and Everything Else<\/a> that you have mentioned in your vision but for us and it is not today and i am always the one who wants to understand the financial benefits that we will see and work well and we have worked well in the past and something to put on the record that it will be very important to set the enormous project of this kind given that we are faced now with tremendous challenges ourself with our Capital Project<\/a> and we are trying to help as you have seen throughout the whole Commission Meeting<\/a> and hell ap lot of our tenants get to the difficult time. Hopefully we see some pot at the end of the rainbow for everybody here. That end my comments. Thank you, commissioner. Thank you. Thank you, commissioner gilman. And i am really excited about your proposal and bringing the cornerstone to the Community Benefit<\/a>s and they are very, very impressive and i am really excited. I dont have the history of other commissioners of false starts on piers 38 and 40 and i was excited by the concept and the design. I had just a couple of questions and i dont need necessarily the answers today and you answer the financial questions around the Community Benefit<\/a>s you were providing and the one question i apologize. Occupying that space so are the relocation space and construction and the right to return and call it the shed and out on the pier and to engage the tenants. Simon, i can take that. And i think as we move forward commissioner, simon, i will try to answer it. Commissioners, eas we move forward, we will try to engage existing tenants and the community and see how we can work with existing tenants that are out there. They do activate and are important to the South Beach Harbor<\/a>, but we need to work with all the tenants in the community to see to best address their needs. And whether the Relocation Assistance<\/a> and the manufacturing businesses and related to maritimes and to not lose track as we do this incredible revamping o of the pier. And then my only other question was more could you brought it up and i apologize i dont remember in your statement you just made and mentioned you did sell the previous property that you did from the ports and pier 1 1 2 and 5 and the safeguards if you ended up after development and some reassurance and the Community Benefit<\/a>s and in the posted element and the benefits that you are putting into the project. It is rebecca. And i can answer that one as we get into the negotiating period and as we formulate the term sheet. And the longterm lease will require the Community Benefit<\/a>s that we absolutely value to be in place for the term of belief and if the tenant eventually chooses to sell the lease and with the obligation. I am looking forward to seeing how this project moves forward and working with the new partner and working with the coronavirusstone and that concludes my question. Thank you. Vice president adams. David and simon. Thank you for the presentation. And it has been a long time and commissioner will lay that out and it is about timing and this is some exciting news amongst everything that is going on in our society. I am looking forward to the commissioner to be briefed individually and a lot of the questions to be briefed individually and the commission who has her questions and president brandon, commissioner gilman, and i have mine. And for one on one time and the commissioner is running short on time and i am excited about that and i want to learn more and then kind of give us the small details and what i have heard so far is very exciting and very positive thing and i myself am like commissioner gilman and how about the tenants that are already there and we pride ourselves in the port about community and family and take care of people with dignity and simon, rebecca and all the time. And i look forward to the one on one briefing. I am done. Thank you. The whole team, this was a wonderful presentation. And i want to thank you for listening to me. And i am just so happy that you actually went and revised your project to include cornerstone and i have known wayne for over 20 years also. The last five, 10 years he has been looking for a facility to do job training. And you are giving him along with the other seats and the project. And this joint venture is absolutely phenomenal and thank you for being one of the first on the ports to take a league and do something on this project and projects like this. And i appreciate that. And we were really lucky to get two wonderful proposals for these piers. And then we have a great panel. A great review panel that i respect highly and everyone on that panel. And for them to have chosen you in this project and i know that you have studied the piers for the last 10 years or so. And i am sure you will be able to know its all in the numbers. So all of us will be looking to see what this will actually provide to support and looking forward to working with all of the projects. Thank you. Thank you, commissioners. Thank you, david. Okay, paul. Next item please. Item 10b, informational presentation on the status and finding of the opt in rent Deferral Program<\/a> and proposed rent forgiveness strategy. Good afternoon, commissioners. Rebecca in the real estate and development division. I want to provide a brief moment of introduction before we wow you with all the details and a long meeting and stretched in the meetings and nobody can see me in the room and is the informational presentation and the proposal for rent forgiveness and we have been talking about this at several meetings and we have gone over quite a lot of numbers and appreciate the inclusion and the course divisions and incorporating with Andre Coleman<\/a> and nate cruz in finance and director forbes and all of the others and mike barton and those in their various or respective lead states at this moment. We worked quite a lot on the program and i wanted to provide one introduction which is trying to get the balance right and looking for your guidance here with the key balance between the port Fiscal Health<\/a> and as it works on that balance and look for the program we can administer with more than 500 tenants and we need to come up with a program that is administerable by our small staff. And we also in providing this program and the rationale to the tenants and will be more accepting and supportive of the programs that they understand with a clear rationale for the proposals they are making. And i wanted to think about the other programs outside of San Francisco<\/a> and port of san diego and we are looking at s. F. O. And within San Francisco<\/a> for other models and we really feel as though the program we are starting to develop is more robust than others we have seen. Most of the programs are focused on deferral and getting the towin forgiveness and informational and to assure the commission we are looking around to see what other large landlords are doing and really feel that as we get into the q a you will begin to see that the proposal were going to put in front of you is robust and really drives at getting that balance and the courts Fiscal Health<\/a>. We will all be available for the discussion. The manager and the Real Estate Management<\/a> team and the commission and the proposed rent forgiveness strategies to extend a very immense amount of gratitude to the colleagues and rebecca and mike and the finance and Accounting Team<\/a> because this is our team and we are pioneered and in this effort to really extend relief to the tenant. It has been a lot of work to prepare for todays presentation. Next slide please. The presentation will give an overview on the broad based rent Deferral Program<\/a> and the application and closing tomorrow evening. The rent forgiveness strategy that we have proposed in our staff report and the fiscal impacts of all three of the programs and then the thinking on further release and other relief measures in place to support the tenants. Next slide please. And with the overview and reminder and we have seen this quite often and the broad based rent Deferral Program<\/a> and default interest on rent payments from march 1 and covered nearly all the tenants with the handful of exceptions and qualified any lease provision and the pursuance of eviction proceedings and the lease obligation during the deferral period. Next slide please. The chart in front of you is our revenue performance between march and june. This is revenue paid versus unpaid as you can see here in march. We had due to the billing and invoicing type of goal a lot of payments came in in early march and Deferral Program<\/a> in mid march and collected a good amount of rent in that month and the collection rate there was 91 in april and a decrease in collections of up to 3. 2 million with a 54 collections rate in may and down to 2. 6 million collected with a 40 collections rate and in june 2. 3 Million Dollars<\/a> with a 37 election rate. In the calculations and applied estimates to performance moving forward and removed march and the average of april through may and april through june was the average of 44 revenues collected. Force next slide please. With respect to the Optin Program<\/a> i wont go through all of this and where the major difference from the broad based Deferral Program<\/a> to the opt in program and waiving late fees and from august 1 through december 31. This does allow tenant who is have been deferring rent during the broadbased period and to the new period of time. Next slide please. At the time that the power point was presented we only had 24 applications in as of noon today and 34 tenants that submitted information on the Online System<\/a> and the data i will be sharing today is more up to date than what is on the chart that you see on the screen above. And should also be noted that i have been checking the online application and so now that 34 number is bumped up to 44 and i imagine that number seems low, but people have referred to this program as submitting Tax Information<\/a> and we might be seeing severe uptick in applications submitted by 11 59 tomorrow evening. And in summary of the application presence today and 34 applications and seven which were maritime tenants and six of which were restaurant tenants and four were retail and 17 fell into the other category at this point in time and we actually have no parking operators who have submitted an application to the program. In terms of gross receipts our application asks a variety of data which we are still coming through at this point in time. But as of noon today and the best number we could use was 2019 gross receipts reported and so the businesses that an under a million and 12 businesses reported between 1 and 5 million were roughly 10. 5 to 10 millions and tenants and businesses that generated over 10 million in gross receipts were 4. And there were three submittals that appears to be typos and we are reaching out for clarification on that point of information. And of the 34, 27 of the tenants applied for Financial Assistance<\/a> varying from local grants to payment protection program. And we are reviewing that data now to understand how many people have applied and received those funds who are still waiting to hear back for their awards. And then in terms of the 34 applications that those applications represent 4. 5 million in deferred rent. Next slide please. We decided not to update this table. The table has been presented to you at a prior Commission Meeting<\/a> and we will update it at the august Commission Meeting<\/a> after the application period closes. But in summary, this is an analysis of the total estimated financial exposure or potential exposure from the rent Deferral Program<\/a>. And we anticipate total potential rent being deferred at 36. 6 million and likely payments of deferred rent through december 31 and based on the historic payment performance and we estimate that the likely actual exposure is at 21. 4 million because many of our tenants continue to pay rent during this period of time. Next slide please. So shifting to rent forgiveness and we are proposing the four following sectors and fall into tenants who pay some form of percentage rent and the third updated by supervisor stefani earlier today and local Business Enterprises<\/a> and fourth criteria being tenants that would that could apply to not too exceed amount by the commission. Next slide please. The overview of the proposal and the percentage of tenants and are recommending that the port forgive all base rents and require payment as defined in the current Lease Agreement<\/a>. This relief period would be from march, retroactive from march 1, 2020 to april 30, 2021. With respect to the select maritime tenants and lbe tenants and forgiving of base rents and period of march 1 through may 31. The fourth bucket fall into three and prudent to propose the criteriabased program and with the apply for rent forgiveness and similar public serving in the nature and negative impact from the pandemic. And at the time we dont have proposal on the relief period and would be based on the application process that we would administer. Next slide please. And so in an analysis of the rent role and with the Maritime Team<\/a> to really cull through all of our tenants and these are estimates of the tenants affected by the program. In percentage tenants we estimate there are approximately 51 tenants and those 51 tenants represent 14. 5 Million Dollars<\/a> for a 13month period. With respect to maritime tenants and the maritime tenants are proposing to provide forgiveness to and fishers, crabbers, and Fish Processors<\/a> and port fishers in the northern waterfront. And this group is approximately 122 of the tenants. And represent 700,000 in the rent forgiven for the threemonth period. Lbe tenants estimated that to be 28 and this number differs slightly differs from the number presented earlier today. And the port premise in the place of business and looking at the rent roll we discovered there were not tenants of ours and provide forgiveness to those we have an agreement with and so those turned out to be 28 and for three months to represent 160,000 in rent forgiven. The criteria based category, we left that open ended and want to hear from the commission and from the public on their thoughts on thousand this criteria based program could be crafted. Next slide please. So in terms of proposed conditions, generally speaking for all the categories. And the tenants under the release and must date and maintain the agreed upon hour of operation and they must if they have not submitted the application similar to the Optin Program<\/a> and required to submit similar or Additional Information<\/a> on top of that and tenants who have outstanding balances greater than 10,000 prior to march 1 would not be allowed to participate in any of our Forgiveness Program<\/a>s. Specifically regarding percentage of tenants and would require them to report sales as required by the existing Lease Agreement<\/a>s and pay that percentage rent throughout the period of time that the base rent is forgiven. And for local Business Enterprises<\/a> and for that march 1 through may 31 period and they will end in the proposal to maintain lbe status during that period of time. Next slide please. Rent forgiveness and our administration of that program, there are two overarching operationalizing of the program. In order for this to be efficient and fair we are proposing to use standardized forms by sector and the form will include standardized language, terms and provision that are applicable to the detectors and it is our recommendation that if a tenant elects to participate in our Forgiveness Program<\/a> they will be required without exception and without negotiation to enter into that formal amendment. We will present the draft forms of these amendments to the commission at the following meeting. With respect to rent credit there have been tenants who are contemplated in this Forgiveness Program<\/a> that have paid rent and may continue to pay rent and so rent paid in 2021 and 2022 that be spread. Next slide please. In terms of fiscal impact and the percentage rent and the maritime tenants and the lbe tenants, this represents represents base rent forgiven for the various periods of time. And the percentage estimated and we dont have a crystal ball and the future and the analysis and we looked at 2019 sales reported by all of the percentage rent tenants and in to take what gross sales percentage could be and determined what the 25 performance would look like and the 25 performance and 50 performance would look like. And the potential percentage rent generated from that could range anywhere from 6. 6 million to 13. 2 million. And as rebecca noted and researched with other city agencies and other similarly situated private landlords and the proposal is one of the first that tackles the topic of forgiveness. And many of the colleagues are considering various forms of forgiveness and abatement to concern the waving of base rent and the percentage share approach. And the forgiveness strategy and the proposal that can be operationalized sufficiently with the current staffing. And lost a lot of retirement and people moving on to jobs and the team is limited in bandwidth at this point in time. Many of our private sector colleagues have either the luxury of either a small set of tenants or deep benches of employees to tack it will one on one negotiation process and we dont benefit from either of those scenarios. And next slide please. And in terms of other relief, we have mentioned this criteria base and budget limited and rent forgiveness category where tenants could apply to the statewide and negatively impacted by covid and we have discussed the Payment Program<\/a> to do research on what standardized interest and fees might look like and in terms for a rePayment Program<\/a>. And the city continues to pursue board of supervisors legislation and that is the Eviction Moratorium<\/a> with the legislation and we will keep the commission updated on the items and created launched the Application Online<\/a> and i think we were with 11 of the tenants have approved permit process and the application process and has been an immense team player on this program. The other relief item that we are concerning the leaf extension for some of our tenants who are terminal operators. I know that some of our tenants have approached us with other requests for at least extension modification, etc. Next slide please. So in summary we really would like input and any element of the suite of programs and we would like to confirm that our categories and sectors are the right set up and thinking around helping to provide rent relief to the tenants and any recommendations on important criteria for the criteria based program and any parameters that you have in thinking about that so next slide. So that is the end of my presentation. Rebecca and i are here to answer any questions you might have regarding our proposal. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you. Thank you for the presentation. Now lets also open it up for Public Comment<\/a> and open the phone lines and Public Comment<\/a> from members of the public. Jennifer will be the operator and provide instructions now for anyone on the phone who would like to apply Public Comment<\/a>. Thank you, president brandon. At this time we will open the queue for anyone who would like to make Public Comment<\/a> on item 10b and please dial star 3. And the system will let you know if the line is open. And others will wait on mute and limited to three people per person and dial star 3 if you wish to make comment. And do we have anyone on the phone. President brandon and at this time we have one color on the line for Public Comment<\/a>. Okay. I will unmute that line now. My name is kevin wesley with lus fish shack and we are incredibly grateful that you are considering a rent Forgiveness Program<\/a>. We did fill out the rent abatement form and spent many hours putting together the financial projections at a 75 recovery rate against 2019 sales. And paying percentage rent and the tenant in 20 years and look forward to any support you can offer us because this is the survival issue of us. And in the Restaurant Community<\/a> that this type of program and thank you very much for your time and consideration. Any other callers . We have one additional caller on the line. Opening that line now. Hello. Good afternoon. [please stand by] were doing about 25 precovid revenues. At that level, we do not make money. We do not break even. We lose money. Ive been able to bring back about half, 50 of the 250 people we employed precovid. As we take a look at the future and with Governor Newsom<\/a> and mayor breeds announcements yesterday, Indoor Dining<\/a> is sort of on a temporary hold. We kind of look like 86 weeks to 10 weeks before Indoor Dining<\/a> would open up. Which kind of puts us in the same boat as 25 or 30 of revenues. Forgiveness program and to be able to participate on a percentage basis is certainly what we would like to see. All of our salary managers that are working in the restaurants have all taken salary decreases. Weve kind of informed all of our investors and owners that there wont be any distributions this year at all. On top of that, weve had to take a 4 minimum wage increase effective july 1st. Everything is kind of stacking up against us, especially uncertainty for how businesses is going to come back in the future. I really appreciate you taking a look at this Forgiveness Program<\/a> and helping the restaurants stay viable and have them able to contribute to the port on a fair and equitable basis based on how busy we actually be given all the circumstances. Thank you very much for your time. We have one additional caller on the line. Hello Port Commission<\/a>, this is drew harper calling. Thank you once again for hearing us all today during the meeting. I think you have a very gentle leader to lot of people trying as hard as they can through some trying times. As a side note, i was trying to voice some comments on agenda item 10a but i couldnt get on in time for some reason, i was having technical difficulties. The delay between the tv and the phone conversation makes it hard to sign in. I sent those comments to amy to give you to. We opened up june 1st. We are 50 our Business Plan<\/a> is failing. Thats the corporate Charter Commercial<\/a> charter business. But Sailing School<\/a> is up and running and even though with you cut our capacity in half. Currently on revenues and roughly 25 year on year comparison. Thithe only difference being ths year were working through cov covid. I want to thank you for hearing staff proposal on rent forgiveness that will allow us to get through what we can threat through with covid. We have already put a large we have largest certified school. We actually lifted her up for sail two weeks ago. Which is heart breaking. That boat has been integral part of San Francisco<\/a> waterfront forever. She cant be supported without any operations. We got to figure out a way to keep the company alive. Were going to make it through somehow. I do appreciate your kind support and perhaps continued assistance. We look forward to working with our new partner in the future. Thank you once again. We have two more callers on the line. Good evening Port Commission<\/a>. My name is mahogany roland. I represent an organization that called rebuilding together San Francisco<\/a>. We are on pier 2008. 2008 pier 28. I started with n seven months ago. I wanted to share tonight and highlight some of the nonprofits voice and how pandemic has been really negatively impacting our nonprofit and really i want to thank the port staff and the commission for considering rent forgiveness and relief for our budget in particular, i did already submit an application for the Optin Program<\/a> and didnt really see a section where our Organization Fit<\/a> in. I felt it was important to highlight. I know im not the only our organization is not the only nonprofit in the port. I want to highlight rent relief and rent forgiveness and reimagining our partnership with the port, community service. Been around for 31 years and certified as a legacy business. We really want to figure out a way to stay at the port and also seek support and relief from the port and managing unprecedented times, eliminating having to essentially cancel and postpone fundraisers for this year. Have really seen a surge in our service and the need for our work. Having some rent relief and support would be huge. Thank you so much and i want to highlight the nonprofit voice in this discussion. Thank you. Opening last line now. Thank you president brandon and commission. This is peter osborn Owner Operator<\/a> mission resort. I want to thank the staff for their continued availability, thinking outside the box and support of our ongoing challenges. Its been a pleasure to work with such a professional group of people. Secondly, take a minute to give credit to all of the new frontline people working out in the world of covid. That is the staff, managers and employees of restaurants up and down the waterfront. Its serious times. We are taking serious measures to protect everyones Health Including<\/a> staff and public. Its no joke. Its hard work on top of an already difficult job. With that said, the program hits the nail squarely on the head. It allows us, certainly those of us who have been fortunate to reopen for business, given the access of Outdoor Dining<\/a> mission rock, has a wonderful outdoor facility and we have been very fortunate to enjoy some strong revenues as a result of that. Weather has been good and that will change as the year goes on. Hopefully we will continue to set an example in the city and county of San Francisco<\/a> and be able to elevate to the next level of dining which will include indoors and then hopefully groups can gather at some point in late 2021. Simple message, thank you, appreciate everyones hard work. I wish all of the conversations, fun and excitement. David and his team did a great job and i love the vision for the project. Thank you for everyones hard work. Stay safe and stay sane and have an enjoyable week. At this time, there are no other members of the public on the phone. President brandon thank you. Seeing no more callers on the phone, Public Comment<\/a> is closed. Commissioner gilman. Commissioner gilman thank you. I want to thank the staff continuously for the thoughtfulness and detail of your report. We have been talking about this item ever since we reconvene for Commission Meeting<\/a> in april. I have couple of questions. I was hoping maybe we can take them one by one. First one was that just about roughly 200 tenants in your proposal, which im strongly supportive of, can you tell me whats the balance other tenants that will fit in the other category . That is a tricky question. Theres a land rent roll and theres the maritime and parking rent roll. Roughly if you encompass all of that, were looking at possibly 800 tenants or customers. I guess tenants is not the right term. 800 businesses that do business with us at the port that are customers of ours. You mean there are customers who have multiple locations . There might be one company that has multiple locations. Can you provide the number of we talked about earlier, about how many tenants have been continuing to pay rent during the deferral people when they were required to pay rent . Yes, on the Deferral Program<\/a>, we had approximately 500 tenants that were eligible for deferral. During this period of time, we roughly had about 240 plus or minus giving the month who made payments during that period of time. We continue to see 44 payment response. I still cant get a complete handle on all of our businesses on the port. Commissioner gilman i was wondering what the balance of others would be from what you proposed. Can you give me a sense of that . The other question just a technical one, more from my own knowledge, its in the staff report on page 2 under section 2 when you talk about maritime tenants. Im assuming this is a typo. It says these tenants are at the heart of the port maritime business and have been indirectly affected with restaurant customers shut down. Is that a staff typo . I would say that is a typo. Theres a little bit how we categorize our tenants. Ramp restaurant Lease Agreement<\/a> is tied to the boat work. Under our agreements they would be designated maritime tenant. That is a good catch. Commissioner gilman i like we also meant, there are several types of tenant nats for example fish processers commissioner gilman i wanted to understand it. I wanted to ensure that the 51 folks that you cited that relate to the 14. 5 million that were considering relieving in base rent are comprised mostly of restaurants. Thats why i was asking the question. That clarification is really good. My only other question is could you tell me staff thinking since the rent seems nominal compared to the number of tenants. 122 tenants that make up maritime. For this period of time, which i know three month period 700,000 of forgiveness. Why we only choose to forgive through may 31, 2020 . Im curious why we chose that date . Is there any any consideration for extension of date. Not all of them are seasonal work. Come december come january, they normally deem operations anyway. Im concerned about the viability some are maritime tenants if were only forgiving during this period. Our thinking on that was exactly what you just hit on, to forgive during the heart of the shelterinplace period and then to have them on the Deferral Program<\/a> for the remainder period and what were working on next is the repayment plan. Come january 1st, tenants are going to have to start paying rent again and we would offer some sort of payment plan that we comprised with your input in terms of paying back rent that would come between the latter part of this year. I dont know if you can give examples of the types of tenants and your work with andres group. The numbers is why thats so different from the percentage, the type of space that they lease is typical shed space, lower Square Footage<\/a> numbers, lot of these tenants are primarily up in the northern waterfront. I dont know if andre is on the line. The thinking is that these tenants, they are still able to operate during this period of time. Theres still some level of the supply chain was hit for a period of time. Its still continued. Commissioner gilman that concludes my questions. I appreciate the approach. Something we talked about for the last couple of months. Im supportive of looking at it sector by sector. I think in the other category, we might want to break out office as a subcategory also. Thats more suggestion to staff. Im fully supportive of the rent forgiveness for moving to participation through april 30, 2021. I think theres lot of evidence to show that even without Outdoor Dining<\/a>, bringing in revenue as weather turn, thats going to turn as well. I think from whats been happen ing at the state, with the governor issuing the closure, its not looking incredibly optimistic that theyll come back in full force any time this year. I want to reiterate how much im in supportive of that. I like to come back with an action item for us to consider and to really see what the numbers are versus our overall budget. I would be interested in extending forgiveness for the 122 maritime tenants. I know commercial real estate has different principles and practices and its a newer field for me. Theres data that shows for residential renters, forgiving a portion and other back rent. It makes it incredibly hard for them to catch up. Regardless of length of payment plan. It also adds to the instability of that tenant already who may have been precarious economic situation. One month forgiveness might give them the capital they need to keep going. I would like us to consider a possible longer forgiveness for that group of tenants. Very detailed report. I really want to thank you for all of your work, your time spent. My only other comment would be, i want to encourage port staff too that the city and county of San Francisco<\/a> at least for nonprofit that contract with them, we have lot of nonprofit tenants on the port private nonprofit. The city is offering whole assortment of services from their own relief package like the p. P. P. Loans for businesses to bring back essential workers to help with rent payment and others. I strongly encourage us to when those folks Submit Application<\/a> to remind them to go circle back and we can wit check with oe. Thank you again so much for the diligence on this report. That concludes my comments. Commissioner woo ho thank you. Very comprehensive. We talked through this and all of you have done lot of the hard work. I have a couple of comments. I want to be sure that the slide you showed us is the payment of rents versus the uncollected rent. That excluded our major master lease tenant. This does not include our pier 1, thats not in that slide. The initial one who said who paid and who didnt pay march through june . Is that correct . It is but it doesnt include the percentage rent tenant. It doesnt include maritime tenants and it doesnt include parking stall tenants. I would defer to my colleagues on the lease admin team. I dont think theyre on the call. Commissioner woo ho i read in the staff report that this program doesnt necessarily apply to some of the larger Master Tenant<\/a>s like the giants. They really should be different category. Even though everybody is hurting, its a different category than what were talking about. Thats almost mislead if we have people that may have the ability to pay but deferring. I dont know. Are we going to allow the giants to optin and say well defer payment . The way that the program was designed was that if a Master Tenant<\/a> ligamentstown o like jamr 39, they can defer that relief. Were going through a process now to look at all of the unpaid rents during this period of time to determine who those Master Tenant<\/a>s are, confirm the relief provided to their subtenants. Commissioner woo ho its what we learned whole evolution the federal p. P. P. Loans. We wanted funds to go to the people that really need it and not because the program is available and you meet the criteria. Theres a big difference between the capacity and real need. We want to make sure that we also have our filters on to understand that difference. I hope that when you come back, you can explain to us that we put our filters on appropriately between you can design eligibility and sometimes you dont think through as weve learned. Look at the federal government has learned big lesson on some of the p. P. P. Loans of where they follow the criteria. Some of them as you know, they realized they were not necessarily people that should have gotten the loans. They had other resources and capital they could have tapped into. Lets make sure were getting it to the people who need it and determine whos paying and not paying and whos accurate. When i read in the staff report what you showed on that slide, i thought we were not talking about the same people. Now youre telling maybe theyre in that group too. Lets be clear on that. I do make a distinction between people who have capacity, which choose not to pay versus those who struggling to keep themselves going. Those are the people we trying to help and address. Does that make sense . Yes, well have that data when we return in august. Commissioner woo ho i had similar question to commissioner gilman. We had a former shelterinplace then we started to open again. Now were going back again. I wonder how our sliding time line works because the decision that are being made are not being made by the port. They are being made by the mayor or the governor. Its not controllable by our tenants. I dont have the answer but how is the Flexibility Work<\/a> particularly for a restaurant as an example, where they have to follow the guidelines to come out to the city . Lastly, i think you asked last time, there are restaurants that havrestaurants thatsaid this dos anymore. Were going to shut the doors. Have we heard any we received any reports from our tenants which said, we really dont think we can go on. We want to shut down now and just tell us so we can get out. Do we have a program for them . Yes. We didnt include in this presentation but we have Commission Resolution<\/a> 0904 that will allow us to enter early termination with tenants who has less than five years remaining and pay less than 10,000. Sincemamarch 1st we had 15 tenants approach the port requesting termination to their Lease Agreement<\/a>, of those 15, 11 were on either had expired terms and on monthtomonth. Theres one who requested and they dont follow under the 0904 provision. Were trying to understand how we can negotiate a potential early termination. Staff is working on how to approach termination and modification requests. Commissioner woo ho we dont want to have people to hang on hang on. We dont want to have somebody thats hanging in there and they should have cut the loose. We have not enabled them because of the Deferral Program<\/a> to the wait until the last minute. I want to make sure we understand those situations. Lets what the policy approach might be to those scenarios. Commissioner woo ho in terms of the timeline of how this works, we all thought if we control this, we would sort of go through the four phases and eventually open up. Reopening has become a lot more challenging. Now we just sort of semi reclose again. How do we factor that in conjunction with this program . I can provide a beginning of a response as Property Managers<\/a> have been talking to tenants and surveying them how their businesses going, you hit exactly oon the thing that people having the most difficulty handling is the different dates they trying to shoot towards the investments they need to make in order to get to what they want Indoor Dining<\/a>. We have to respond to Public Health<\/a> crises. That was part of the reason we proposed the longterm length of the base rent forgiveness for those percentage rent tent rent. We proposed that 14month term to provide the tenants stability. We can providing us percentage rent. They need to operate and that would get them through that coming low season that comes in the winter back to that spring reopening that we all hope is a better days ahead. Thats underlying reason to prong longer term that really relay on the public being able to congregate. Commissioner woo ho im not sure i understood the answer as far as the Master Tenant<\/a>s if their subtenant are telling them they need rent deferment. Theyre appellanting t appealing to their master landlord. Im not sure i understand that. We have these Master Tenant<\/a>s that have extensive Lease Agreement<\/a>s with us. Its con fe contemplated that fr Master Tenant<\/a>s we would enter potential negotiation and workout plans with those tenants. Commissioner woo ho sounds like youre not at the point where you can discuss with us . You got it right. Commissioner woo ho okay, got it. Commissioner gilman can i ask a followup question . I was curious, you said you receive a hand full of tenant who want to terminate their leases. Can you tell us the category of business theyre in without discussing the individual tenants . Im curious is it maritime, restaurants or parking, is it office. Do you have sense who they are . That can be telling of our program moving forward. I would say that of those who approached us, they are wide variety of tenants. Lot of them are in shed spaces. Hand full are very small office spaces. They had two spaces, they want to get rid of one of their offices. It was really i try to like digest that information. I dont have that at this point in time. Commissioner gilman other question, if we have a restaurant who is not participating in Outdoor Dining<\/a> or takeout, it seems absolutely shuttered. They would still be eligible for the program and possibly pay zero rent because there will be no participation through march of next year . The way the program is design the, they have top operate they have to have operating plan in order to participate in this program. I think what youre illuminating there are some that either cannot be viable in an outdoor space or can rely solely on indoor and that will potentially trigger other discussions on termination for those tenants. Commissioner gilman maybe we can discuss it at a further meeting. It seem more like historic tenants on the northern waterfront, dont appear to be open. At the end of the day, they dont apply for this program, thats their choice. I wanted to make sure i understood that operating hours was a component of opting in the program. President brandon Vice President<\/a> adams. Commissioner adams thank you both. This is a place that weve never been before. This is a very difficult conversation. We definitely know that cases are rising across the country. The mayor and the governor, theyre making decisions. You cant even say what the longterm strategy is going to be. This thing is changing daily. I really appreciate. I agree with commissioner gilman on extending the maritime out. I support the rent forgiveness. One of my concerns is that how long can we sustain this . If the port itself did we apply for any stimulus money ourselves . Did the port of San Francisco<\/a>, did we apply for stimulus money . Its my understanding we did not benefit from any cares act funding. If katy or nate on the line, they can speak more to covid related relief. This is katy, no, we were not the recipient of any federal support for covid. Theres still some hope that there will be successor federal bill that will provide Additional Support<\/a> to local governments. We would hope that ports will be included in that legislation. Commissioner adams theyre working on one now. They trying to reach an agreement. I think its the heroes act. Us not knowing how long this thing will last, i believe it could last way into next year. It might be good to talk to every commissioner one on one and get all their questions answered before we vote on this thing. Everyone feels comfortable, thats just my suggestion. Theres so much of the unknown and for me, as i said, i want to help. I heard from the people on the phone. I definitely think the port is in a position to make a difference. This year the port will lose money. I dont know how long this will be going on. I hope that at some point i can talk one on one and im hoping you can talk to all the commissioners and all our questions can get answered. I think its a good program for forgivenings. Forgive forgiveness. We dont know how long it will last. Thank you. [cant hear] president brandon there are lot of questions. Im a little confused because i thought that we were going to optin so we can gather information. Then we have the information and come back and present what we think is best for the tenants based on those documents. I was really confused when i saw this item and i am totally for helping our tenants however we can. Im trying with rent referral and rent forgiveness. Whatever decision we make has to be based on our Balance Sheet<\/a> and what we can afford. If were losing thousands of dollars of revenue, how does that affect our Balance Sheet<\/a>. If we decide to give however many tenants forgiveness or deferral, what does that mean to our Balance Sheet<\/a> . Are we going to have so start laying off people . Are we not going to be able to provide the service and the projects that we have on the pipeline based on doing this . How does this affect our overall Balance Sheet<\/a> . Were looking at 200 tenants out of 500 or 800 description. What happens with those other tenants and how do we help them . Is that the criteria base . To the Balance Sheet<\/a> question that you had, weve been working closely with nate and katy. The budget that was approved by the commission at the last Commission Meeting<\/a>, 15. 3 is well below anticipated losses or revenue cuts that we see in the fiscal year. As little bit of a process that finance took was really taking larger Economic Trends<\/a> and making cuts and this is coming from the bottom up and looking at tenants with forgiveness who might defer, etcetera. Really its like converging from the top and the bottom. The part thats unknown is number of tenants in want to execute termination and those who might want to pay back on the deferral. To the point of timing, i guess because were trying to provide as much relief to our tenants in a timely manner, we wanted to bring forgiveness because our summer months are only one meeting a month. The optin application period i guess, i had hoped that more of our tenants would Submit Application<\/a>s earlier on in the process. It appears lot of them are just waiting to the last minute to submit. President brandon how do we make these recommendations without that information . Maybe i can help a little bit. I think that the key tenants that we know are shut down, the 51 tenants, we have a strong sense that they arent operating and they arent generating revenue. They have very many stories im sure all of you heard as well. Even though were deferring rent, theyre not going to be able to pay that rent back come january 1st. We certainly want to provide as much information. We know that we want to start quantifying and socializing these numbers because we see it coming. Forgiveness program that were discussing now is about 15 million. The budget that nate and katy brought before you all couple of months ago showed about a 55 million revenue loss. Were well within what we thought the revenue loss would be. We dont know how many tenants are going to make it out of this. We still have tenants who are paying their rent. We saw tenants who are in types of businesses that arent quite as severely impacted for sure. We dont know that different die between 55 million compared to our 15 million. Difference between two of those could be just reduction in sales, reduction in activity and also terminations that we cant predict at this moment. I raised it one point too. If we go on the path that the budget forecast we will have eaten through our actual Fund Reserves<\/a> in two years. The port will have tremendously difficult time. We have so many needs, Capital Project<\/a>s etcetera. We need to figure out a way, where theres a number, where theres a certain amount that we all understand. There has to be something finite. Thats only way thats fair to us as well as for the tenants. I will throw out that concept. You need to do some calculations. Theres only so much that we will shut this down. We cant sustain it. Unless we get federal funding, i dont know we can, the buck stops somewhere. Right now your projections are a little bit lower. If we would ever get in that type of trend, then the port is really going to be bankrupt in two years. I dont think thats something we want. We want to help, dont get me wrong, i want to help. We have to know where were feeling uncomfortable, we dont know how far that help can go that we can afford. I think thats what commissioner brandon is trying to get at. Thank you all so much for this conversation. I think that its very important that for the next item and staff done such amazing job. We discuss how we see items one and two in our business interest as well as tenant relief packet. When we all were discussing internally, staff brought me quickly to one and two. Which is getting into a percentage rent agreement essentially with tenant who are operating, providing relief to our core maritime tenants. They quickly got me to current with those two from a business interest perspective as well as Financial Capacity<\/a> perspective. Item 3 i got comfortable with on the l. B. E. S because of our interest in this business and these are businesses in real efforts to promote and grow the businesses and they are essential to our success. Four is a category which president brandon just asked about. What do we mean by this . Thats a very open ended key question. When we come back next time, i suggested a team will Work Together<\/a> on this to answer some of these key questions. We can hold it for informational again if we need to prior to action. We have on our list potentially a special meeting on the crab fishers and l. B. E. S. Potentially we could have another conversation. I think these are all excellent questions that staff and i will be eager to work on in anticipation of the next conversation. Thank you. President brandon i do think that the amount of percentage, we really need to consider that. Im not quite sure where that number came from. [audio breaking up] we dont know how many of our tenants got help that were not getting. I thought the goal of the Optin Program<\/a> once you gather the information, to make recommendations based on information that we gathered. We may have changed. President brandon, we do want to get the data collecting through the program to make datadriven decisions. The participation as of now is very low. The numbers we presented was out today. Which was only 34. When we return to the commission well have that data in hand. This program is open to all of us . Optin program is not open to all of our tenants. Has those exceptions that were in the broadbased program. Not city, agencies, not labor agreements and only not tenants to the extent they provided similar or better relief to their tenants. President brandon how many tenants . About 500 tenants. President brandon i thought that was where we were going with this program. Commissioner adams i feel like we need a special meeting to discuss this. I hear from the commissioners, theres some concerns and we need to really hash this thing out. I hate voting on things im not 100 sure. You laid out in so did commissioner woo ho, you thought we would get other information. If we have to have a special meeting, we need to dig down into this. This is probably one the biggest decisions were going to make as commissioners. We got to have another Port Commission<\/a> meeting works got to talk and drill down three or four hours. I think director forbes heard some of our concerns. Lets set up another meeting and dig down in this and lets have our questions and lets give them some directions on what we want at the next meeting. President brandon, youre fine, commissioner woo ho, myself and commissioner grillman. So were clear when we goat veto up and down. This is the right thing to do. Thats my suggestion. President brandon thank you. Any other comments . Commissioner gilman i have one other suggestion for staff to help us get to the point where commission is comfortable voting. Since the biggest relief were looking at are are the 51 folks who do participation and base rent at 14. 5 million. It might be good idea once application period closes for the optin for anyone who did nonessentianot apply. I would urge to you reach out to them individually. I will say couple of smaller folks who are going to submit, forward me the application and i feel it was a little more complicated then i think they thought it would be. We might want to reach out to anyone who does it. The 51 in particular. Just ask the baseline questions that president brandon answered. Did you get p. P. P. And did you get other loans, are you planning to terminate . I want you to have as much rich data to bring forward to the commission. Its just a suggestion which staff can operationallize or not. It was my thought process. Were forgiving that group of 51. I want to corollate that you showed us slides that now over 50 rent is uncollected at the moment. These tenants think something they do not have to pay at the moment. Theyre counting on something and yet not all of them have opted in. Something is not connecting for me here. Theyre not paying but theyre not also applying, opting in you may want to match even the people who have applied to the people who havent paid. Does that make sense . Absolutely. I have had lot of anxiety with the number of applications committed. In terms of outreach, the Property Managers<\/a> we did a huge email blast at the onset of the program. We did followup emails. We also follow up with a robo text message that was deployed with the help of joe riley through our Emergency Management<\/a> system to ensure people were getting kits. We did another followup email. For the tenants where we had heard they were suffering during this period of time, our Property Managers<\/a> had conversations. To commissioner gilmans point, the application did seem very daunting to lot of our tenants. They either needed to get assistance in supplying that information that was requested by the port. We did ask for lot of data. How many did you spend on p. P. P. , it was the cash burn rate. What is your projection through end of the calendar year. I think lot of tenants had to invest more time than originally thought to opt into the program. Commissioner woo ho they feel now theres a basis they dont have to pay. We havent had a policy about nonpayment, you will not charged late fees and interest is what i understand. Thank you commissioner. It might be helpful to note that our original broad base Deferral Program<\/a>, almost all the tenants except for the couple of exceptions, were aukl aukly automatically provided that in the referral. Wo you see that big bar chart that you keep thinking about in your mind if those folks who did not pay. They havent to do anything to not pay. Now they have to do something to continue to not pay. I want to note they have deadline tomorrow. They know theres Eviction Moratorium<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a> even through august. They know they still have this other buffer period. Were working among this changing landscape or different rules to really break through all that noise to get to our tenants. If they want to continue deferring, they need to opt in this program. Its really a registration. We are collecting data per the commissioners wishes and get lot of information from our tenants. If they dont supply every bit of information, were not going to exclude them. Were collecting the information just to be more informed and more targeted as we continue rolling through these months and trying to make sense of the economic landscape. Commissioner woo ho i think were clearly not ready to make a decision today. This is an informational item. Were not proposing that today. We will be scheduling another informational item on this. President brandon any other questions or comments . Thank you so much for this presentation and all the work gone into this so far. Really appreciate it. Commissioners, is there any new business . Commissioner gilman we will be scheduling a special meeting loointo move items 8a and 8 boxe l. B. E. S and the crab Fishers Program<\/a> for august 11th. If staff is ready after data collection, come back on this item. We may need until august 11th to do so. We need to check in. We also will be scheduling briefings for the commissioners. That will be after you authorize the e. N. A. For the backout period. Carl will be reaching out and scheduling time at your request. We will reach out for additional briefing if you choose to do so on tenant relief. Thank you so much. President brandon update on Racial Equity<\/a> issue . Yes, in every directors report. Gilman commissioner gilman i like august or september how we are communicating San Francisco<\/a>s stellar precautions. Theres people unaware of our face an mask coverings. I do think since were such a tourist traffic area, we should im curious how to do more education to really enforce what we know works best in 46 to prevent covid19 spread. I will invite the department of Public Health<\/a> while were having shelterinplace. Those activities are not currently allowed under order. Theres a visitation. Its a complicated issue. It will be interesting to include the key representatives from the Economic Recovery Task<\/a> force. I will reach out and organize something for the commission related to good precaution, stateoftheart precaution. Commissioner woo ho should we plan on having another team Virtual Meeting<\/a> on august 11th . Theres no announcements and doesnt seem like anything would happen quickly. Thats already scheduled. We want to come together sooner from what i understand. I think carl will need to look to the commissioners schedule to see what we can accomplish in a two week time frame. Commissioner woo ho are we going to continue virtually . Yes, definitely. We will continue to meet virtually for the foreseeable future. Definitely through end of this year. We should anticipate Virtual Meeting<\/a>s. Commissioner woo ho i wasnt sure. At one point people were thinking by end of the summer. Given whats happened the last few weeks thats right. Given what happened with reopening paused with some and with the region having to go back with reopening and surges were seeing across the nation. I think its clear if we can reduce our risk to zero and provide the Public Access<\/a> in a safe and secure format, this the policy approach until further notice. Were speaking citywide about these needs extending as also with telecommuting as well we can to do so this way, this is preferred until theres a different situation with covid19. President brandon any other new business . Commissioner adams motion to adjourn. Second. Aye. Roll call vote. [roll call] president brandon were adjourned. Have a great week. Youre watching coping with covid19. Todays special guest is assessor carmen chu. Hi, im chris mannis and youre watching coping with covid19. And today my guest is carmen chu, the assessor for the city of San Francisco<\/a> and was cochairing the Economic Recovery Task<\/a> force. Shes here to talk how about how the task force is guiding the city through the Covid Recovery<\/a> and reopening. Welcome to the show. Thank you very much, chris, for having me. We begin by talking about the creation of the economic recovery tack force and its purpose and role. Absolutely. So i think about our cities with that very first month of covid and the truth is that everything moved so quickly. And i can still remember when i was at the press conference that announced our state of emergency and not only that but very soon after we were in a shelterinplace scenario where many of us had never imagined that wed ever see in our lifetime, much less having to deal with a global pandemic. During that time there was a lot going on in peoples minds about how concerned and worried that meant for themselves and their families, but almost immediately i think that the city also began to feel what the Economic Impacts<\/a> were of shelterinplace and business closure. Remember at the time that all but essential businesses were open so very quickly we saw a lot of businesses who were, frankly, worried about whether they could even come back and open at some point in time or how theyd make it through and we saw quickly a sharp amount of job loss that happened in the city as well. So we knew pretty soon thereafter that we needed to start doing a lot of work to plan ahead for what economic recovery would look like. So there, alongside with the president of the board, norman yee, had a task force to try to get a number of people together to be thinking about what is it that the city can be doing now to start planning for our economic recovery, to have it successful for the midterm but also for the long term going forward. So we have a group of people who are just amazing, people who are contributing to our communities. So weve had large and Small Businesses<\/a>. Businesses from a crosssection of Different Industries<\/a> and services, from different neighborhoods. We had academia who are part of this task force as well as different foundations and Profit Service<\/a> providers who are all part of the ecosystem that makes San Francisco<\/a> special. So the task force is really meaning to pull together the thinking about how the city could help us to facilitate going back to a reopening scenario, but how to have different scenarios and policies to ensure that we can be successful during an interim period as long for the long term. Great. Now weve all heard about the Economic Impacts<\/a> of the covid19 had across the country. Can you tell us about the experiences in San Francisco<\/a> . I mean, i would say that just listening to the businesses and to the individuals and residents. Its been very dire. You can imagine for a business that has been open for quite some time, you know, and they are still continuing to have to other things but meanwhile they had absolutely no income for most businesses that are closed to help to offset that. Many of these businesses have taken loans out that they have actually secured with their own assets, like their home. They have secured it, you know, they cant repay loans, they have to potentially sell or do something with the other personal guarantees they have. Locally here in San Francisco<\/a> we have also i tried to respond with the local programs that we thank would be helpful. Everything from the deferral of business taxes and business licenses, and the grants to support businesses and Different Community<\/a> groups to support workers and so on, to try to help to transition. But that being said, its been significant hardships for individuals, as well as the business side or those unemployed or people who are not seeing that wealth in the sector. The particular areas that the task force are focusing on, can you talk about them specifically . Yeah, yeah. At some point we think about the larger economy. And its a wide and a big economy. We have so much entrepreneurship and different types of activities and things that we do. And also its really important parts of our economy that make San Francisco<\/a> special, our arts and our culture, all of these things help to contribute to the vibrancy that i think is San Francisco<\/a>. When we think of economic recovery, its broad and its also something that is going to be very different from sector to sector. So i think this is truly something that we keep in mind is that ultimately the ones that we are able to open, with the Economic Activity<\/a> that is really tied to how we individually take responsibility to be sure that we keep safe. And so the way that were thinking about economic recovery is about, you know, how to make an interim period short of having a vaccine or a Health Breakthrough<\/a> for an economy that is resilient. Theres a strong recognition that even before covid19 hit that the economy wasnt doing great for everyone, right . A lot of people were left behind, frankly, from the last economic cycle. We were not just faring very well. And so one of the things that were thinking about is how do we think about San Francisco<\/a> with the emergency sectors and how to create more equity, how do we create more opportunities for all of our communities to be able to thrive going forward. So we really are intentional about wanting to think about policies that help to develop San Francisco<\/a> better actually than the way that things were before. Some of the areas that we think that we want to put our efforts around are a few areas. So we want to see for jobs and businesses. We definitely to want to think about Economic Development<\/a> and how it is that we allow for the right kind of growth in our economy. We want to make sure that were focusing on our vulnerable communities. So truly thinking about, you know, who has been most impacted, who you do we make sure that when we think about the investments for the future that that economy includes those individuals and communities as well. And finally we also want to think very intentionally about how we support the arts, hospitality, culture and entertainment. This is a big part of San Francisco<\/a>. People come from all around the world to visit our beautiful city because they recognize not only the natural landscape is beautiful but also the vibrance and the warmth of our communities and the culture that were able to share here and the food that we can provide and the festivals and concerts, all of these things that makes San Francisco<\/a> so special. And at the same time these are exactly the types of things that are probably not going to come back very quickly. And as we begin to reopen, what is the Task Force Helping<\/a> for local businesses and employment . We really want to make sure that the ontheground experiences that businesses have and the common sense kind of things that they may be able to do, are able to be incorporated with our Public Health<\/a> officials. Aside from that were working very hard to try to find just the solutions that allows the businesses to be able to populate more flexibly. So you have probably heard that the city is opening up outside dining and not only that but we have created and launched the shared spaces program. This really allows for the businesses to be able to utilize either the curbside space, the street space potentially and the sidewalk space, and allow a path of travel for their businesses. Yeah. And letting businesses use outside spaces is a great idea, especially since we learned that being outdoors is safer. So what is next after reopening . What are the lessons that we have learned and how can we create a better economic environment in the city . Yeah, i think is such a huge question because i think that all of us are very much thinking about social equity and i think that theres a lot of opportunity for us to be thinking about doing it better and more inclusive and create more opportunities for our communities who have been left behind. In particular for our black community in San Francisco<\/a>. We know that this is something that we want to focus on and we want to make sure that were actually creating a better system going forward. Oh, i totally agree. So, finally, if somebody or a Small Business<\/a> is interested in learning more about the Economic Recovery Task<\/a> force, where would they be able to find Additional Information<\/a> . Well, im glad that you said that. We definitely have heard from we have heard from so many people across the city. So first off i want to thank all of those toke folks who have reo us. But the place you want to go is our website at onesanfrancisco onesanfrancisco covid19recover y, that is a website with our information, including our meeting agendas and our minutes, a video reporting as well so they can keep uptodate. And theres an email and a survey that you can fill out there and you can see it. Thats great information and i really appreciate you coming on the show. And thank you for the time you have given me today. Thank you, chris. I really appreciate it. Stay safe. You too. Thats it for this episode and well be back with more pandemicrelated information shortly. You can been watching can the coping with ko covid19 for sfgovtv. Thank you for watching. Good morning everyone. Welcome to the july 20, 2020, meeting. With me is vice chair stefani and gordon mar. Our clerk today is victor young and i would like to thank sfgov for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements. Yes, to protect board members, City Employees<\/a> and the public, theoa","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia803207.us.archive.org\/15\/items\/SFGTV_20200720_121000_Port_Commission\/SFGTV_20200720_121000_Port_Commission.thumbs\/SFGTV_20200720_121000_Port_Commission_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240716T12:35:10+00:00"}