first speaker, please. good morning, my name is steve bails and i m with lion sails s.f.a. we re a fiscally sponsored project with the marina link. and our mission is to provide sailing instruction and hands on sailing experience in boats to blind and visually impaired sailors. we are in collaboration with the sailing center for the last several years. our program is april-november and at least one sailing day a month in. 2018 we provided sailing instruction for upwards of 100 visually impaired blind sailors and we also run a blind sailing racing program. so we teach individuals who have no experience in boats to sail as well as advanced racing clinics. and i m speaking in support of the approval of the lease for the treasure island sailing center. without the support and collaboration of the treasure island sailing center, blind sailors san francisco would not be able to provide opportunity to these individuals in an area as ideal as clipper cove. and clipper cove and trea
and linda richardson and sherry williams. please come up and you have two minutes to speak. first speaker, please. good morning, my name is steve bails and i m with lion sails s.f.a. we re a fiscally sponsored project with the marina link. and our mission is to provide sailing instruction and hands on sailing experience in boats to blind and visually impaired sailors. we are in collaboration with the sailing center for the last several years. our program is april-november and at least one sailing day a month in. 2018 we provided sailing instruction for upwards of 100 visually impaired blind sailors and we also run a blind sailing racing program. so we teach individuals who have no experience in boats to sail as well as advanced racing clinics. and i m speaking in support of the approval of the lease for the treasure island sailing center. without the support and collaboration of the treasure island sailing center, blind sailors san francisco would not be able to provide opp
yes, we reported on both the sailing center lease and the marina lease. item 7 is approving a 66-year lease with the sailing center foundation, a non-profit, to operate the sailing center and actually develop the property. this is an as-is lease. and we summarized the terms on page 14 of our report, and the initial base rent is $10,000 per year, increasing by c.p.i. between 2% and 4% year, plus if available percentage rent. this was determined to be fair market rent by an independent appraisal. and in terms of the development agreement, there are terms set out in this lease about the responsibilities of the foundation to develop the property. within two years they need to begin the initial improvements. and installing perimeter fencing and surfaces and landscaping. there is a building they are to construct on the site but they have to 14 years to begin construction of that building. there are other sort of milestones within the lease in terms of the construction performance
navy jurisdiction and control. members of the navy formed the treasure island yacht club and the navy dedicated piers and the cove for use as a marina. and an improve and expanded marina was originally proposed in the 1996 base reuse plan and has been carried throughout the planning for the island since that time. in 1999, the authority entered into an initial lease to operate the existing marina on the island. and in exclusive negotiating agreement for its replacement and expansion. the existing marina is in the south northwestern corner of the cove. and it holds around a hundred boats. you can see it here from th. and the original expansion from 2001 through the planning process was for a 400 slip marina and you can see the extent that marina would have occupied in the cove in this diagram. beginning in 2015, there had been ongoing discussions about how the marina expansion might be modified to better support the programs of the sailing center and other activities in the
first speaker, please. good morning, my name is steve bails and i m with lion sails s.f.a. we re a fiscally sponsored project with the marina link. and our mission is to provide sailing instruction and hands on sailing experience in boats to blind and visually impaired sailors. we are in collaboration with the sailing center for the last several years. our program is april-november and at least one sailing day a month in. 2018 we provided sailing instruction for upwards of 100 visually impaired blind sailors and we also run a blind sailing racing program. so we teach individuals who have no experience in boats to sail as well as advanced racing clinics. and i m speaking in support of the approval of the lease for the treasure island sailing center. without the support and collaboration of the treasure island sailing center, blind sailors san francisco would not be able to provide opportunity to these individuals in an area as ideal as clipper cove. and clipper cove and trea