For September nine, twenty twenty five.

Roll call, President Gail Gilman.

Present.

Vice President Stephen Englum.

Present.

Commissioner Willie Adams.

Commissioner Stephen Lee.

Commissioner Ken McNeely.

Item two is approval of minutes for the August twelfth, twenty twenty-five board commission meeting.

Do I have a motion?

So move.

Second.

We um we have a motion and we have a second.

All in favor.

Aye.

Any opposed?

The motion passes unanimously for the minutes of August twenty of August twelfth.

Next item, please, Jenica.

Item three is public comment on executive session.

Is there any public comment in the room on executive session?

I see none.

Is there any public comment on the phone for executive session?

For callers on the line, please dial star three if you wish to make public comment.

And there are no callers on the line.

Okay, public comment is closed.

Next item, please.

Item four is executive session.

There is one conference with legal counsel regarding anticipated litigation matter as agendized.

Commissioners, can I have a motion to move into executive session?

So move.

Second.

Okay, we have a motion and a second.

All in favor?

All right.

We pass it unanimously.

We are now in closed session.

Tjul Well, I'm not sure.

I'll make a motion if we don't disclose anything that was discussed in closed session.

Do I have a second?

Second.

All in all in favor?

All right.

Motion passes.

We are now back in open session for the port commission.

Jenica, please.

Item six is the land acknowledgement.

The San Francisco Port Commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Rama Talone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula.

As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Rama Tishaloni have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in our traditional territory.

We recognize that we benefit from living and working on the traditional homeland.

We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramatoshaloni community, and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples.

Item seven is announcements.

Please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phone producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting.

A member of the public has up to three minutes to make public comments on each agenda item unless the port commission adopts a shorter period on any item.

Public comments must be in respect to the current agenda item.

The commission will take in-person and remote public comments on each item, beginning with commenters in person.

For remote public comment, dial 1 415, 655 001, and enter access code 2662848, 3574, pound pound.

Then dial star three to raise your hand to comment on the item being discussed.

An audio prompt will signal when it is your turn to speak.

If you're watching this meeting on SFGov TV, there is a short broadcasting delay to not miss your chance to comment.

Please dial when the item you want to comment on is announced.

Meet your device and listen to the meeting from your telephone, which has no delay.

Item eight is public comment on items not listed on the agenda.

So I'm asking if there's anyone in the room who has public comment for items that are not listed on our agenda.

If so, please make your way to the podium.

Hello, welcome.

Hi.

I am the acting director of the Wild Oyster Project.

We're nonprofit, uh based in San Francisco and working around San Francisco Bay.

And our mission is to restore the bay with uh wild oysters.

Uh oysters clean the water and provide habitat for other species and are a great handle on uh healing an ecosystem.

Uh I'm here because I um we have worked with the port before on the Heron's Head Uh Park Restoration Project, and we're currently working on other restoration efforts in the India Basin.

Um, and so I came here.

Um we've also had some recent communications with the port uh regarding our use of land at a hundred cargo way uh that grew out of that uh Harris Head Park restoration effort.

And so uh yeah, I came here to request to be put on a future agenda uh to present uh our past and present work.

So thank you for your consideration.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Is there anyone else in the room as public comment for that's not listed on the agenda?

Please make your way to the podium.

Hello, Commissioners.

Hi, my name is Captain Maggie Hallahan, and I did public comment last week and you directed the port to communicate with uh California State Lands Commission and the Burton Act regarding submerged land over at the San Francisco Marina.

So the San Francisco Marina, which is just north of Aquatic Park, is actually a city property.

It's not a national park, and it uh is governed by a um a public trust that was given in 1937, and it does interact with the Burton Act.

So I just want to thank Brad Benson for going ahead and having communication with our con with the main contact lawyer, and it was determined by the port, which you all have a letter of, and you have my response letter to Brad Benson that indicates uh my position.

You can read that when you're ready to read that.

Um, I think having Brad explained that the fuel dock at uh Fish Alley, also called Hyde Street, uh, won't be repaired or worked out until the lock case is finished.

And I would like to say, as a mariner and as a Sea Scout leader for emergency response, we count on the maritime marine units to respond to us.

I know I mentioned before, and I'll be sending you guys another link, but this is just a list of all the agencies, federal, state, and city that use gas house cove for fuel.

But that's not the only problem with the SFRP's plan of Gas House Cove.

As you know, we have four major outfalls of polluted water, sewer water from two from 1907, and it produces 460 gallons of water into that little cove.

So we're not going to be swimming in there.

We have 150 Sea Scouts year-round and about 450 that come to Aquatic Park and we get them on the water.

We are not gonna recommend in the state that the water is the creosote won't be cleaned out and the water won't be clean enough.

I know it's you're thinking, hey, this isn't really the Port of San Francisco's business, especially since the Lands Commission's determined that it's not enough submerged land there to make it uh something that you can have a possession of Gas House Cove area.

But I would urge you to possibly consider creating an economic impact report.

If San Francisco has no place for gas or diesel, what will the impact be financially on all the slips that you're renting out per footage of each slip if people can't get fuel?

You make a lot of money on those slips, you spend a lot of money fixing them up.

And if people have to go nine miles to Emeryville, Berkeley has closed their fuel dock, San Rafael has closed their fuel dock, so there's a very small one in Sao Salito.

So it'll be nine miles across the bay to get fuel.

And I think because you're the port of San Francisco that you're responsible.

Thank you, Captain Halligan.

Is there anyone else in the room who um wants to make public comment for items not listed on the agenda?

Jenica, do we have anyone on the phone?

Yes, we do have one caller on the line.

Welcome caller.

Hi, this one's Una Roquita.

I'm just calling to second the motion to have the Wild Oyster Project noted in a future agenda.

I'm a volunteer for the organization and believe in what it's contributing to local conservational efforts as well as education effort around the wild increased population, uh the lack of the population locally, as well as needed growth to help in our bay, and um and uh just wanted to point my support.

Thanks so much.

Thank you.

No other callers on the line.

Okay, public comment for items not listed on the agenda is closed.

I'd like to direct staff to please talk to the Wild Oyster Project so we can get a better understanding of what the informational item would be or action item would be from a for a commission perspective.

So please have staff follow up and then please brief commission officers.

Jenica, next item, please.

Next item is item 9a, the executive director's report for callers who wish to make public comment on this item.

Please style star three to raise your hand to comment.

Good afternoon, President Gilman, Vice President Englum, Commissioners, members of the public.

I am Elaine Forbes, the executive director.

National uh Latino Heritage Month.

This mark starts national uh Latino Heritage Month, September 15th through October 15th, celebrating the rich traditions, histories, and contributions of the Hispanic and Latinx communities that shape the port and shape San Francisco.

The observance begins September 15th, aligning with the Independence Day of several Latin American countries, including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Chile, and Belize, quite many, reflecting the resilience and cultural vitality of these communities.

This month is both a celebration of impact across art, science, politics, and social movements, and a reminder to advance equity, inclusion, and justice.

Fisherman's war forward.

Last week I had the distinct honor to announce that uh and to review with the mayor the details of the plaza design.

Um, a lot of work on the part of port staff.

I want to say a special thanks to Ming and Chris.

Can you raise your hands, please?

They are wonderful uh leaders of this project that brought us to this really fun, flexible plaza design.

It is 5,000 square feet team.

So please don't believe we're building the Taj Mahal here.

Uh, but it's really gonna be a wonderful improvement and signaling of an opening into the heart of Fisherman's wharf back into that inner lagoon and into fishing, and we're we're doing great community outreach, and I couldn't be prouder of the team.

We're preparing for fleet week.

Fleet week is October 5th through 30th, 2025 this year.

No, it says 5th through 30th.

Tim's giving me a look like it can't be that long.

It's shorter.

Don't believe me on the date.

Look at the website, but Fleet Week will be here in October.

Um I think that there's a range of activities through the 5th through the 13th, but the air shows, they are a shorter amount of time, and the parade of ships will come through, and there'll be tours at the end during a smaller uh time.

But please do look at what's happening.

It's going to be buzzing and vibrant along the waterfront.

It's a great time to work with the sea services to prepare for disaster.

That's the whole purpose of Fleet Week.

But then it brings the public to engage also in the waterfront and just how spectacular it is to be here and to partner with your your um comrades on the battlefield before the battle happens, and we have a major earthquake or something of that nature.

So welcome, Fleet Week.

The North Face Climb Festival at China Basin Park.

Here we go.

Thank you for working the slides.

Uh hosted this San Francisco hosted the Space Climb Festival at China Basin Park.

It was a free event with DJ sets, panel discussion, merchandise climbing competition over a 45-foot wall over the bay.

The festival highlights the diverse programming at Crane Cove Park, a key destination to the Mission Rock Development.

And this China Basin Park is so well used and so well loved right away.

It's just really putting the uh edges along the waterfront, and it is a wonderful resilient to sea level rise and nature forward place.

Next, please, to the uh fourth annual Protorla Music Festival.

It returns to Pier 80 September 20th through 21, now the city's largest concert, drawing around 35,000 attendants per day.

I remember the first year we did it and what a novel idea it was and how it's become such a tradition now in the city.

So many attendees.

Visitors spending generates $3.6 million annually in the local economy, supporting 25 jobs and 40 4.9 million in economic output.

This is now talking about the Fisherman's Wharf Promenade.

I want to say on piers 43 through 45, there's Barababas and Matchas opening, open near the Sky Star Ferris wheel, a fully activated welcome center, new ground murals, and additional enhancements are planned in the coming months.

Next slide, please.

The port saves on insurance expenses.

Um we thought our insurance uh would go up uh 1.8 million dollars, but instead, premiums have gone down six hundred thousand dollars or by seven percent.

So I is who Megan Wallace, can you raise your hand?

That's quite an accomplishment.

Um that is a big number that got put down.

So thank you for that.

Let's move to equity, please.

Um, this is the Green Agers program.

Congratulations to the 35 graduates of the 2025 Green Ager Program, a joint port and wreck park youth leadership initiative.

This year's cohort contributed 4,400 hours at 19 parks, gaining skills in leadership, horticulture, and community engagement.

The program empowers teens from San Francisco's Southeast, Northeast, and Tenderloin neighborhoods to improve green spaces while building jobs and life skills.

Onward to resilience.

I think I covered this.

We'll skip this slide.

It's a beautiful slide, but I covered this one.

Next slide, please.

Okay, an update to the Pier 35 repairs following the failure of a mooring bollard at Pier 45.

The port partnered with public worst works to fast track repairs, new bollards and deck improvements are on track for completion before fleet week, ensuring safe berthing for Navy and cruise ships.

Additional minor work will follow after fleet week.

And that concludes my slideshow.

If we can please return.

And thank you, Grace, for running the slide deck.

Jenica.

Somebody ran the slide deck, not me.

Manny, thank you.

Because I was supposed to be running it, and then I noticed I wasn't on my slide.

Thank you for helping me out.

So then it brings me uh to a request today, and a sad and humble request that I make that we close in the memory of Senator John Burton.

I think the whole city's been shocked and shaken by his passing.

Even though he was 92 years old, we don't understand how it could have happened.

John Burton's legacy is woven into port history.

The 1968 Burton Act ensured San Francisco and at waterfront lands, shaping the modern port.

As commissioner, he was here from 2020 to 2020.

He championed port jobs during the COVID recession, securing 114 million dollars in federal funds to stabilize our workforce.

Beyond the port, Senator Burton's six decades of public service transformed California politics, and I'm not exaggerating.

He served in the Assembly, Congress, and State Senate, chaired the California Democratic Party, and founded the John Burton Youth Associates, the John Burton Activist for Youth, improving the lives of foster and homeless youth.

And I know this program was very important to him because he was always checking in that he could stay on port commission and have that program.

That program really mattered to the senator.

Known for his candor, humor, and fierce advocacy for working families.

Senator Burton was both a political giant and an approachable friend.

His mentor, I'll Yell Because I Care.

The book will be published soon.

It's called I Yell Because I Care.

So we will be reading from him his own memoir and how befitting that he managed to pull that one off for us.

I can't wait until it's published.

The port extends deep condolences to his family.

In recognition of his service and legacy, I request that we adjourn today's meeting in the honor in the honor of Senator Burton.

And finally, that brings me to my news.

And apologies for those of you that I could not tell in advance to talk about why I've made the decision to leave the port of San Francisco.

It has been a wonderful journey here.

I have had the most remarkable time coming in from a CFO admin in finance to being plucked up from that position to serve on an interim basis, to be appointed by the distinguished Mayor Lee, to having served for Mayor Breed.

And I'm sorry.

And um Mayor Lurie.

I was trying to say Mayor Farrell because he was mayor in between.

I was forgetting.

And the distinct honor to serve for Mayor Lurie.

I've been so blessed to be able to see it over a lot of transformation in this organization.

And I want to say I am just so impressed with this new administration and the transformation they're going to see in the city and onward into this waterfront.

Why I made the decision is honestly, it's time for me to go.

I've been the director for nine years.

Being the director actually looks very glamorous, but it's a super not glamorous job most of the time.

I want a job with fewer than 280 employees.

But I sure did these last nine years.

And boy, I told you all when I was promoted we were a good organization because they would never promote from within if we were not a good organization.

It wouldn't have happened.

And every time I get to work with port staff, I'm just amazed at the quality of the work.

And I keep thinking it's getting better and better and better and better.

Um I think it was always good.

So it's been a great honor to serve.

I will be here through the end of the year for sure through December twenty sixteenth, which is our port commission December holiday.

So we'll have a chance to have reflections and have some something after in the lobby, the way we do for all of our commissioners and other leaders who leave the port of San Francisco, but it was not an easy decision.

I had to pull myself out because I needed to make a change, and sometimes that's really hard to do, but um it's only because it's so good here.

So I want to just say thank you.

It's been an honor to serve as your port director.

I've been working very closely with the mayor's office on a smooth secession and transition, and we've been doing so already.

And so thank you so much.

And that concludes my director's report.

Well, thank you, Director Forbes, for your director's report.

And that is a lot of news for everyone in the room.

So before I call calling public comment, I do want to remind the public and fellow commissioners that this is a lot, and we still have many important agenda items for today.

And that Director Forbes is here for another two months and wants to add.

I wanted to remind you there's still December 16th.

Yes.

So that's sort of um what I'm getting at.

So we still have a full agenda today of many important items we need to get through.

Um, and while all this news is heavy, I also um do not want to lose or detract um from honoring um Senator Burton, who was so instrumental to us as commissioners and to this port, which would not exist today without the Burton Act.

So I'm gonna call on public comment on the director's report, um, reminding folks that Director Forbes is still our acting port director and is here for for quite a long time.

Oh, yes, I'm sorry.

I just meant to announce it.

I'm giving uh there's two months' notice here for transition, and I've made clear to the mayor um if the if any more time is needed, and to our port commissioners.

If any more time is needed, I will be here into the new year as well.

It will be a smooth and happy transition.

We're actually doing a lot of work I like doing right now, so I don't mind staying a little extra.

But people are still permitting to comment on whatever they want because I see the city attorney looking at me, but I just want to emphasize um we wanted to announce it publicly today.

This is something that has been in the works.

But um, so anyway, I'm asking if there's any public comment in the room on the executive director's report.

If there is, please make your way to the podium.

Jenica, is there any public comment on the phone on the executive director?

Oh, is there any public comment on the phone on the executive director's report?

There are no callers on the line.

Okay, just looking again, because I thought maybe we're looking at someone.

No, okay.

Public comment on the executive director's report is closed.

Commissioner McNeely.

Uh sure, and I um just would like to say uh to the director that um as the new commissioner, having only worked with you just a few months.

Uh I have marveled at your leadership and um the work that's been done here uh by staff, and I I commend you for that.

Uh I know that with your talent and your skills, uh, we were here.

Great things uh for what your future holds, and I know that you are committed to public service and look forward to what that next venture might be, much to the betterment of San Francisco and probably all of California.

Thank you, Commissioner Lee.

Well, great report, uh director, and I've only been here what three years, and I learned a lot from you how to be really tough.

I remember when we first met.

Why do you want to be a commissioner on port?

So, you know, uh again, it's like your service is unbelievable and what you've done to the staff.

I mean, we're the only department that everybody poaches, so that means you train them well, and I'm very happy to work with all of them because there's so much work that's been done on the port and you've done it all, and I've learned a lot, and I really appreciate that.

Um, Senator Burton, uh, I what was it, maybe half a year I was with him, and I never know him.

I just watched him on TV and all the things he's done uh for the community, him and his brother uh worked with the Chinatown with Rose Pack back then, and it was a documentary on the family, and it was just amazing.

And it's for me to to get a chance to serve with them on this port commission.

All he was telling me how he was a bartender at Bimbo's because, you know, we weren't talking about anything else, but he says, Yeah, I was a bartender, and that's just crazy.

Cause I was Fiona Ma would tell me how how he would be his mentor, and I'm sitting there, he was a bartender at Bimbo's, you know.

So anyway, uh that's great.

I make a comment, Madam Yes.

Chair.

That was his favorite job, so he reported.

Was it really?

That's what he reported to me and other members of staff.

Oh, great.

So I guess because I'm in that business, he he was great to talk to me about it.

But um, anyway, uh with the uh fisherman's wharf we uh revitalize, it's great.

I mean, we got to start somewhere.

I'm glad this is happening.

It looks beautiful.

Um, everything else, I mean, that we're moving so fast, and it's already almost the end of the year, and I hate to see what December comes.

And and we have to, that'll be our Christmas goodbye.

And that's not a great Christmas present for me, anyway.

So anyway, that's it.

And thanks for doing a wonderful job, and good luck to you, Commissioner Adams, stellar report.

Once again, um, Director Forbes, I'll start out before I say something about you on uh John Burton.

There aren't the words to say about John Burton.

He was a maverick, a beacon, a street fighter, stupid politician.

And he always told you what he thought.

Some people lack the courage to speak up, John Burton never did, and he is at his brother Phil Burton.

What was important also to John Burton was the Lancey Street when it started going all the way back with Jimmy Herman, Art Agnes, his brother Phil Burton, Leroy King, some of the legends of Willie Brown, some of the legends of this city, Nancy Pelosi.

But one thing about him, he never forgot where he came from.

He was a union man.

This is a book he gave me, and it was about his brother, A Rage for Justice.

Phil Burton came within one vote before Nancy Pelosi, years before of being the Speaker of the U.S.

House of Representatives.

Phil Burton lost my John's brother.

And it was John Burton, Phil Burton, Willie Brown, the really the stars, the Occall no Gs, the real gangsters, the guys that understood politics, and they put San Francisco's first.

And to have John on this commission, he had stepped down as the chair of the Democratic Party.

Mayor Breed appointed him.

Director Forbes was on board, and he goes, What do you want me to do?

The Burton Act was named after him.

That's the kind of guy that John Burton was.

And John Burton came from working class, him and his brother.

He was the salt of the earth.

Uh Senator Barbara Boxer worked for him.

A lot of people, Fiona, a lot of people got their start under the tutelage of people like John Burton, Willie Brown.

He gave him a start.

He saw potential in young people, and he helped people to rise.

And that was the kind of guy he was.

And I had an opportunity to him, and I want to thank Jennica, because him and I would always go to lunch.

And we'd always had to do it through Jennica.

And whether it was DeLancey Street, uh, we went to Sam's, Kakari.

He took me to all the places that the old school people used to go.

And they all knew him, and he had a table there.

And you know, I have respect for my elders, and I remember us walking into Kakari, and Mayor Willie Brown was sitting in the corner as he usually does, wherever he is, he's holding court.

And we walk in, and John looks at him and shakes his cane at me, goes, Woolie, why do you always sit in that corner?

You always want everybody to see you.

I would never say nothing like that to Willie Brown.

But John Burton and Willie Brown.

They were like brothers.

They had that kind of respect for each other.

And John could say something like that.

I wouldn't dare.

Nobody else would say that to Willie.

But that's the respect that those guys had in the trenches.

And now Willie's one of the last of the original OGs at 91 years old.

And I just want to thank John for everything that he did and also to have worked with him on this commission and also the work that they did with the Lancey Street.

And I don't know if you know this real quickly.

The Lancey Street was in Ellen's old school would know this, was in Pacific Heights.

And the people in Pacific Heights says, We don't want the Lancey Street.

We don't want those kind of people in our neighborhood.

You all know what the Lancey Street is.

People that get out of prison and they turn their lives around.

So what happened?

John Burton, Willie Brown, Jimmy Herman was the president.

They got this place down here on the embarkadero, me, me, and they turned it around, and they have changed the life of 30 something men and women that got out of prison.

And I think Mohammed Ali said it best.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room on earth.

They clearly deliver that.

And I wanted to acknowledge that also along with Art Agnes.

Director Forbes, I'll keep it brief on Elaine Forbes.

I call Elaine Forbes a valued woman, a valued person.

There's nothing to define her.

And I'll tell you a short story.

I had just become president of the commission.

Monique Moyer decided she was stepping down.

She gave a resignation to Mayor Ed Lee.

And Kim Brandon was my vice president.

So we went down to meet with the mayor, and he said, I'm giving you an assignment.

I want you to to do a national search for a new port director.

And he said, come back with three names.

He said, don't list them.

So we spent a year, myself and Kim Brandon, and people would see me coming down the street.

I would cross the street because everybody wanted to know what was going on.

People were calling me, why don't you put a committee together of 13 or 14?

We would still be looking for a director.

When is any, when is a whole bunch of people ever agreed on anything?

But that being said, we got down to three names.

We took it back to our commissioners, and I went up there to see the late Mayor Lee, Ed Lee.

And you know, I was a little nervous sitting in front of him, and so I said, sir, these are the three names of the people that can best do this job.

He gave it back to me.

He says, I want you to list them one, two, and three.

I said, that's not what you asked me to do.

You told me.

And then he goes, Willie list them.

And I listed them, and he goes, We agree.

And he goes, What?

So he said, Elaine Forbes.

I said, Elaine Forbes, hand down is the best.

The cream of the crop.

But I did what you asked me to do because Mr.

Mayor, I don't hire anybody.

We work for the citizens.

You as the mayor of San Francisco decide.

And Elaine Forbes was hired as our esteemed uh board director, and she lived up to the billing.

And I'll say more in uh December, Director Forbes, but you don't know a person until you argue with them.

And I'm gonna tell you something.

Me and Elaine Forbes and Kim Brandon had so many arguments and stuff like that.

And I have nothing but love.

That's how you get to know a person, argue with them, not kissing their ass or being nice to you.

You got to get into the trenches and argue and find out their thing.

Because Elaine is so smart.

She's the type of person, she goes by not logic.

She goes by the facts and what it is.

Because sometimes we as people, commissioners, we get emotional.

Elaine goes by the book, she has a theory, and she does what's right, and then she'll say, okay, if I'm wrong, then explain it to me.

And a lot of people don't have that kind of mind, and she has a very, very open mind.

She thinks left brain, right brain.

And uh, it's just so many more things to say.

I'll say it in December.

But um, Director Forbes, you will go down in history in my mind.

It's one of the best port directors ever in the hundred and some year history of the port of San Francisco in nine years, what you've done, the leaders that you've cultivated from Mike Martin to Andre to Beck.

I look out in the audience.

You made people better.

You expected more.

You expected perfection out of people, and you made them better.

And I just wanted to personally tell you that.

That's that's that's what you did.

And Jennica used to be so quiet.

Jenica used to sit in the back.

Jenica has blossomed, and anybody here can't say that.

Jennifer is like a beautiful, a beautiful orchid gardenia.

Because Director Forbes let her blossom.

She told Mike, she told me she told him to go run.

Megan came back.

Because you know what?

That's respect.

You can't buy that.

It's not for sale.

Audrey Hebron said it best.

She goes, elegance is not about being noticed.

It's about being remembered.

Elaine Forbes, you will be remembered.

Thank you.

I know you always have to go after Commissioner Adams.

It's, you know, it's your blessing and your curse.

Yes.

Because he's so elegant.

Wow.

Yeah, thank you, Commissioners.

I guess uh I'll just throw out one of my favorite quotes.

Um I love cities, and one of my favorite bands is a band called Everything But the Girl.

And there's a great quote that says people fill the cities because the cities fill the people.

And um, I just I think that what that means to me is that a great I'm so humbled to be part of the San Francisco family and to be to have worked with you for the past a little over a year.

Um, seems like longer, but um I've learned a lot in the past year, like other people have said, and you know, great cities are made up, uh we're we're San Francisco's a great city because of great people like Senator Burton's uh legacy and then your humility to you know talk about all the all the technical and amazing economic, technical, and um uh staff development that is in your report this month, just like every other month, is a testament to your steady leadership and to think about how the world has changed in the past nine years.

How uh a leader and steady leadership, how important that is to go from the economic highs of 2019 through the uh uh deep um challenges of the pandemic, and then now to be riding the recovery again.

So um I just you know, keep it there and just say, you know, I've just been really inspired and you know, to to think about somebody that has uh uh technical know-how, economic know-how, political savvy, and then also the empathy to bring out the best in people.

I mean, I think that's what's amazing about the port um is is the entire team is so strong, and it's um a real testament to your leadership.

So I'm excited to see what you do next, and uh thank you for um all your uh leadership the past year.

Thank you.

Well, thank you for your report.

I have a comment I want to make about you, but I think um and I just really want to um Commissioner Adams' reflection and testimonial um about Senator Burton was incredibly moving.

I really want to acknowledge it.

I just want to share one story that's slightly different because I just think it's worth noting, and it's something that um director Forbes touched on.

Um, and it was my time before the commission, but I do want to say that um Senator Burton's commitment um to those um who were disenfranchised, those who are poor, those who are living on the margin is what he dedicated his whole political career to.

He was champion for the poor, for the working class, um, for those who are in house.

And I'll had the honor to work with him actually in 2011 and 2012, um, before I sat on this commission, I actually never thought I'd work with him again.

I was his seat mate over there, so we were kind of thick as thieves when I was on the commission.

But um through his foundation, um, he um he granted me money when I was citing a project now that is widely successful called Edward II on Lombard and Scott, the first supportive housing, the first low-income housing ever sighted, um, and successfully opened in district two at the time in San Francisco.

And it was meeting with John and his commitment to my cause and not wanting me ending up in a sequel lawsuit that he granted me money to do public relations and community outreach.

And I'll never forget standing at the planning department in 2011 with about 75 opponents, and what someone went to the mic and said, because this is public records, I can say it here.

Said, quote, I don't know how I'll send my employees to work to bake at 4 a.m.

when boys with baggy pants and girls with short skirts are standing there.

And John Burton texted me and said, Keep your head high, you're gonna be fine.

And we made it through the Planning commission with approval.

We opened Edward II, and that person apologized to me one year later after it opened in 2015.

His commitment to equity to housing and to justice is something that struck me then, and that struck a friendship with us.

And I was so excited when he joined the commission.

Even though he crosstalked and he distracted me quite often as a seat mate, I was very honored to serve with him.

And it's something I always think about when viewing the programs, the economic vitality, the equity, the resiliency of the port, of how we can make sure that we're benefiting all San Franciscans, especially those who are still living in poverty and are disenfranchised.

And that goes into one of our strongest straits of this director, the only director I've known.

The fact that economic vitality and equity and resiliency are woven into everything that we do, that we have the commitment to our LBE contractors, and that we have a department which, from my lens at least, from where I sit and my vantage point has a level of morale, internal promotion, and equity that I would say is un is you know unwavering compared to other departments in the city, is all because of you, Director Forbes, and we'll have many more opportunities to canonize you and honor you and support you.

And in that note, Jenica, next item, please.

Okay, see what happens.

Item 10 is the consent calendar.

Gosh, this is gonna be long.

For callers who wish to make public comment on the consent calendar, please dial star three to raise your hand to comment.

Item 10A requests approval of proposed lease number L-17335 with SOFAR Ocean Technologies Inc., a Delaware Corporation for approximately 27,224 square feet of office space, and approximately 1,440 square feet of apron space at Pier 26 annex, and proposed lease number L-17336 for approximately 5,693 square feet of shed space at Pier 28, each for a term of three years with one three-year option to extend.

This is resolution 255.

Item 10B requests authorization to award three contracts to one AEW Engineering Inc., two, CDIM Engineering Inc., and three SCA Environmental Inc.

for as needed environmental and planning services, each contract in an amount not to exceed six million dollars, and create a prequalified pool consisting of AEW Engineering Inc., CDIM Engineering Inc., MECA Consulting Inc., DBA Millennium Consulting Associates, and SCA Environmental Inc.

This is resolution 2556, 2557, 2558, and 2559.

Item 10 C requests approval for the vice president of the San Francisco Port Commission to travel with port staff to Quebec City, Canada on October 6 to 8, 2025, to attend the American Association of Port Authorities Annual Convention.

This is resolution 2560, and item 10D is a resolution authorizing settlement of a pre-litigation claim between the city and county of San Francisco and Municipal Corporation by and through the San Francisco Port Commission and Princess Cruise Lines LTD in connection with unintended contact by the Ruby Princess, a vessel operated by Princess with Pier 27 while attempting a dock operation, causing damage to both the pier and the vessel.

The material terms of the proposed settlement include payment by Princess of 750,000 to the port in exchange for a mutual release of all claims arising out of the elision.

This is resolution 2561.

Commissioners, is there a motion to approve the consent calendar?

So moved.

Second.

Okay, we have a motion and a second.

Is there any public comment in the room on the consent calendar?

Is there any public comment on the phone?

No, there are no callers.

Thank you.

Okay.

Public comment on the consent calendar is closed.

We have a motion and a second.

All in favor?

Aye.

Okay.

The consent calendar moves unanimously.

We've approved resolution 2025, 255, sorry, 2025.

Jenica, next item, please.

Next item is 11A.

It is an informational presentation on the design and request for authorization to advertise for competitive bids for construction contract number 2894 for a new interim plaza, a component of the Ports Fisherman's War Forward program.

This is resolution 2562.

Hi.

Good afternoon, President Gilman, Vice President Englum, and members of the Commission.

I am Ming Young, Assistant Deputy Director of the Planning and Environment Team at the Port, and also one of the project managers of the Fisherman's War Forward Project.

I'm joined today by Chris Horyuchi, who is a project manager in the Waterfront Resilience Program Division, and also my co-project manager for the Fishman's War Forward Project.

We will be presenting on this item today.

So today I'm going to do a quick recap of the Fishman's War Forward Project and walk you through some of the recent outreach that we've done.

I'll walk through some of the inner lagoon improvements that we're hoping to complete by summer of 2026, and then also walk you through the plaza design that we've um we've put together, and then finally I'll turn it over to Chris to go over the plaza construction contract and the request to advertise.

So just as an orientation, the site location and setting of the Fisherman's War Forward project is up in Fisherman's Wharf.

It's bounded by Jefferson Street, Taylor Street, and Pier 45 here, and it's also within the area that we often call the Inner Lagoon.

Just as a reminder, our assistant port director Mike Martin introduced the Fisherman's War Forward Project to the Port Commission back in June.

And the project is proposed for this area in the inner lagoon along Taylor Street.

It involves both a near-term action, which we are hoping to complete within summer of 2026, and I'll actually go through these components in a little bit later.

But it also involves a long-term conceptual strategy, and that strategy envisions seismic and flood resilient improvements along this entire stretch.

This would be improvements for you know 75 years or more.

It also would uh involve kind of assessing.

Oh sorry, I was gonna try to use my cursor, but it doesn't work.

So it would assess feasibility for adaptive reuse of the fisherman's wharf grotto building and possibly the booth building, and then improvements within the inner lagoon as well.

So that's the long-term conceptual strategy.

We're hoping to kick off outreach for the long-term concept strategy this fall.

But for today, we're focusing on the near-term construction efforts, and so the main item is the demolition of the Alle Odo building and the construction of a new plaza in its place.

Um and so that's the focus of today's presentation and staff report.

In addition, we are contemplating inner lagoon improvements also to be completed by summer of 2026.

Um we are also underway for some improvements over at the smokehouse overlook at Al Scoma Way, so that would also be delivered, as well as some lagoon lighting throughout for security and ambiance.

We are also looking to re-tenant uh Tarantinos and Fisherman's Grotto that would flank the new plaza to really activate the space and bring more folks along Taylor Street.

And there's a separate effort as well to for new tenanting along Jefferson Street.

This is uh the Chasca Rio and Everett and Jones that have been presented to you in previous port commissions.

So since we announced the project in June, we did a ton of public outreach.

We launched an online survey portal for the month of July on our Fishman's War Forward website where we solicited feedback from the general public to input on the plaza and the inner lagoon and just a whole host of other topics on Fisherman's Wharf.

We presented at our July 9th fishwhack meeting and also solicited feedback at that meeting, followed by a public evening meeting at Pier 1 the week after, and then also presented at the Maritime Commerce Advisory Committee the day after the evening meeting.

Just a couple of weeks ago, we had a separate waterside tenants meeting up in Fisherman's Wharf where we met specifically with the waterside tenants to talk about more specifically the inner lagoon improvements they wanted to see.

And then last week we were at our fishwack meeting again, the Fishman's Wharf Advisory Committee to present the plaza design and the inner lagoon improvements that I'll go through today.

So focusing on the inner lagoon and waterside tenant needs, these are some of the things that we've heard.

Again, better lighting and security, addressing trash and water quality in the inner lagoon, signage for boats, some real just operational needs like ice machine fuel dock and a boat workshop and some maintenance requests like upgrading the ladders and electricity.

And we've heard from several folks, both on our online and in person, a desire for a fish market or a place for off the boat crab and fish cleaning and cooking so that folks could buy the fish off the boat and go someplace so it could be cleaned and cooked at the site.

So here are the some of the items that we are prioritizing for inner lagoon improvements and hoping to deliver this again by summer of 2026.

I want to emphasize that this is not an exhaustive list of items.

We are still continuing to assess the other things we've heard to see if we can deliver it within the near term, the longer term, or just ongoing.

Moving to our plaza, on the right is a list of the consultants that we have been working with on our design team.

We've worked really closely with particularly Site Lab Urban Studio on our plaza design.

And just to lay out some of the plaza objectives that we had, again, a quick schedule.

We're trying to get this done by summer of 2026.

We don't want the site to be a construction site for very long, really want to turn it around, get folks out there quickly.

We realize that it's an interim plaza.

We will be back for the long-term improvements.

So you know, the plaza will be in place for five to seven years, you know, depending on when we get the long-term project underway.

We heard loud and clear that it was really important for the plaza to highlight history and the views to provide seating and a reason to stay to bring people at the site, and then just respecting again the scale of the plaza as Elaine Forbes mentioned.

It's about 5,000 square feet, so not a terribly large space.

So some of the public comments that we heard on the plaza, again, as mentioned, emphasize the history and authenticity and the fishing industry, being mindful of cleanliness, maintenance, safety and security, having seating areas, places for relaxation, folks really wanted to have some sort of family-friendly activities and excited for a public plaza that has some element of a sculptural seating or outdoor dining, and then really being mindful of some environmentally friendly approaches to our construction.

Again, just reiterating some of these priorities.

I think number one that was RIS that rose to the top was dining area, finding a place where folks can get takeout and sit out and enjoy food to go, but also for number two waterfront viewing.

You can actually see the inner lagoon, the boats, and out to Golden Gate Bridge, and then incorporating again as number three, playful seating, interpretive treatment, and a photo opportunity to really draw folks to the site.

So with all that input, and with the help of our consultants, we came up with two activation scenarios, one base scheme, where we envision a tenant at the ground floor cafe level of the grotto building.

And then we also are planning for an alternate backup scenario if we are not able to get a tenant in grotto with a pop-up activation.

So here's the scenario with uh potential tenant in grotto.

Um on the north side of the plaza, we have uh a cafe tenant with some private dining kind of wrapping around, including in front of Taylor Street.

On the other side of that private dining, some what we envisioned some picnic tables for public dining, and then on the south side of the plaza, some sculptural seating.

Um, this would be a fun um element for folks to come and sit, but also uh kind of play on the along the bay side.

We have some waterfront seating facing the bay, and then along the railing edge, interpretive signage and some form of interactive elements.

Throughout the plaza, we have some catenary lighting, essentially like string lighting to really create a plaza ceiling and a sense of ambiance, and then on the fisherman's grotto building, um, some sort of art and signage along that face.

And I'm gonna walk through a couple of great renderings that you've probably seen already in the press.

But here is kind of a view of this out along the grotto building.

That we have an image of a fish currently.

I think if we were able to reuse some vintage Aleoto signs here, that would be a preference.

Um, and then you can see some of the sculptural seating here as well.

And then here's a view from Taylor Street back out into the plaza, and then another one from Tarantino's, um, out to grotto and the dining there, and this shows some of the waterfront viewing seating at the edge of the railing.

So, as our backup, um, if we are not able to re-tenant grotto, we envision a pop-up tenant.

Um, we're reserving a little space that could be for a container or a food truck or pop-up tents, and we would have the same public picnic tables.

So everything else on this site plan is the same as I've described it from the other one.

With that, I'm gonna turn it over to Chris to go through the contract and budget.

Thank you, Ming.

Hi, Commissioners.

Uh, as Ming mentioned, I'm Chris Horiuchi, a project manager with the waterfront resilience program.

I'm gonna wrap up with a couple slides here just on the on the numbers, the budget and schedule.

Um, so the scope of work of contract 2894, which is the one that we are requesting authorization to advertise, is for the construction of the plaza itself, as a reminder, the uh contract for the demolition of the Aliotos restaurant is being contracted with through SF Public Works and their job order contract program.

Um so the base bid of this contract here is to essentially deliver the plaza that is shown in those images.

So that includes both the furnishings and lighting and everything that you see, as well as um some engineering upgrades that you can't see in those renderings, um, structural repairs and utility upgrades.

Um, as part of this advertisement, we will also track um additive alternates for some what we're calling pre-tenant improvements of the ground floor of fishermen's grotto, setting them up for potential tenanting.

The engineer's estimate of that base bid scope is around 3.2 million dollars with a 10% contingency of 3.5 million dollars, based on a review by CMD, the LBE subcontractor requirement is 10%.

And this project is expected to be funded by a combination of 2018 seawall bond proceeds and harbor fund, uh, where all bond eligible expenses will be covered with the the bond and the remainder by Harbor Fund.

So for the anticipated schedule of this uh project, we are here, the port commission for requesting to advertise.

Um we hope to advertise the contract uh at the end of September or early October, and then we'd expect to come back to the port commission in December for authorization to award, as has been mentioned many times.

We are hoping to do this as as fast as possible and have construction from February into June before the summer visitor season.

As you can see on this slide, the Aliotas demo, which again is under the separate contract.

Um we are targeting November and December for that work.

So thank you.

And with that, again, we request authorization to advertise this contract.

Thank you, Ming, and thank you, Chris.

Commissioners, can we have a motion to move the item?

So move.

Thank you.

Second.

Thank you.

Is there any public comment in the room on this item?

Wow, I am surprised.

This shows how much great outreach is someone who's been to many, many meetings that me and Chris have done.

Unless they're all on the phone, are we flooded with phone calls, Jenica?

We are not flooded with phone calls.

We have no callers on the line.

Okay.

Um then I am gonna close public comment on this item.

Um, could I make one?

Well, we go to the you guys talk next.

Sorry.

Um, do you want to go first though?

I can.

Yes, it's it would be okay.

We're gonna let Vice President Emblem go first, and then we'll circle back to the other commissioners.

Great.

Thanks for the uh opportunity.

Um Thanks um Ming and Chris for the uh presentation, it's great.

I've seen it many times.

I just wanted to loop back to an idea that I had shared on um one of our phone calls that we were talking about.

Is the potential, you know.

I I really support this design.

I think it's great.

I think it's a really exciting opportunity for the port, a great um addition to the tourist loop in the area.

I do think there is uh a potential to explore um some revenue from uh signage and uh advertising, and not just revenue, but also um there's an educational component that signage and and uh I know you were saying that it's sort of a placeholder at this point, the signage idea.

So I fully support that.

I think some of the most exciting public places in the world have educational and and even some you know revenue from advertising, and I was just quickly looking up.

You know, we're all used to thinking about the ballpark as having uh revenue, the other end of our you know, main tourist loop, there's uh equivalent amount of people going to the ballpark and fisherman's wharf.

I think there could be some tremendous uh revenue opportunities for signage in this plaza to help pay for something, especially when uh you know we have been um, you know, our fishing industry has really been hit.

This could be a great way to sort of raise awareness for educational purposes for environmental issues and also create some uh ad revenue uh for the port in this plaza.

So I just don't want us to bake ourselves into a solution that doesn't allow for that kind of flexibility.

That's my one comment.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you for that comment.

Uh, we do remember that and we'll note it and we'll try and look into that.

If you do have some ideas that you want to pass along as well, that would be helpful.

We'll do.

Thanks.

Okay.

Now, Commissioner Lee.

Um, of course, um revitalization is very important for small business.

Um, to take down, you know, which I'm surprised that we didn't get too much pushback, but to to remove Ali Otos.

I mean, in one respect, it's very hard these days to rent out such a large facility, especially when it's outdated and with all the current health department rules.

And also the infrastructure underneath is so bad.

I mean, this would actually help, you know, uh fix the pier a lot better by removing it.

And as you can see in the in the drawings and uh the photos, um, everything nowadays is all about experience.

You go to fisherman's wharf, everybody wants an experience.

They just don't want to be going down to forced to buy things.

They want to maybe buy things and enjoy the atmosphere and the warmth and the sea breeze.

And this design is everything about that, which is great, and I applaud you guys for that.

Um, as far as public safety is very important, I think it's been brought up a lot down there.

But the more people we have, um, the more safer it will be.

And hopefully we'll have a lot more foot patrols and ambassadors there to make the experience again a lot better.

So in the long run, we're hoping as a business standpoint again, if we got more people down there, then we can fill those empty spaces.

You know, the the small business community is very, it's coming back, and the mayor's doing a great job of uh giving incentives for small business to reopen.

But as they wharf and being how big it is and on shortened funds, this project could be the one that really sends the rolling stone down the hill, as you say.

So I I'm 100% behind it.

Um if there's anything I I need to do or reach out to people, just ask me and I will be there.

Yeah, thank you.

I we definitely agree, and I think the the idea of some of these improvements of grout is potentially to bring small businesses in with limiting their uh their investment.

Thank you.

Commissioner McNeely.

Sure.

Uh let me uh also add my congratulations.

I think you've done a tremendous job.

I mean, I love the layout, uh, but what particularly is impressive is your community outreach and your um uh real sense of of listening to the community and incorporating their suggestions uh into your design, uh really looking forward to it.

Um, and I also like the fact that you're uh, as this is a short-term project, uh you know, kind of phase one, you have an eye towards the longer strategy of what you envision for that area of the waterfront so that you're not having having to at some point in the and and the years to come undo what you're already doing and have to respend money on that, so that you're looking at making this incremental to the longer-term project.

So I appreciate that vision and congratulations.

Commissioner Adams.

Great work.

Um, I know we did a Zoom call with Director Forbes and Mike Martin and you guys and me, Commissioner Lee were on there.

And I think you answered all my questions.

I was really um excited.

And as I told you, there's always some glitches, don't worry about those.

That that just happens.

But the concept, your own point, some of the new businesses that are gonna be smaller businesses, restaurants are they're gonna be coming in, and the vitalization.

And I had always meant also mentioned to you guys that we've got that warehouse where students are gonna be doing artwork, maybe they can donate some art, and then they will have a part of the signature and the legacy ever of San Francisco, they donate some of the uh artwork.

I'm I'm really excited about it.

Uh the cheers I noticed.

I when I was running this morning, the Giants, the Giants have chairs like that, kind of over there by Visa where the Giants are doing their developments where you can act, you can't see into the park, but you can kind of sit there and watch the boats out there.

And I like that design with the chairs that are sitting out there.

If you wanted to sit outside the game and just sit out there and hang out, but down there at the plaza, I think that's just a good place to kind of just hang out and do different things.

And it seems like we're getting away from kind of like the five-star restaurants.

Look like the younger generation, they're more into microbreweries, beers, burgers, chicken wings, and less food, and we're not so much the formal dining anymore, which which is which is really good, and I really I kind of like that.

And I guess people to be talking and uh I know you're gonna be having entertainment and stuff like that, and most important, the mayor's on board, and I think this is really a shot, and you know, for in the arm for not only for the port but for the city of San Francisco as we constantly are coming out of COVID and revitalizing and having the new San Francisco and having a new look and a new hip vibe for the new San Francisco.

So I really appreciate you guys' work and how we voted for it.

Thank you, Commissioner.

Um, Chris, I just want to thank you for all of your work.

I want to thank you for all the community outreach you've done.

Um I've been going down there, live a couple of blocks away every week.

Um, and I also want to also commend the rest of the port staff because um I think we've had a good um trend line um from our maintenance staff, boots on the ground to our security team in ensuring the space has been cleaner, safe, and more vibrant as we're going through this, which is one of the complaints we heard from our end users of it.

Um, because we have a lot of exciting things happening there.

We have Everett's Barbecue coming in.

We have the Peruvian restaurant, which I can't fully pronounce its name, and we have which I've heard so much buzz about, at least in North Beach, we have Taco Bell coming in, which serves beer.

So I'm gonna give it a little plug.

And that also the property on Jefferson is redoing their whole facade.

So we have a whole new vibrancy coming in.

So I just really want to commend you on all of your work, and I think whatever seating you can do, especially because you know, both In N Out and Taco Val are gonna be there, and your seating is limited, so people can take that food and come on to the promenade and come on to the port and experience that.

I think it's just gonna be so wonderful and so important.

Um and the peer parties, and I believe we're coming up on the anniversary of Pier 39, which I believe is next weekend as well.

So it's been a very vibrant um area that's coming back to life, and I think this is only gonna better it.

So excited to have you advertise this bid and get the work underway.

Um commissioners, we have a motion and we have a second.

All in favor.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Thank you.

We pass unanimously resolution 2025 62 is adopted.

Um next item, please, Jenica.

Item 12A is an informational presentation on the ports maritime portfolio performance for fiscal year 2025.

I think I have for colors who wish to make public comments on this item.

Please style star three to raise your hand to comment.

Good afternoon, President Gilman, uh Vice President Ingwum, Commissioners, Director Forbes, and members of the public.

My name's Andre Coleman, Deputy Director of Maritime.

I'm joined by uh my maritime division colleagues, Dominic Moreno, Assistant Deputy Director, and several members of the uh the maritime team.

This is an informational presentation on the port's maritime portfolio.

I'll provide a brief overview of uh the various business segments as well as touch on some of the uh port maritime's current areas of focus.

So this was not included in the staff report, but this is the current strategic plan.

We are in the process of making updates to our strategic plan, but this is just the brief uh uh areas of focus as it relates to cargo cruise, or Pier 68 Shipyard 80 through 96, Piers 8396, excuse me, and the backlands, commercial fishing industry, and water transportation, and I'll touch on uh all of these throughout the presentation.

Um so this is just an overview of the uh of our maritime revenue by industry.

We have one of the most diverse yet challenging maritime business portfolios in the nation.

We're seven and a half miles of waterfront, home to cruise, cargo shipping, ferries, excursion boats, water recreation, harbor service tenants, commercial fishing harbors, uh, recreational marina, uh, and labor thing as well.

Um this slide provides just a recap of our revenue performance for this past fiscal year.

As you can see, cruise and cargo accounts for uh over 50% of our maritime revenues.

Um there are multiple factors that contribute to the makeup of these revenues, our port tariff, our parameter rates, our revenue revenue sharing agreements uh with some of our terminal operators.

Um additionally, we generate uh, excuse me, and additionally, events as well.

Um moving into the cruise performance.

Um here's just a uh a graph showing the performance of cruise calls and passengers for the fiscal year.

Uh, some of the highlights are we hosted 90 cruise calls uh during the fiscal year, achieved 368 um thousand passengers that transited our port cruise terminals, which equated to just under seven million in passenger revenue.

And we did all of this uh at four different facilities this year.

Um earlier in the uh calendar year, February we had an operational issue that took Pier 20, uh Pier 35 offline, uh so that we required us to pivot and handle cruise ships at not only Pier 27 and 35 but also Piers 3032 and uh Pier 80.

Um in doing that, very successful uh throughout the year, as I mentioned.

Um, a lot of that is uh in support with uh in collaboration with the good folks at Metro Cruise who are here today, as well as ILW labor and many other stakeholders within Cruise, including our own port MR team who does a lot to stand up Pier 80 on short notice for us and our PASEA terminal operator.

But some of our near-term object objectives for Cruise include amending our terminal management agreement with Metro cruise terminals or Pacific cruise ship terminals.

We are in year what this is year 11 or almost year or wrapping up year 11 with our terminal management agreement.

There's a five-year extension that is triggered.

There are some improvements that Metro is making to the Pier 27 facility that should be completed by the end of the year as a requirement of that five-year extension.

Additionally, we are undertaking a feasibility study for crews at Pier 80.

We are kicking off that meeting with our consultant tomorrow with support with Rebecca Benissini.

So excited to work on that project with her.

We will also have a market analysis of crews in San Francisco for all of our facilities, and as I mentioned, some of the work that Metro is undertaking at the Pier 27 cruise terminal.

Also want to add that one of the capital improvements that we just concluded at Pier 27 were ballards.

We installed three new ballards on the northern tip of the Pier 27 facility, which will which will allow for us to accommodate larger ships at the site.

So excited about that project being now at completion.

Three million passengers have been hosted during that 10 year window.

So that's been impressive.

Again, this 368 passengers on the the fiscal year for 2025 is our second highest passenger count on record.

So our cruise growth has been strong, which is why we are exploring a secondary electrified facility and continuing to invest in our primary cruise terminal as well.

Moving to our Pier 80 cruise operations, I just want to highlight again in the fiscal year we had four cruise calls at uh Pier 80, approximately, two full turns and two transit calls.

Again, this has been in collaboration with Labor Metro, Patia, and our our Pier or Pier 50 team, but all of our operations for the most part have been successful.

We fine-tune the operation along the way, reducing costs, just providing more efficiencies, and we have two cruise ships pulling into Pier 80 later this month.

The other thing I'll highlight about cruise, the end of this month, we will have seven consecutive days of cruise ships here in port, so excited about that.

Pivoting to cargo.

So here's a breakdown of our cargo performance on the fiscal year for Pier 80, Pier 80 being our primary cargo facility, with RORO being focused, the focus of that operation roll on, roll-off cargo.

That's those are vehicles.

And then we have Piers 92 through 94, which is primarily our dry bulk facilities.

So we were just over 21,000 units for autos moved through the site or the facility.

Several contributing factors to that, whether it's uh tariffs, the EV market, our primary export is EVs, but we are now in a more saturated EV market.

More manufacturing plants have come online overseas.

So we did see a decline in exports.

However, our imports, excuse me, yes, our imports uh were up.

So the breakdown as far as imports to exports, we're around 73% of import business this year for ROROs at Pier 80.

And that's uh kudos to the PESHA team, going after what we call spot cargo coming from Mexico and then importing those vehicles into Pier 80.

Um on the dry bulk side, a lot of the the decrease in volume there is just contributed or uh the factor there is contributing factor is the um lack of construction in the city.

A lot of those batch plants produce uh cementitious materials, which are then used for construction.

Uh so that contributed to that decrease.

Some of our near-term objectives for Pier 80 and Pier 92.

We are currently in the process of amending our terminal management agreement with our uh with PACEA automotive services to reflect the current conditions of the facility.

We are currently almost in, we're in year nine of operations at that site, and as I noted with the decrease in volumes, we believe there's an opportunity to amend that agreement to allow for other or maritime activities at the Pier 80 site.

So we are working towards that.

Additionally, capital improvements that are underway.

We are in the process of installing a new fender system on the East Berth, which is the primary berth at Pier 80, and the North Berth, which is at Pier 80 as well.

I believe the fender improvement should kick off here in October.

Other activity at Pier 80 is lay berthing, so the gray vessels that you see down below are long-term vessels that park at the site.

Pier 92, along that corridor, we are negotiating new long-term lease agreements with our concrete batch operators.

So at Pier 92, we have a tenanted agreement in place.

That's for our dry bulk sand operation.

That currently in the CQR process for that operation, but excited about it.

A lot of engagement with community that provides for a lot of operational and environmental enhancements at the site.

Vulcan is who is also a dry bulk operator.

We have or just kicked off uh moving into negotiating a new lease with them.

They currently truck a lot of their dry bulk materials into the site, and in our new negotiation, we will prioritize moving, and they've expressed uh strong interest to do so.

Moving product over the dock.

And then just a few years out, we have Simx, who is our other uh dry bulk operator that will start working on a new lease for them as well.

Pier 94, that's the top photo that you see.

That was the site of a dry bulk operation that lease terminated earlier this year.

Um, one of the highlights of the termination in the lease, although we lost the uh the activity, um we did get some improvements to the site with uh just a resurfaced um area at the site where there were depressions.

We have used that site for RORO operations.

Um we do have carb challenges at our non-electrified facility.

So we've had two thus far this year at Pier 94, and we also bring in transitory vessels at the site.

Um turning to the shipyard.

So the shipyard is always an area of focus for us.

Uh just a reminder we assume control in May of 2019 after org development was in the site doing some caretaking.

Um current operations include four uh interim rental agreements, all are short-term and terminable within 90 days.

But uh we continue to have maritime leases at the site as well.

We have a marine debris or demo and debris recovery tenant there.

We have lay berthing, which with barge operators, it's also the site of where the hydrogen ferry uh takes on its uh its its fuel or transfers fuel to the vessel.

Areas of focus over the uh the past fiscal year have been sale of the dry docks, which we were unsuccessful with two RFOs, so we have now pivoted to disposal of the dry docks.

We have been working with GHD to uh prepare a stabilization plan as we move towards the next step of uh disposing of those dry dry docks.

Once those dry docks are out, that will definitely provide some more opportunity for uh transitory or long-term uh harbor service tenants.

Um, and then as I mentioned, we continue to generate revenues on the site with uh short-term leases.

We have a still have our uh an MOU in place with the PUC and other short-term activations.

Um Fisherman's Wharf, I won't speak too much to fisherman's work because you've heard a lot of of what's going on at the wharf, but it can continue to be an area of focus for the division.

Of course, the port, um it's Pier 45 is the largest concentration of fish processors of any California port.

Uh, the major fish trade include includes crab salmon, sore fish herring, shrimp, squid, macular, and halibut.

Some of the areas of focus will continue to be capital improvements.

So the procurement of the new ice machine, we are very, very close.

Uh, it's in the contracting phase right now for demo and then uh design and construction for the ice machine.

So we're closer than we've ever been.

Um, reactivation of the fuel dock is also priority.

Uh remediation needs to take place first, also settlement and then negotiation of a new lease.

Currently, we provide dock or we provide fuel landside over the dock for users who want to receive their fuel that way, and then dredging was a highlight this past fiscal year.

It was the first time the harbor was dredged in over 20 years.

Um there's still uh other our dredging other areas of the uh of the wharf that uh require dredging, and that will be a focus in this upcoming fiscal year.

Um, and then you just heard during the previous pre-presentation some of the areas of focus from ladders and pilings and lighting safety and security, um, excursion and water transit highlights.

Uh so of course we have uh the ferry system, we have our excursion operators, we have our uh water taxi operator.

Um, the highlights reactivation of the Pier 1 and a half landing that was damaged in the 2023 storms, if I'm not mistaken, came back online.

This is this earlier this year, and uh has been very popular, so it was good to get that water taxi landing back online.

We also refresh refreshed signage uh at our port operated landing location, so new water taxi landing along all of those landing locations at the wharf, Pier 1.5, 15, Pier 40, Pier 52.

Um we did have a temporary relocation of red and white to allow for the remediation project that is underway, and then we added uh the or relocated, I should say the Hyde Street Harbor landing location to J9, which has been very popular.

So J9 getting several uses in addition to it being the uh the um landing for our successful fish retail sales program.

Uh South Beach Harbor.

So South Beach Harbor is our 700 slip marina.

Um a lot of our team members from the harbor are here today.

Um we it was a good year for those of you who aren't familiar with South Beach Harbor, let me back up 700 slip recreational marina, um a lot of our excursion operations, water recreation, so our spin-off fitness uh folks, we have the youth sailing program, we have bats and other users of the marina, um but area of the areas of focus this year were um capital improvements.

So we had in tie repairs that took place and are now completed.

We have a south guest dock repair that is currently in the works, dredging another marina for the first time in over 20 years.

We dredged that marina as well, and we continue to make other uh improvements in essential or two essential amenities at the harbor.

Um other activations, cell GP, so cell GP is the high performance yacht racing that occurs on the bay.

Uh Pier 80 is the has been the base camp for that.

But uh that was one of our activations.

We have the fleet week activation or fleet week that is uh upcoming, as you heard.

The air show is uh the 10th, 11th, and 12th, but we uh anticipate arrivals of surface assets and water side assets as early as October 5th.

This year we also welcome the US Coast Guard vessel Eagle Tall Ship.

It's the tallest flagged ship in the US.

So it's exciting to host her.

And as you heard in the executive director's report, this is the fourth year of the Port Tola Music Festival that will occur at Pier 80.

So excited for that activation as well.

And for next slide, equity.

So this was let's see, our for South Beach Harbor, I'll start there.

We had our youth sailing program, Pesia Automotive Services.

They again sponsored six scholarship students, providing them with access and opportunities to learn safe boating skills over the summer.

So this is the fourth year they've now uh done that.

We had the Cell GP Inspire program, where kids from the city were trucked down or bust to the the base camp and spent today learning about high performance sailing, and then we had our rising tides mentorship program.

This was the fourth year of the program hosted by poor staff in partnership with the Enterprise for Youth, six-week paid internship program for high school and transition transitional uh youth.

The focus was for hands-on exposure in our in the maritime industry.

Um there was uh a lot of visits to our maritime facilities and non-maritime facilities.

There was a week spent at the Cal Poly Maritime Academy.

You can see here on the picture in the upper left.

These are kids learning water skills, water survival skills.

Many of the 12 uh individuals in this cohort cohort uh did not know how to swim and left after a week of account maritime certified in swimming and diving off of high water platform.

So it was a very, very impressive group.

Uh they concluded the program with a presentation to port staff and port tenants, and the tenants that uh hosted them uh at their sites were uh raved about this this cohort.

So uh do want to thank our tenants who hosted the interns, the parade guys, Sky Star Wheel, Sea Scouts, SF National Maritime Park Association, Bay Delta, Bay Crossings, the Bar Pilots, Golden Gate Ferry, Patient Automotive, the Metro Team, Cal Maritime, the Maritime Division, I did a lot and leaned in, and then also to Tiffany Tatum, who's continued to uh develop this program and make it better and better every year.

And then uh let's see.

Lastly, just the recognize the work of the maritime team across the board as well as the ongoing support from the various divisions here at the port.

I mean, we put a lot of ask in front of maintenance, engineering, real estate, and others, and and they always deliver, and so uh appreciate them.

And um, with that, also would like to thank Director Forbes as this is my last maritime portfolio update in front of you.

Um I joined seven years ago.

Thank you.

Uh to to you having faith in me and putting me in seat.

Uh I think a year in we had COVID and a cruise ship, and you're like, what is going on?

But uh your leadership throughout uh that um get allowing me time to adjust and figure, you know, figure my way here at the port and um support my unique ideas and yeah, being with being there with me along the way has been uh I'm highly appreciative of it and I appreciate the time.

So I'll stop there and uh take any questions you may have.

I'm trying, thank you so much for this presentation.

I'm gonna ask first um Andreas if we have any public comment in the room on the maritime report.

Please make your way to the podium, ma'am.

Good afternoon.

Mary, I didn't see it was you, President Gilman and Commissioners, Director Forbes and staff.

I'm Ellen Jonk.

Um I am here today, primarily in my role as co-chair of the ports maritime commerce advisory committee.

My co-chair is Marina Secretano, who's with the inland boatman's union.

I just a little history.

Uh, because I want to speak to the spirit of the performance report by our wonderful maritime division and staff.

And a couple things happened.

Not only Elaine's announcement today, but John Burton, who was a friend as well.

I want to make a couple comments about that at the end of my little comments about the history of our committee, which really came about uh at a time of a lot of changes.

This is back in 2010, 2011.

We were we had the waterfront land use plan.

We were seeing a lot of changes to development around the port around the nation.

And the port commission came together and I was there at that time and said we need to establish a maritime preservation policy, our main mandate.

A working waterfront, port land should continue to be reserved to meet the current and future needs of cargo shipping, fishing, passenger cruise ships, ship repair, ferries and excursion boats, recreational boating, and other water dependent activities.

This is also a major policy in the waterfront land use plan.

And you just heard this illustrious report that that Andre gave.

So at that time, Directors Forbes predecessor Monique Morrier asked me to take the lead of a committee that would carry out this mandate.

We're very busy.

We meet six times a year, thanks to the able staff that support our activities.

We write letters supporting grants for port infrastructure, for the electrification of the ferry system, for the for the flood study.

And you know, when there's problems that come up with dredging, we get in there and say what can we do about this?

So we meet six times a year every other um every other month.

And so I'm pleased to be at the helm of this with Marina for low these many years, and we'll continue that way.

I'm gonna afford you a couple of more minutes.

Okay, thank you.

Because I want to say something about John Burton.

Uh I was in the legislature working for former Senator Marks in 1968, the Burton Act.

I cut my teeth on the bay.

John Burton used to say to me, Ellen, are you taking care of my bay?

At that time, we were working on the Macbeth Petrus Act, uh, Nick Patras, uh Gene McIntyre, John Knox, uh Milton Marks, my my boss, uh writing protection legislation for the bay.

And it was John that was at our side the whole time, keeping us fired up.

Absolutely.

It was it was absolutely you know fantastic.

So that I feel very the weight uh and of his uh legacy here today is I I think about the transferring of the port to the city at that time too.

So and uh Elaine, I I am really uh feel very sad uh to hear about your news.

You have been stellar, absolutely stellar, and I'll have more to say too, as Willie said, you know, when when you leave in December, but I knew that you were the one.

Willie said you went through all this search uh and yeah, but I knew you were gonna be it, so that was back not that was nine years ago.

So thank you for the courtesy of a little indulgence.

Ellen, no problem, and thank you for all the work that you do on that committee.

We appreciate you.

We're gonna draft you maybe to to be you know to be our crystal ball reader for the next search.

That was a joke for the public since I'm on the record.

Is there any other um public comment?

Is there any other public comment in the room?

Is there any public comment on the phone?

Yes, we have one caller on the line.

Um hi caller, um, please give us your comments.

Hello, can you hear me?

Yes, we can.

Hello, my name is Jersey Bastiani with the Captain Scooby newspaper, and I'm also CEO of MAFH Manufacturing Logistics and Defense Incorporated.

I was spoken with Andre after my last time meeting with you guys, and I appreciate the follow-up, and it's also a pleasure to see that um the old wooden piles that were across from Chief Center have are being removed, and I'm seeing the plane out there doing the work of what I was talking about and removing some of the um blocking, just you know, fitting out there.

So, you know, kudos to you guys.

Um I do want to uh encourage that we save the fuel dry dock over in the marina as uh Maggie Hallahan has been hailing for you guys to do because if we don't have a fuel dock, then imagine a world where we have a food meeting and nobody can get fuel in San Francisco anymore.

So now everybody's gonna be carrying around the easily external gas cans on their boat and trying to fill up their boat illegally on the water, and then now you're gonna have fuel pillage in the bay where we're trying to feed people crab.

So you're now you're no longer gonna give people you know, quality seafood, you're gonna give them oily crusty crabs, and so now you people are coming to San Francisco looking at half the quality crab case, but we're gonna be giving them oily crabby patties because we no longer have a fuel box, you know, if you guys were to go ahead and demolish it.

So let's go ahead and save that so we don't get lawsuits for poisoning our tourists.

This is the port of San Francisco for cargo and not the port of San Francisco for tourists.

I highly encourage we have a heavier investment in cargo.

It should be over 50% cargo revenue, not split cargo and crews.

Uh it's kind of ridiculous.

We have all these these cargo ships loitering for Port of Oakland when we could happily take them into our berth.

We're making all this room for all these cruise ships, all these tourists, when we're sitting around wasting money uh letting these cargo vessels sit around in the bay when they could be coming right over here and we get that cargo money and just chug it back to the port of Oakland and let them finish the route.

I understand we don't have a good rail system anymore.

So we're trying to make the best of the money that's sitting around.

And last but not least, we're we're talking about the shipyard, right?

Right?

I sent this commission multiple proposals to reactivate the shipyard for trade and manufacturing, shipbuilding, ship repair, and you're talking about potentially demolishing, quite literally being most valuable asset in the entire shipyard.

If you look at the museum that is there at the shipyard, it says those dry docks were the most important assets on the West Coast.

So we are talking about only Bremerton, Washington, and San Diego as the two naval shipbuilding assets left, and you're talking about demolishing what could be bringing in hundreds of billions of dollars to the port of San Francisco.

So please don't demolish it.

We need a final remediation plan to heal the waterfront.

Caller, I need to thank you, caller very much.

We really appreciate your comments.

And we appreciate the staff followed up with you again, and we appreciate your continued interest in the port.

Jenica, is there anyone else on the line?

There are no other callers.

Thank you.

Okay, so public comment on this item is closed.

Um Commissioner McNeely.

Yeah, I just have a quick question for Andrew.

Thank you for that report.

It's very thorough.

And uh, I mean, you know, this is the lifeblood of the waterfront, and I appreciate all the work that you and your team are doing to support it.

Um I understand where the caller's going with respect to to cargo, and we'll do with that issue, and I'm sure staff will continue to follow up.

With respect to the cruise traffic, how um for planning purposes?

How um how much notice do we have do we get for the cruise line scheduling for the coming year or not?

How how much lead time do you have so that you know what your capacity is going to be?

Thank you for the question.

Um, so for some of the or for the home port lines, so princess, and uh I failed to mention that, but home port princess uh line.

It's almost year-round and in carnival seasonal uh May into to late September.

Uh, before those two brands, um, typically anywhere from uh probably 18 to 24 months in advance, and then from there uh the transitory calls will trickle in probably a year or a little further out in advance.

Okay, and I know that um because of the um uh capacity constraints at uh Pier 27, we're starting to use Pier 80 more.

It's not the most inviting um uh entree entry point into the city.

Do we work at all with the cruise lines with respect to uh assisting and and and uh transportation needs getting uh passengers into the city from the area or wherever the destinations might be?

Another good question.

Yes, we do.

Um and so the two two different types of calls, right?

So you have the home port calls for itineraries originating and terminating in San Francisco, let's just call it 2500 guests uh embarking and dis and then another 2500 guests or disembark and then embarking, right?

Uh provisions are being l or taken on by the vessel.

So a lot to prepare this uh home port call for its its voyage, and so uh and then you have the transit calls where there are the calls that are visiting uh the city, right?

Uh the guests will come in for maybe an eight-hour, sometimes a 24-hour period and visit the city or or points of interest in the region.

Um and so for your your comment, um, the transitory calls we like to prioritize for Pier 27 because it's exactly that.

We want to put them right on the front porch of the city, uh, easy access to to points of interest in the region.

Um, but for those that we have had to pivot as a result of Pier 35 going offline to Pier 80.

We have worked with the cruise lines or cruise terminal operator metro to ensure that we're able to move uh and coordinate logistics for getting those those transit call guests to the northern waterfront so that they continue on to their uh shore side excursions for the home port calls, Pier 80 uh has a lot of operational and logistics uh pros, proximity to freeway and airport, and as I mentioned uh as we uh enter into this feasibility study, we hope to learn more uh of some of the pros associated with Pier 80.

Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Lee.

Um, really have much common, it's great.

I mean, Maritime's so busy.

Um, Pier 68 uh the shipyard, I know it's kind of has all the equipment there for repairs, and there's uh a lot less um repairs going on on our side of the bay.

Um has there been any real interest of I mean, they're all temporary leases.

Is he just trials?

Um nobody's really taken an interest to really revitalize the ship repair, or we just don't have the infrastructure anymore in that area because it's so dated.

I mean, during World War II it's great, but you know, it's probably all old and yeah.

So following the uh transition from BAE than Puglia in 2017, we did have this precedes my arrival to the port, but we did have two solicitations or one full solicitation for another operator, and then from there with that uh solicitation was unsuccessful.

We went to sole source discussions, which were we were unsuccessful as well.

And so we pivoted to what's next for the shipyard, and in the region, a little bit of a disadvantage for other yards on the base, small yards.

So you have Alameda, and then you have Mare Island that do ship repair, private facilities, and then larger facilities as uh the public comment mentioned in Bremerton, and then NASCO down in in San Diego.

So added disadvantage there as far as facilities, larger docks.

Our that facility dates back to pre-World War One, if I'm not mistaken.

Um the dry docks are very, very, very poor condition.

So following just understanding that dynamic, looking to pivot to harbor harbor service tenants, other light maritime industrial uses.

We've had some interim leasing there, but haven't gotten to the big step, if you will.

I think right now the focus is um disposing of those dry docks, so our liability.

So it's gonna be probably a while for that, you know.

I mean, so many other things, and with cargo uh decreasing, obviously we know EVs, uh, and we don't have the facility for transport.

Um do any of the cruise ship companies, you know, when they know that they have to be rerouted to Pier 80?

Are they somewhat disappointed?

Or they they think it's a lot uh better for their logistics?

Um, cargo's going down, do we think we're gonna maybe make it a more cruise ship friendly than it is cargo?

I mean, is that something in the future we're thinking about?

So for those transit cruise ships calls, their preference, the cruise line's preference, and the ports preference is to utilize Pier 27 or Pier 35 for future as we continue to experience growth and want to be in compliance with California Air Resource Board.

We are looking for that second electrified facility, and from a cost standpoint, Pier 80 is the best option.

It's a deep water berth, which involves less dredging, it's a larger berth over eleven hundred feet long if I'm not mistaken, which is why we're making those fender improvements out there this fall.

Um but operationally it has a lot of pluses.

We're not competing with embarkadero traffic, right?

We have a larger, it's a 65-acre facility, not that we would utilize all of it, but uh just more operationally provides for uh uh better use of space, and so as I mentioned in working through the um amendments of the terminal operating agreements with the the terminal operator there, uh we will be looking to amend and right sizing the facility so that we can have somewhat of a combo use at the site for cruise and cargo, and you know, actually thinking about it um going back to uh Pier 68, since it was kind of an industrial place, um, and maybe it's not great for cruise ships, but doesn't that area have a lot of power?

Wouldn't that be an ideal place for a power uh source for an electrified terminal?

It does have a lot of power there.

Um, and so we have other ideas that may fit better at the site.

Um it's not a deep water facility, you have to transit across the approach, which increased dredging cost, um, and then you're kind of packed in there with all of the development that's happened around uh 68.

So we have to be creative in finding the right light maritime industrial use there.

Because I understand the power add up, it's a lot, right?

I mean, dredging might be easier than just bringing power there.

So okay, well, that's that's all I really have, you know, just for future, but I see that these two areas here are our focus.

Everything else, I mean, we're working with the fishermen and all the new development.

I mean, you guys finally getting them an ice machine that they've been complaining about all these years.

So I hey you guys are doing a great job.

I love um uh, you know, um the harbor, you know, by Oracle, it's great, you know.

Um, feels like I'm in San Diego.

So hey, everything's great.

You guys are doing a great job.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Commissioner Adams.

Yeah, I know I've always been hard on you guys, Andre, but this is uh real stellar report, and I know that uh because you know I was on the original cruise ship task force when we were going looking originally at the time, Governor Newsom was mayor newsome at the time.

We were looking at going into Pier 3032, and then we winded up down at uh Pier 27.

And I just wanted to know, Andre, what is what is your vision?

Because I understand a lot of people may understand how much the shore power was gonna cost.

It's a lot of money for that shore power to be able to hook in because that's what everybody's requiring these days, right?

And I mean, what what what is your vision on that?

Uh so for the cruise piece, it it really is uh understanding the feasibility of Pier 80 and understanding the the market for uh those lines that are interested in uh coming to the West Coast.

There have been some new entries as far as lines on the West Coast.

Um we're experiencing growth, and so uh as far as vision, it's not to sit and say we can't accept more, it's you know, with with the one facility electrified facility that we have, it's pivoting and saying how do we get to where we need to be to uh to accept continue to accept that growth, and so uh for me the the vision just speaking of cruise, because there's a lot, but uh it definitely is focusing on 80 and and uh seeing all that we need to do to to get there.

Um, okay.

So I know Carnival really owns Princess.

All these cruise lines are really under Carnival.

Carnival's the big dog.

Um how's the relationship with Princess?

Carnival?

Good?

Uh yes, I I think so.

Uh uh Princess, uh things are good there.

Uh they uh we I think we have a strong pretty good relationship with our terminal operator, uh, with Princess, we try to triangulate that relationship.

Uh Carnival, this was their fourth uh seasonal home port here, and right now for both brands, um, as I'm the commissioner making these questions.

Uh, we have bookings as far out as 2028, if I'm not mistaken, from both brands.

So uh the relationship has been good.

Um both have been uh very collaborative when we've had to pivot to Pier 80, and that's that's what's made those calls successful.

And I wanted to congratulate you.

I know this year you had over 400 some thousand passengers, and I know Seattle and Vancouver Cando and Juneau, they're over 200 two million passengers a year.

They probably have 200 250 sailings, and I can see at some point, but then hopefully maybe within the next six, seven years, that San Francisco can hit the million.

Is that possible?

You see that?

Uh that's the goal.

So, so long as I'm in the seat.

I mean, watching some of those other ports and and seeing their growth.

Um, I don't see once we have the facilities to to again accommodate that growth.

I don't see why why we can't be there.

Okay.

Um, so you're doing an you said you're doing a market analysis on crews in San Francisco.

And so is uh San Francisco travel a part of that, or what what is that?

What do you mean when you you know you say you're doing an analysis and so the consultant is GHD, they will have two sub-consultants on uh working on this with us.

We have the kickoff meeting tomorrow.

Um that is Bermillo and Argemont, who are the architects behind the Pier 27 facility, and then Martin Associates who uh have uh uh a lot of history and and market analysis for crews on the west coast.

Um so uh those are the firms that we'll be working with.

Um to SF travel, uh they're more so I mean they have a lot of stats on kind of landside hospitality and things of that nature.

Uh we did try to we partnered with them a little bit this year on in some new promotional uh items for crews, but um just had to come walk away with walk away from that for us.

We partner with them on some promotional items this year.

We may revisit that.

Okay.

Real quickly, another thing too.

Um I will support you guys all the way and defend you.

I understand about the shipyard director Forbes that came on, and we did everything diligently.

And Ellen and everybody remembers at one time we had 14 unions in the shipyard when I came on this commission.

And then things just happened and we just couldn't compete, it was just so expensive, and they just said it for the unions, and they just we couldn't compete, and we lost a lot of them up to Oregon and other places.

So I would defend you all the way.

We we we did everything possible, and also at that time you remember the late Senator Feinstein, that was kind of her baby.

She got a lot of money, Senator Diane Feinstein for San Francisco for the shipyards, and we the commission and new commissioners have come and gone, but we've wrecked our head, and I know Director Forbes of things how we could be creative from a training center to whatever uh for other unions, whatever we could do to revitalize that, and it's hard because I don't think a lot of people understand this is a a boutique port, and so you've got my support.

And then the other guy said about a lot of ships can't come into here, they just can't.

And some people they they don't understand, and we have to do a better job educating them.

You know, the port of Oakland is a major container port.

We're a boutique port, and I think we're playing to our strengths, and what I see here, I I'm impressed as a good report, and I think we have to uh continue, and I know that you and your team are doing everything possible to find what fits into a boutique port like Sacramento or or Stockton, but we have our strengths too that the major ports don't have.

So, anyway, I just wanted to say uh good report.

Thank you, Commissioner.

Commissioner Amalem.

Uh Andre, thanks for the uh report.

Yes, I I have uh a couple thoughts and um uh questions, and I I just re-looked at the title of this presentation was about the maritime portfolio for FY25.

I was sitting here listening to all of your presentation and kind of tempted to think like you were giving us a strategic vision, but I realized that wasn't the point of the presentation.

It was it was more about what are we what is the portfolio currently doing or what is what are the position of the portfolio pieces as they exist today.

And I kind of also inspired by some of the comments, you know, Ellen's comments, and I want to reiterate that gratitude for all the time you spend with that um uh commission.

That's that's uh really admirable, and again, that's what makes our city so great is that people are passionate and get involved and stay involved.

Um I guess what I would like to maybe maybe my comments might be unfair, but I guess that's our role as the commission is just to sort of challenge and push us.

Because I was thinking about you know, sort of we were talking about Senator Burton's legacy, and I kind of think about San Francisco at a turning point in its history where we are so used to uh, you know, we we honor the legacy, and I feel like a lot of times San Francisco has this sort of love affair with the past, and and yet we have an identity about being a city where the future is made, and and you know, great great new uh tech.

We're the tech capital of the world, you know, and and San Francisco port, like I want us to stop being apologizing about being a boutique, you know, a place that's no longer a um a cargo port.

I mean, we should be, you know, in I I guess the greatest way to honor the legacy of Senator Burton and this sort of this idea about maritime protection is about maritime projection that we should be positioning for the future.

Like, what are we doing?

How does San Francisco, how does the port become synonymous with the positioning of San Francisco as the tech capital of the world?

What is our port doing?

How are we um how are we leading the world in uh blue ocean economy?

You know, what what's next?

And I I I noticed that this I think maybe last time we we heard a presentation from you there was uh a section on wind power, as that was sort of an idea for the future.

Um unless I missed it, I don't see it in here, and and maybe that's because that's a a challenging uh sector right now, but I don't think that should discourage us from saying, you know, how does San Francisco become a port that's a global leader in the blue economy?

We how do we position and and strategically uh go after that with our uh brothers and sister ports in the region?

Like, and this this came up a couple weeks ago when we were talking about the fishing industry and the challenges that they're having, and how does San Francisco work with uh the region?

Because San Francisco can't do everything, but with the Bay Area and the Northern California ports, we can do everything, and we can become a global leader.

And I think it's by positioning ourselves regionally with our sister ports that we are going to get stronger, and then when we have when when we do hear a strategic plan, there is a very clear vision, and and maybe this is maybe a cousin activity to what you just described about working with SF tourism.

What are we doing with SF economic development team to say, hey, what AI things can we be doing on the waterfront?

You know, we in our real estate team we've been uh celebrating the sort of leases with the AI companies.

What about um could we do a uh a brainstorming session or a big economic development activity with AI companies and say, hey, what's happening in the world of maritime that we should be bringing here?

I mean, there's incredible things happening with maritime data and AI management, and that should be I I would hope that that becomes a major part of filling and becoming a new pie chart or becoming you know, sort of our our maritime uh what's next.

And you know, I already mentioned about the fishing, you know, by by working, you know, there's also a whole world of ocean research that's happening, like what what ocean research vessels could come uh come here instead of just the the cruise terminals.

Like, how do we become like the place where they want to be because we are out there thinking strategically?

So thank you for this very um, you know, very I I mean, I guess also my last question is: it would be really great to know where we are in the continuum of the history because a lot of times we talk poetically about what it used to be like, but are we at an all-time revenue high?

Where are we?

Like, that's our role.

That's our port is to that's the port's job is to generate economy from the maritime and the real estate for the people of San Francisco.

And I I think it'd be really helpful to hear like where are we in that continuum?

Are we doing better?

Like we should be celebrating instead of maybe just I feel like half the time we're apologizing for not being the past.

Yeah.

So that's my that's my spiel.

Thanks.

Thanks for those comments, Commissioners.

From the maritime portfolio, we are at a revenue.

High.

Now, how all of that is categorized, you know, it rolls up several different ways.

Uh our operating revenues are uh fairly low for the most part.

Indirect costs, um, of course, there are the those costs as well.

Um, but we're doing well, performing well from a revenue standpoint.

There are some outstanding uh there's outstanding debt on the cruise terminal uh for South Beach Harbor.

We have uh the cowboating loan that was uh that we used to to build the facility, um the South Beach Harbor Marina.

Uh so those two I believe are through mid-30 2035 around there, plus or minus when those will be paid off, but um moving in the right direction, and just uh I appreciate the comments.

Uh I agree with you.

Um I do think there's an opportunity to to pivot and and to merge you know, maritime with blue tech, and we have the so far item on here, which is uh one of uh a maritime uh tech-ish company.

Um our NOAA vessels, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric, what's the last day?

Administration, thank you.

Uh we've seen it please talk into the mic.

We have seen an increase in those in those uh those birthings, those best vessel visits.

We prioritize it for our pure 3032 facility and other facilities as well.

Um, and so in into offshore wind.

It was captured in the um in the staff report, and we'll probably come back at some point in time with just an update on on offshore wind.

But uh of course, with where things are at the federal level, there has we have slowed down there, but um are still pursuing what our opportunities are in our southern waterfront.

And I think the other thing, I mentioned the strategic plan update, so I will definitely incorporate as we work towards refreshing our strategic plan update, uh, incorporating some of your ideas uh from the comments that you made.

And I think the other thing too is just to remember that we have to there's you know, Senator Burden Burden Act, trust consistent um uses as well, so we're always mindful of that.

Thanks, Andre.

So, Andre, our commitment to maritime is so profound that my two other before I make any more comments, my two other commissioners have additional comments they'd like to make, which is awesome.

So Commissioner Lee is gonna go first, and then Commissioner Adams.

Well, I just want to follow up on the vice president's comment.

Um, you know, I want the maritime to support that new technology that the crab crab fishermen are exploring right now with the the crab pots, so then they don't get delayed on their um, you know, but and statewide we'll probably let them go and have these uh new technology since we're in the tech sector of the world here, and I was watching on television that they're making great progress on uh these new crab traps for the fishermen.

So I really think that our maritime should stand behind that because you know, it's gonna be another next year, they're gonna postpone crab season again, and there's probably not gonna be salmon again.

Um, pretty soon, no matter how much relief we give these fishermen, they're there's not there's you know, without the state cooperation, they're not gonna be here, and it won't be our fault.

Um, and also I just want to comment that I'm glad you guys are working on our fuel dock and getting it either leased out or doing something with it because I just I don't like looking at it empty.

So, anyway, that's my closing comment.

Thanks, Commissioner.

Um I just wanted to get back.

I don't think anybody's making the apology.

I just I'm just speaking fact about it.

One time the port of San Francisco was the largest port on the West Coast, and then they had a freeway, and they took the freeway out, and before, and way before Director Forbes came, other different port directors went a different direction.

There's some ports that, and it's just not that, that it's not going to the height of the port, but we have to capitalize on where our strengths are in this port.

And I'm and I'm talking about 150 some years of history, and the port of uh San Francisco is not going to be LA Long Beach, which 45% of the nation's cargo go through.

It's not going to be that, right?

And every port, if you look around, is different.

You go up to Stockton, they have rice, they have a few other things.

You go up to Sacramento.

Every port is to San Diego's a little bit different.

And San Francisco has its own niche, and I know that Director Forbes and Mike Martin have been working with the California Ports Association, they're at the meetings.

Mike was down in Long Beach, where Long Beach is doing over a thousand acres of offshore wind.

But this new administration is not down with that.

And I don't think Mike and Andre could talk much about it because this new administration, they're not for offshore wind.

And IOW was all in, Patia was all in, Mike.

We were looking at it.

We we talked about it at different meetings and stuff like that, right?

So we have to go about what what our strengths was.

I wish we used to have those certain things now, but I agree with you as far as technology and the and the things that we can have.

Now look at this.

We never had a museum art gallery down there.

We have an art gallery down on the waterfront, which I think is cool.

And what I think the main thing is the Port of San Francisco, which I've seen, and I've worked under two directors, Monique and Director Forbes.

And I think they've had to change the landscape to the times, to the politics, to to where the to where the city was at.

I mean, who would have ever thought that the giants would be our biggest tenant in the Port of San Francisco and being able to make those adjustments?

We're gonna have a hotel and that is coming back to the waterfront.

I mean, it's really exciting what's what's happening.

And I think what Andre is saying that for us to get, because guess what?

Oakland's never gonna have cruise ships.

Right.

No, Stockton don't have them.

Sacramento don't have them, but guess what?

San Francisco, we're going to have that, and with our new waterfront.

So I think, Commissioner, just my opinion, right, that we're changing, and but you know, nothing ever stays the same.

And I think we're changing with the times, and that's the only thing that I've seen is progressive thinking from whoever the port director was and and director Forbes and Mike pushing the envelope, and I tell you, boy, I wish we could get that offshore win.

I think that that would would be great.

And if we can get some more tech, that would be good.

And you know, we did everything we could to try to get the Warriors, and we tried to get the Lucas Museum, and we couldn't get it.

But hopefully, and when you're talking about that, I want to make sure you and that commission when we fill that hole in down at Pier 3032, and then we will have completed the circle.

So I just wanted to share that.

Thank you, Commissioner.

Andre, I think you see the utter commitment we all have for our seven and a half miles of waterfront, and I want to thank you for for an amazing report.

Um, and I think the reflections I want to offer, I echo so many of the comments of my fellow commissioners, but particularly what Commissioner Adams um just said is I think what you're hearing from us is well, offshore wind's not gonna happen today, and as unfortunate as we all know, the administration just pulled funds on a project that was like 95% completed and is not being sued, the federal administration is not being sued over that effort.

I think we just don't want it forgotten as an opportunity, um, and it would be a great opportunity for a pu uh you know for you know a private public partnership if there is um someone out there who wants to make that investment with us.

But I think we also have to be realistic to double down on what we know we do well and good.

We are a small staff from a city department perspective.

Um, you know, about 225 when we have a full complement, um, and we have a lot of work and we have a lot of responsibilities from security to maintenance to cleaning to real estate to leasing to maritime.

And right now, um, you know, cargo and crews are butting right there from a maritime perspective.

Um, and if we can double down and try to see what Pier 80 can really do to bring vitality to the southern waterfront to up that cruise traffic to revitalize fishermen's work as an economic driver both for locals and for tourists, um, and if we can continue to invest while we have a capital backlog as an enterprise department, that might be right now, while we keep the pinned on the wall that we want wind or we want these other things.

I just think it's really important for the public to remember um we're not the public works department, the PUC or I always reverse it because I'm from New York Park and Rec, where um they um you know have thousands of employees.

We're a lean and mean team that relies on our own revenue to get these things done.

I think we are doing a tremendous job, and I'm so proud to see where we are with Cruise, and I think anything this commission can do to help support Pier 80 and the Southern Waterfront revitalization, um, we we all are very much in agreement with.

So thank you so much for your work as we welcome Fleet Week and all of our maritime allies and sailors um to San Francisco in October.

Thank you, Andre, for your report.

Thank you, President.

Um, Jenica, next item, please.

Item 13 is new business.

Commissioners, I have recorded the oyster project.

We are going to uh reach out again and work with that organization.

Uh I also recorded that you would like a financial report uh on how we're doing, and so I'll work with uh Megan Wallace and the finance team to get you an update uh either on our on our uh budget to actuals.

Is there any other new business?

You know, I think Director Provose with what was said, and I think this could happen sometime between now and the end of the year.

I know um, because I believe he's on vacation that Boris isn't here, but I think having an update on federal funds and federal legislation, how it's affecting us, maybe once you come back from the APA conference would be timely since we know it's having an effect on wind from the news, but there could be other implications we're not aware of.

Thank you.

Okay, no.

Uh, close the honor in the memory of yes.

Oh, do you want to say it?

Oh, no.

Okay.

Um, first of all, can I can I have a motion to adjourn?

So, second.

So we are closing this meeting in the honor and the honor of Senator John Burton, who without the Burton Act of 1968, this commission would not be at this dais today, and we would not be in control of this beautiful seven and a half miles of beautiful waterfront.

All in favor?

Aye.

We adjourn the meeting at 525 in honor of Senator Burton.