Aye. Ok. Pledge of allegiance. I pledge of allegiance to the flag, of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones and other Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager or other similar soundproducing electronic device. Please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Port Commission adopts a shorter period on any item. Item eight, Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda. Is there any Public Comment . Ok. Item nine, executive directors report. Good afternoon, president brandon, Vice President adams, members of the commission, members of the public and port staff. Im Elaine Forbes, t
Business plan is that right now for new facilities, distribution, stuff that we cant fund through Revenue Bonds, we have to pay cash. And so this gives us a vehicle to debt finance using our revenue. And so we are unable to do that on any new facilities. So, that was the thinking of trying to make the power enterprise. We always had the ability for clean power, not cleanpowersf, but clean power, we have that authority already. But as barbara and they have said, we are separating the business units, or we have hechi and we want clean power to stand on its own. So we started having clean power, you know, at a really relied on the power enterprise and initiation or the start, but now we have it where its true and not codependent, so we want to continue that. Right. I understand that. I just was surprised to first learn about the power Revenue Bonds charter amendment, you know, at a board meeting, frankly. This is the first ive had it explained. I approach appreciate it. I have a number of
Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is deidre vonne rock. I am the president of the rest portal rock merchants association. While im proud that we have the lowest vacancy, that is not how it appears on an objective view. In west portal, absentee land lowers who have no interest in the block of a huge problem. For example, we had a discussion in anchoring a project on the west tunnel because they were still collecting rent on a formula retailer. We had a radio shack that sat vacant for years because the owner wanted another radio shack. Finally, verizon showed some interest in it, but its been meyered in planning for well over a year. Just recently, one of the owners of the four buildings where three of our businesses recently has been devastated has been unresponsive, delaying the Recovery Efforts of all the other businesses. The Merchant Association is often asked about the status of the vacancies and what can be done, and our answer is nothing. Not until there is anymore enforcement
Environments, and then, a mix of other environments throughout for residential and more flexible retail and commercial use. The design controls i should say the sud along with the the proposition that the voters passed regarding heights and bulk and the design controls Work Together to assure again, that as i said, we have a livly skyline for mission rock. But that also but with a design controls, having more specific controls for character and modulation of the building. Finally, the regulations and amendments before you will call for further design processes as these projects as the buildings become ready for actual implementation. There will be a phase Design Review process that is actually something that the port will take the lead on, the Design Review of vertical or a building is something that the Planning Department will take the lead on and is outlined in the special use district before you. That concludes my portion of the presentation, and im now going to hand it over to ada
Supervisor fewer yes, ill be very brief. Supervisor yee, ill be very happy to work with you on more aggressive tactics. And also, i did not hear from oewd that icon staptly hear from my Small Businesses is that they are having a harder and harder time getting employees to work in their stores. Many of our businesses have wanted signs, and the retension rate is abysmal. They cant keep people working in their Small Businesses because they cant compete with the wages, and quite frankly people arent willing to come in two hours to a job that pays 15 an hour, so id like that addressed at our next hearing, also. Thank you. Thank you very much. So much to say. I will just concur with my colleagues, and at this time i think i heard that we would like to continue items 1 actually, lets just continue item 1 to the call of the chair, and then, item 2, let ease file that one, if thats okay. Okay. Well do that, supervisor kim, without objection, okay . Those motions are passed with supervisor safai