Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20171124

SFGTV Government Access Programming November 24, 2017

I just want to make sure that that is a condition of the lease, it is a question, it is a condition of the lease and that responsibility of dredging when it is necessary in the ongoing maintenance is going to be the responsibility of the marina operator t. I. E. Correct, the future maintenance of the access exanl t channel to the cove as wells maintenance within and around the marina facilities will be the responsibility of the operator. Thank you. And where is is it in the lease . Or a verbal commitment of t. I. E. That existing tenants will be able to lease based on the size of their boat and not the size of the slip . Where is that agreement or that promise made . I believe that has been a verbal commitment but ill have rich, its not incorporated in the language lease. No, its not incorporated in the lease. Then we would charles indicated we would make that amendment to the lease if the board so directed. Thank you. I think thats all of my questions today. If there is no more questions, or clarifications from the board, id like to open it up to the public. I have to say thank you, actually, weve received a lot of comments. There were people here at our last meeting who took time out of their day to come to speak to the board. And i think that we really do appreciate that. It shows how much people obviously care about clipper cove. And we take off we take all your comments seriously and read each one ld i want yo want you to know that. The action we take today is assessment on all the information before us and we think is best for Treasure Island. Right now, id like to open it to the public. Boyce. Thank you to the board and opportunity to speak. Im missan boyce, im the current 201 2017 commodore of te yacht club. I also represent as myself as an individual who i truly appreciate that you speak for us. I do standup paddling and i go to the beach and dont own a boat. That voice for the public needs to be heard and its incumbent on the board to speak for that group. Im here representing not just the yacht cub but im a Business Owner and tenant on the island. And wanting to grow with the development of the island and community itself as a whole, not just the boating community. Im opening up a small restaurant called merci for breakfast lunch and dinner. I appreciate and respect the fact that both organizations and support both the sailing club as well as the Marina Development for multiple reasons. I believe myself as a lover of anything on the boat and sailing, that its wonderful to have a school and program that supports the youth and gives them that passion. I also believe as a member of the Treasure Island yacht club, we represent more than the yacht club. Since ive been a member and in the chair worked diligently to broaden our inclusion of the community. Longtime resident of the island, theyve been supportive and active in Treasure Island events and as residents on the island. So our small yacht club is inclusive of those who have boats and those that dont have boats and to try to introduce boating to them. I urge the board to support both these organizations, but at the same time bear in mind there are far more than just two organizations for this cove. Not just the public for those of us into kayaking, but the greater boating community. There are over 15. 8 million registered boaters in the united states. California in 2002 surpassed michigan as number one boating community. This marina for our club is inviting all those boating organizations, picya and naval organizations, for more than two organizations that want this space. Its for over a million boaters in california that would like to have access. The Poor Condition of the marina has damaged our revenue. Wwe are a nonprofit, humble and small. Other boaters are not able to come to us whether large or small boats because of the current condition of the marina. We urge to please come to a conclusion please allow us to move forward. Thank you. [inaudible] pierce . Good afternoon. Nice to see you all and meet you. Im Karen Knowles pierce. Im the member and chair of the Treasure Island citizens advisory board. Im here today as a member of the public and sailor. Im also a member of south beach yacht club. Past vice commodore. And membership director. The tranc transformation of thea has been presented to c. A. B. A couple of times this year, im here as a member of the public because the c. A. B. Has not taken action on this yet and i expect us to do so in the future. Although i had requested on numerous times that a member of the public and sailor was to be included on the meetings, that didnt happen. But i was very pleased that i had a few opportunities to express some concerns i had and my opinions particularly about the fact that clipper cove is a Public Access cove and thats where my interests lay. When we get to the end of these negotiations, will this cove still be available not just for canoers, kayakers and paddleboarders but for sailers who want to go into the cove, anchor out, practice, have lunch, many issues. Thats where my concern lay. I still have concerns when i see the drawing, but ive also from a logical sense have seen the measurements and am assured that there will be plenty of space for the public to utilize this beautiful cove. So i agree with others who have said that i encourage you to consider all that has been done. I think its been a good negotiation because nobody is 100 percent happy. And had i been in those pleeghts, i would fall into that cat meetings, i would fall into that category also, but im grateful for the work that everybody has put in. Its been a long slog. I think weve reached the right balance of compromise. I encourage you to support this important part of the development of the island. Thank you so much. Thank you. Al sargent. Thank you directors for the opportunity to speak. Would it be possible to switch to the current powerpoint slide up here . Or do i do that . Perfect. So thank you for the opportunity to speak. Im coming to you today as speaking as a friend of the sailing sent. Also a past sailing instructor, coach, fourtime national champion. I think with all the discussions as chris touched on, i think its important today to consider the dynamics of the tbhind windn clipper cove. I dont think you can observe that from the smor. If i can go over here. It has to be on the record. I guess we use this here. When wind comes from the west, it hits this isthmus right here and rises up and lands back on the surface. So there is less wind here in this connection in here in this section and this section and less wind here because its higher, right . Think of fluid flowing through. As you go further to the east, it gets windier and windier. In terms of current, there is almost no current here, but there is a lot of current going back and forth here. When you see travis white board, youll see his beginning sailing classs have zones in here and 3ere. This is exactly the areas that the marina is going to unfortunately. So what happened is when you get down here, the winds pick up. You might have breeze here towards the west side, at maybe five knots. For you as skiers, think of a bunny slope. Here you might have winds of 15 knots and think of a dark blue, Black Diamond type and bad stuff can happen. On a personal note, ive done a lot of racing and a lot of in a lot of different venues. One time i got a concussion was right about here. My main sheet wrapped around the tiller, the steering thing. I got hit in the head with a boom. Think of a baseball bat only 10 feet long. It was kind of a scary feeling. Forced down into the bay under water trying to breathe breathe and not black out. Id hate to have any kids to have that type of situation. For safety, its really critical to have the kids up here. One of the people in the Sailing Center see the need for the marina to be developed. Access is critical. A. D. A. Is critical. But we immediate to make sure we preserve access to the light air zones that ensure safety for our children. Thank you very much. Sonny allen. Thank you so much. I really appreciate being able to be a small part of this process. Its been humbling to participate and social activism for the first time. Im here speaking today as part of the raftup community in clipper cove. Weve been here and smokin to g to you, but not really talked about what it is we do out at clipper cove and id love to just talk about that for a second. Once a month were all sailors and have our own boats. Friday night or saturday morning, we come, we sail into the cove and we all anchor and tie our boats together in a circle. And then everybody leaves on sunday afternoon depending on the tides. Its like family time. We share meals together, we likr dinghies and watch the Sailing Center do their thing and its a precious community where you can be a beginning sailor or as i was, i had never been on a boat before. Before i started coming to these ra raftups. Up to these raftups. All you have to do to anchor your boat are what you need to transition from being able to sail a dinghy to being a sailor who can do like ocean crossings and go around the entire world. And so, whereas three years ago, i didnt even know was a boom was, ive actually now sailed so far out into the pacific, that the closest people outside of our boat were on the International Space station, because the International Space station is 250 miles up and ive been 350 miles out. The next up for me is to sail all the way to hawaii. There is nothing else like that to gives you all those conditions in the bay area. And its because the bay itself is so windy and the conditions are so intense that youve got to have some sort of smaller area with the winds dying down a little bit so that you can practice these necessary skills. And like the Sailing Center said, the a tha current marina proposal branches out to the south, it endangers our ability to still exist in the cove. This is just one final statement billion us still opposing the current proposal. Thank you so much. Thank you. Is there any other Public Comment . Good afternoon, directors. Thank you very much for your time and attention. Im hunter cutting and i represent the clipper club and save the cove coalition. I appreciate the discussion that were having today. Its muchimproved and appreciate the new light brought to the subject. First off, i want to show and enter this marina proposal into the record. Those of you that are new to the board may not recognize it. This is not part of the staff report, but this is actually the 2015 and 2016 marina proposal. This was vetted an approved by tida staff and brought to the board twice and tida staff testified in support of this proposal in front of dbw in 2016. You have to understand, this is what the Sailing Center was told theyd get if they didnt agree to the compromise. Adam said we were going to get shutdown. This is what shes talking about. This was the official tida staff position for two years. A bit on current tenants, we know how much theyre going to be charged because t. I. E. Said theyll be charged 16. 50 a foot. In other words rent will double for the current tentsants in the new marina and shutting them out. All new boaters will have to pay for the entire slip and not the enlength of their boat. This is not bcdc compliant in the least. In the staff report they dont mention bcdc compliance or bay compliance. They didnt look at it. They only referred to the city planning memo which refers to the 2006 e. I. R. And bcdc commented on the 200 2006 e. I. R. I want to read to you ow the final e. I. R. Responded to the concerns that this would greatly reduce Public Access. This is what they said, where proposed land uses are not consistent, the bay plan could be amended to be consistent with the proposed land use. Or the uses could not be developed. In other words, theyre saying we think we should hand this off to bcdc and they can amend the bay plan to make the marina work. Again, i want to note the staff report does not mention the major Feasibility Study done by a major california oversight anxiety si, the division of boating and waterways which questions the revenue for this proposal based on the shaky summation theyre going to charge 3,000 a month. They question the revenue and note yearly estimates are grocery underestimate. Thats the essential thing. Putting aside whether dredging will affect the health of the bay, this plan does not stand up to financial feasibility at all and there is nothing in the staff report that justifies it. You shouldnt approve the plan until you get bcdc compliance addressed and financial feasibility addressed. Thanks. Thank you very much. Are there any others in the audience who would like to address the board . Yes. [off mic] thank you. So then i will close the Public Comment section and now this comes before the board. This is the way well do it. Well first actually consider the actions for the marina which is number five. Yes, number five. Well do that first. And then well take the action for number six which is with the Sailing Center. Before we take an action, are there any first of all, i have a motion on item five. Would you read the item number 5 resolution making ceqa findings and adopting a monitoring and reporting program for the marina project ard determine determinet know impacts would occur and no additional analysis other than the case file memorandum attached exhibit a would be required under ceqa and approving the authorization of a 66year Lease Agreement between the Treasure Island authority and Treasure Island llc for the development and management of the Treasure Island marina. Okay. So the item before you, what the so the ihe board . E you, what the so moved and i want to state that this is a Public Private endeavor. No local, state, or federal entity anywhere not just in San Francisco or any other state, at some point will have to engage in a Public Private venture. One of the implications, it says that this is to weigh the balance and thats what weve done. Let the record be shown that this matter has taken over two years. We are understand us here respect the staff of the Treasure Island authority. And i want to emphasize that. Mr. Beck and his staff are the finest. We give them an assignment and say, go back engage the civic center, engage Treasure Island enterprise. Two years. I dont think in San Francisco you can point to any project, any matter that has taken this long back an forth, yo yoyoing around, we respect the work of the civic center. Were not just building an arena. There is no building a marina. If you want to build a marina, its not a factor, well have 1,000 slips but because we have the very delicate situation, we have the Sailing Center and other userrers. You heard about the yacht club, theyve been in Treasure Island for decades now. We also consider the ecological system. Weve had many iterations. Youre not going to get 100 percent and we know that. The infrastructure what we have now is dilapidate. Commissioner dunlop said its going to provide jobs. The president asked the specific question, will you have Public Access . The answer is yes, the answer is yes, the answer is yes, the answer is yes. Im hurting about the fact that twothirds, 221 of the slips will be less than 50. I want everybody to concentrate on that. Were having all this argument about the small boats are the small boats going to be there . With all the boats in the area, they should be building marina also and not in south bay and everywhere. Thats what they did because of the demand. This particular project, twothirds of this slips will bs than 50. Im impressed with the civic sent silg center. You said its a give and take. Itwe weigh all the factors. We weigh all the factors. At the end of the line, i want to make the motion that i support this 66year lease. We can do that and we come to the Sailing Center and do the same thing also so you can go around to raise the money and scholarship and everything you need. It would be irresponsible to delay this farther because thats what people are doing in San Francisco, even with good intentions, we daylight projects and they get more expensive and they dont get built. Island residents want this bill. We have union leads that are want this bill. We have the boaters that want the bill. On those arguments, im ready to have the resolution, thank you, commissioners. There is a motion, id like to have more discussion, mr. Dunlop, yes. Thank you very much. And can i again, i appreciate the comments, the publics interest in this. This is certainly something that is very important issue. Not just for San Francisco, not just for the boating community, but for building Treasure Island and yerba bueno island. This is an Expensive Development and were scurntly looking at 25 Affordable Housing. Scurnt currently looking at 25 Affordable Housing. Im not sure how much well be getting from the marina, but if we just continue debating for the next 10 years, well get nothing. And, yeah, there was painful gives from, i think both sides certainly some fourth graders being unable to participate. And a hundred slips also lost. Some people have commented that this is not going to work anyway. I did a quick count of the waiting list over at south beach and its well in, i think i would say 300 or so waiting list. Some of them have been on that waiting list for years. I feel that this could prosper. And therefore, we all prosper including the sailing school. I have been told that the really nice, soft, windless water near the beach

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