Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20240713

SFGTV Government Access Programming July 13, 2024

And we have those across those other categories as well. And so finally just some kind of highlevel key issues that sort of emerge from this report, from this analysis and findings. Not surprisingly, you would see a lot of maritime facilities and industries. And that would obviously impact port and related jobs and services that these facilities provide. And for all of these the degree of impact is obviously driven by the elevation of the port facilities, by the condition, by how they are used and whether it will be temporarily on permanently inundated across a number of scenarios. So different facilities become vulnerable at different scenarios depending on how high up they are. Port facilities play a critical Emergency Response function in terms of both staging areas and areas for people to aassembleasemiassemble or evacuate. So that would have a big impact on the citys ability to recover from a natural disaster. Shoreline open spaces are at risk and this is a valuable resource and access for the for the city. Dependence on access to transportation links both ferries and ability to access ferries. But also the links to the port cargo and industrial facilities, the road and rail and port facilities would be impacted as well. And finally, the number of the piers have stormwater utilities that run under the deck of the pier. And this would be a greater corrosion, tidal debris and inundation and that would impact the citys ability to let stormwater out to the bay and could potentially affect water quality. So in terms of next steps, we are working holistically to think about not just Sea Level Rise but kind of all of our climate hazards through the planning work that brian was just talking about. We are moving into the sort of four, five, six of that. Or at least four largely. So some of the other aspects we are looking at are resilience building codes and guidelines for both existing and new developments. How do we develop a resilient capital plan and Funding Program for what is going to take to make these adaptations. And then developing adaptation strategies, kind of at the neighborhood level. All this information i presented to you is really sort of internal city information that we then want to take out to the community and say heres what we see as at risk. And what are the priorities and values of the community and what should we do about that and how does that manifest in your neighborhood in terms of what types of adaptation strategies. So to that end we are working with the port on their resilience efforts for the sea well. We are working on the ocean beach adaptations where those are more localized, communitybased planning processes to develop adaptation strategies and projects. So with that that concludes my presentation, and im happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Is there any Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you. Having watched how the city has progressed on this effort in terms of both resilience and Sea Level Rise, i think todays update and presentation has shown tremendous amount of progress. So i really appreciate both brian and adam coming and showing us i think its very important its longterm and strategic but obviously we have to address it. And seems like with some of the things we see across the country and just in terms of the weatherrelated hazards that we all know even most recently are affecting the state more and more. So these are important topics. I guess i dont have any questions about how you are going about it or what you are trying to do. I have just a couple questions to understand given that we are not the only coastal city, that obviously we have a lot of other we just heard about seattle earlier in executive director forbes report. How would we compare where we are at this point in understanding these issues related to some of our counterparts in other cities. And are we sharing knowledge on an active basis . . We are kind of in the thick of it and other counties around the bay area have kind of progressed further. They just released an adaptation framework so they are at the the next steps San Mateo County is also at that next step. They had some informal conversations with other cities. And brian can talk to that more. But we have also been working and i didnt mention at the regional level with bcdc who is doing this work at the regional scale. So we are trying to coordinate what we are doing with what they are doing too. And as i mentioned some of the neighboring counties are ahead of us and others are not as far along. I would just quickly add san mateo is kind of ground zero in the bay area, because they are the most impacted by Sea Level Rise getting it on both sides the bayside and oceanside, sort of like we are but more vulnerable especially with some of the issues in pacifica and so forth with losing the the deterioration of the shoreline. Right. And the other we are also i was at a uti coastal resilience conference recently. There is a lot happening all across the state. San diego is doing a fair amount with their port as well and looking at trying to use more green materials not necessarily changing their seawall but trying to use different types of materials than the typical riffraff thats been used. And then i would say across the country a lot weve been learning a lot from florida and the miami beach, miami ada, that area dade, they are experiencing Sea Level Rise more than anywhere else in the country and they are also dealing with hurricanes. Weve been looking at the work they are doing and a lot of the best practices are coming out of that region. I had a couple other questions. You did mention, actually, brian in your presentation that we havent had a lot of outreach engagement and you mentioned the private sector. I guess in terms of we heard from seattle in terms of how they are dealing with some of the private sectors in terms of neighborhoods in terms of contribution to help with some of the infrastructure and improvements needed. What will be the next step for the private sector on the resilience side other than making them aware the city has a plan, et cetera. Are there any actionable items that are going to come down the line as far as the private sector is concerned . I mean, ill just start. Theyve been very i think the private sector part, theyve been very open. And i think the work done at seawall 337 the giants and so forth and their willingness to raise the level of their raise the ground level of their project is based sort of on our guidance and forth, just shows they are really interested in stepping up. And we are seeing it with some of the individual Development Projects, especially in the downtown area the flower market where folks are willing to go up without any requirement without us telling them they had to, without any type of mandate. So thats been ongoing. And then we are seeing it, i think, in the participation on a lot of our workshops. So weve had the chamber happen really interested in doing this. And they actually have a whole group dedicated to climate change. Weve seen some of the other businesses coming to us and asking us how they can participate in this process or what should they do. And often we try to like the guidance that we have for our own we kind of try to set a good example. If we develop guidance even though we cant necessarily require the private sector to use it, they can look to it as a way for them to sort of justify the work that theyve been doing. And then i do think we are talking well, brad, do you want to step in on some of the port stuff . Down the road we are probably going to be looking at potential guidance would be the first step and then down the road its changes to zoning and stuff. They have been working with Property Owners that have persistent flooding. And thats very helpful. But i guess eventually also its a question of where is the funding going to come from. And what are the solutions to that. I would just say to the Resilience Program and Embarcadero Seawall Program and flood study, weve been with the chamber of commerce spur. I was very proud of director forbes when we were in seattle. She took advantage of that opportunity in front of the Chamber Delegation to talk about the downtown cfd special tax. I was like thats bold. [laughter] and then we were with marshal in the seattle crew and they talked about about the negotiation they had gone through to implement it and how it worked in that very broad area of downtown seattle. And it was just great to see the receptiveness of the chamber del gas station ideas like that. They seemed to delegation ideas like that. So well continue that. My last question relates to are we required to get fema approval. So i want to understand what fema approval does for us. Whats the benefit . I know we are required to do it. But does it mean . It means we are eligible for a Hazard Mitigation grants number one. So the poc received a grant to do work on some of the dams they have. They received a 700 thundershowers dollars7 700,000grant. We received 2 million in Hazard Mitigation grants for one of the health centers. Castro Mission Health center to do seismic work on it. The significant dollars that are coming up in that program. And then it really is, if you have a big event and you are out of compliance then technically you are not eligible for, new york for instance they got hundreds of billions of dollars to do work there. Fema could say no you didnt meet our you are out of compliance so you are not eligible for those funds. Okay. I just wanted to get confirmation that thats what it really means is access to federal funding. Thank you. Commissioner gilman. Thank you for the presentation. I have one question about your scenario models when you were modeling all those scenarios. I was curious if you looked at population migration or loss of housing. I was just curious how populations would shift across the city as part of your modeling. The scenarios those numbers and scenarios are based on Current Populations today. So we also do model kind of population and job growth over for our bay area, the middle and for our Land Use Planning and understanding of growth capacity, where growth would be happening. Those numbers i showed you dont actually include that. They show just a snapshot of people and jobs that are within the inundation zone or the future vulnerability zone today. Its a little bit its not exactly apples to apples, those numbers because its saying future Sea Level Rise but current population. Thats what those numbers are. But i think you bring up a good point that we also ought to be thinking about future Sea Level Rise and future population. One reason we havent done that is a big portion is in the Waterfront Development plans that are building Sea Level Rise adaptations so it doesnt change those numbers significantly, because once those developments happen, those areas are no longer within the vulnerability zone, because they have built up, if that makes sense. Okay, yes that does. That clarifies a lot. Thank you for the report. Thank you so much for the report. This is extremely important work. And its so good to know the city is working with the various departments to make sure we are all collaborating on this effort. Because i know this is only the beginning. And we have a long way to go. So thank you. Item 12a request authorization to issue a request for proposal for the adaptive reuse rehabilitation lease and operation of the south beach piers at piers 38 and 40 within the embarcadero National Register historic district, consistent with the goals and policies of the draft and ports Resilience Program. This is resolution number 1943. Good afternoon commissioners. David with real estate and development. Thank you for the introduction, leah. Can i have the screen please . Im sorry. We are having more technical difficulty. If we can just take three minutes and organize this. Sorry about this. No problem. [off mic] lets see what an engineer can do. [laughter] its not a plugin issue. Okay, thats a relief. [off mic] apparently its a signal from there. Because we can show the whole room, but we just cannot show the powerpoint. [off mic] it looks like we are back in business. I apologize, commissioners and members of the public for the delay. David please take the way. Thank you elaine. Commissioners, president brandon im with real estate and development, here seeking authorization for the request to proposals for the south beach historic piers 38 and 40. A quick outline of the presentation ill be going through this afternoon, including how this aligns with the strategic applan, a little bit about the background the Development Context the input we received, the minimum qualifications scoring criteria, collection panel, review and Selection Process and then the economic benefits to the port and next steps. So the rerelease and Successful Development to the piers 38 and 40 project will touch on five of the ports strategic objectives including productivity, stability, resilience engagement and equity. A little bit of background. The location of piers 38 and 40 is located in our south beach subarea, centrally located between the mission bay and mission rock projects, adjacent to the central ssoma and rincon areas and a lot of great access to public transportation. The Rehabilitation Project of the piers is an outcome of the waterfront plan process and the ports resilience plan. It touches on three direct things from the waterfront plan, including the adaptive reuse of the piers addressing the public trust objectives and attracting a mix of publiclyoriented and revenuegenerating uses. It helps the port and city achieve its goals from the Resilience Program, addressing seawall safety and flooding. And the process is the outcome of a lot of work thats been done to date, including the waterfront plan and the commission informational items as it relates to the historic piers program presented in december, february and may. And then lastly the outreach thats been conducted since those dates. These slides should look familiar. A reminder this process is coming directly out of the waterfront plan. These are the nine portwide goals. Falling under them are 161 policy recommendations. We feel a successful project will touch on each of these nine goals. Again, the public trust objectives, an outcome of the waterfront Land Use Plan, and those objectives at a high level are preserving the integrity of the historic district, investing in capital repairs seismic safety and Sea Level Rise, providing maritime and Public Access uses, providing publiclyoriented uses within a mix of other uses generating revenue to support the investment and the ports needs and matching a lease term that matches the investment within the piers. Also coming out of the waterfront Land Use Plan was the identification of acceptable land uses for each of the facilities. And within the pier 38 and 40 facilities are clustered into five different uses, including maritime uses, open space and Public Access, publiclyoriented uses commercial and industry uses and then a few other uses that fall into that category. This relates to the ports Resilience Program. It includes the port has three active programs relating to resilience. Theres seawall program, flood study which you heard a little bit from brad about and historic piers Program Within the flood work we are also doing a floodproofing study to help set criteria and standards and guidance as it relates to how we can floodproof our piers for the various levels of Sea Level Rise and storm action. The rop provides criteria and guidance on seismic performance adapting to flood management and city flood protection. Once we select a Development Partner, well be working with a Contract Management Division to establish lbe goals throughout the phases of the project. Well collaborate with cd to zyban design. The projects will need to comply with the local hirings. Well do that once weve selected the Development Partner. As outlined in the waterfront plan, partnering for success goal, we did outreach to our advisory groups and neighborhood groups within the areas of pier 38 and identified values and priorities for them that should be reflected in the rop. And weve organized those into two clusters, those that are common for the south beach and waterfront piers as we advance to those and specific ones to the south beach piers. To summarize the common ones, we want to look at the largest diversity and offering of uses that offer benefits to the greatest number and variety of users. We want equitable access for all. We want authenticity. We want to create a sense of place depending on the locations of the pier clusters and lastly balancing the objective of the rehabilitation of the piers with the objective of equitably serving the greatest number of users. And then the specific values and priorities for the south beach piers were enhancing the pier 40 Recreational Boating and excursion activities that occur out there today leverage the ballpark activities and foot traffic, create an opportunity for new uses on pier 40 that maybe activate the embarcadero edge, enhance the use of the adjacent parks and opportunity to enhance and connect the piers 38 and 40 with the south beach towns and commercial corridor. For the Development Concept

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