It represents commerce, navigation, all of the things that San Francisco is famous for. The wood you see in the board of supervisors chambers is oak and all hand carved on site. Interesting thing about the oak is there isnt anymore in the entire world. The floors in china was cleard and never replanted. If you look up at the seceiling you would believe thats hand kof carved out of wood and it is a cast plaster sealing and the only spanish design in an arts building. There are no records about how many people worked on this building. The workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language. And what happened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have this masterpiece to show the world today. [roll call] item number two, pledge of allegiance. Item number three, approval of minutes for the june 9, 2020 Port Commission meeting. So moved. Second. All in favor. Aye. Sorry, roll call vote. [roll call] thank you, minutes have been approved. Item number four, announcements. Please be advised that a member of the public have up to three minutes to make Public Comment on each agenda item unless the Port Commission adopt shorter period on any item. Please note that during the Public Comment period, the moderator will instruct dialin participants to use their touch phone to register any desire for Public Comment. Audio prompts will signal to dial in participants when their audio input has been enabled commenting. Please dial in only when the item you wish to comment on is announced. For meeting presenters and participants, please remember to mute your microphone and turn off your cameras when you are not presenting. I would like to move to consider consent items first prior to the agenda item five. Is there a second . Second. Approved. Roll call vote. [roll call] motion passes. Item 7a, consent calendar request approval of delegation of vote renewal of the Fisherman WharfCommunity Benefit district to affected tenants consistent with park practice resolution number 2031. So moved. Second. Thank you. You will open the phone lines to take Public Comment on item 7a. Members of the public joining us on the phone, he will provide instructions now for anyone on phone who like to provide Public Comment. Thank you president brandon. At this time, well open the queue for anyone on the phone who like to make Public Comment on item 7a. Dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. The system will let you know when your line is open. Others will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments will be limited to three minutes per person. The queue is now open. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. President brandon do we have anyone on the phone . We have one caller on the line at the moment. Opening the first line now. Is this in favor of the Community Benefit district, vote for that . Yes. Im a Business Owner. Im in total favor of the Community Benefit district. You have to forgive me, im in a bad phone place. I want to get my vote registered for that. President brandon your name . [indiscernible]. President brandon thank you. Thats all i have. President brandon any other callers . There are no other members of the public on the phone for item 7a. President brandon seeing no more callers on the phone. Public comment is closed. Commissioner, all in favor . Aye. Roll call. President brandon im sorry. Ill get that down one day. Roll call vote. [roll call] president brandon resolution 2031 has been approved. Now well take Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda. Item number 5, Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda. President brandon we owill open we will open the phone lines to take Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda. Well provide instructions now for anyone on the phone who like to provide Public Comment. Thank you. At this time we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. The system will let you know when your line is open. Others will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments will be limit to three minutes per person. The queue is now open. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. President brandon thank you. Do we have anyone on the phone . At this time, we have two callers on the line for Public Comment. Opening the first line now. Hello everyone. President brandon, Vice President adams, configurations gilman and woo ho and executive director. My name is Laura Schaefer im Deputy Director at Fisherman Wharf. I speak on behalf of our organization. The Fisherman Wharf has supported the dynamic working water front of the wharf. We have spent many hours and various conversations with the boat owners captain and staff fishing vessel and with city officials and port officials in a combined effort to identify suitable locations for the fresh daily fishing call can be sold directly from the boat to the public within the Fisherman Wharf district. I speak to you today on the item of the fishing vessel pioneer. The size of the pioneer mean which is where the retail are authorized to occur. This location is longer viable. The assistant maritime director has been researching options and working with everyone to come up with an amicable solution. The search for solution will continue. The pioneer still has the option selling their catch to commercial fishery. We understand this is not a viable longterm solution. They spent lot of time advocating on behalf of sb pioneer and continue supporting the goal resuming retail system. We recognize and appreciate the many hours of hard work by port staff and acknowledge the situation is difficult for all involved. Thank you so much for listening to me during Public Comment. President brandon thank you laura. Next caller please. Opening the next line now. This is tom creteen. Commissioners, i appreciate the opportunity to be able to speak. I would like to say the port has been working all tenants to help with Current Situation including flexibility for business to operate within the requirements of social distancing and health and safety directives from department of Public Health. We appreciate the health from the port to bring back many long Time Union Workers having shut our doors in march impacted 140 workers and their families. Today, more than half are back to work. I have been on record many times in support of the fishing industry of fish sales and i will continue to be that way. Thank you very much for my opportunity to speak. President brandon thank you tom. Are there any other callers . We have one additional caller on the line. My name is frank again, im a Third Generation fisherman at Fisherman Wharf, weve been a tenant of the port since 1908. I cannot speak highly enough how much port has supported fishing boats, sport fishing industry. I cannot speak highly enough wanting to be able to stay open. Im in favor of fish sales at the wharf in places that can be done. Right now, i think the way things are going and the help that we get, i would not be here if it wasnt for the port. Theyve allowed me over the years, i been around all my life, like i said, our family has been in business at the port 112 years. Without the support of the port and people like michael and our port director, elaine, we wouldnt be here. They do the best they can. They support us the most than anybody can. Like i said earlier, im not getting very good connection. I hope i get through. If if wasnt for tom creteen, hes big time owner of the fishing industry. It would be ashame to see his restaurant not functioning without Outdoor Dining facilities. It would be a shame. Were one of the fortunate businesses because of the help of the port were in business taking out port fishing parties now. We want to thank the port for everything they do. Thats my comment. President brandon thank you frank, we can hear you very clearly. Thank you. You guys are the best. President brandon any other callers . We have one last caller on the line. Im john barnett. President of the crab boat owners association. I want to reiterate what frank said, how much port helped us. One of the fisherman that lost everything in the fireworks the port has gone beyond trying to do everything they can. The port has gone out of their way to help us try to get us grant money and loan money, i want to thank them continued effort. Reiterating what frank said, Outdoor Dining and everything we can do to stay in business. Its been a very tough year. President brandon thank you. Are there any other callers . At this time, there are no other members on the call. President brandon seeing no more callers on the phone, Public Comment is closed. Next item please. Item 6, executive director report. Good afternoon, members of the public and port staff, im port executive director. I want to say thank you to Michael Martin and katy for acting as port director so i can serve mayor breed and dr. Colfax at oat the onset covid19 pande. I was away for four months. I want to say that it was Port Commission and port staff that really made it possible for me to contribute to leadership in that way. Im very grateful to you all. This organization so many people really stepped out their lane assignments and took on new responsibilities and collaboration. Not only did the port team do a lot for our organization but did a lot for the Covid Response on the ground. Port commissioners, you played such a huge part in the that for guiding the team. You kept this Organization Safe and stable during a very long four month period. Im so proud of our strong bench and all the accomplishments that the team made during the early months of shelterinplace, many of these accomplishments are on your agenda today. Im proud to be back to be the leader of this very talented organization which has challenges that face us that really are unprecedented in our lifetime. Im very confident in what well achieve together with our partners and stakeholders. I did learn a lot from dr. Colfax. I really do look forward to applying this learning here in our organization especially as it realte relates to equity. Latinos alarmingly are over 50 of reported cases. Africanamericans are experience worse Health Outcomes and asians are overrepresented from the disease. Im speaking now about San Francisco data. This is our city data. It is just past time for us to address headon the systemic racism and poverty and inhumane conditions, africanamericans and other groups disconnected from country and prosperity in americas effort. Its pasttime for us to really place true value on our essential workers and see the contribution of all people. At the port, i believe were really situated to take this on. We have and we will continue to do so. Lets keep working on it and be in it all together because we really are all in this together. On my final note, i wouldnt have worked for dr. Colfax for four months if i didnt tell everyone to cover their faces and learn to adapt to this virus. This is a very serious virus. It maybe with us for a while. Please lets all learn together, cover our faces and follow all the health guidance. We have to change our behaviors in order to be successful out in communities together. Were seeing that. This virus is serious. Pay attention all the Health Orders. First, to pier 45, i live to give update on the recovery. The port property insurance policy does cover cost of rebuilding, the damaged shed and lost of income. Total replacement of pier 45. Reconstruction and final disposition of this claim may take us many years, unfortunately. We have some challenges and opportunities in this long path ahead. I am now happy to report that the cleaning and restoration of all tenant spaces in sheds a, b and d are complete on site Fish Processing has been allowed to resume at pier 45. Were contracted now with silverado construction for debris removal. We expected demolition to take approximating five weeks. We do expect the Fire Department investigation into the cause and origin of the fire. Once silverado removed the debris, they will support that investigation. Once that investigation is complete, we will continue to work with that contractor on all debris removal but that will allow further access into the shed and potential salvage operations. Were currently in the process of developing a plan to partition pier 45 shed a into new storage spaces for fib fishers who lost. We successfully identified relocation for red and white fleet operation and in the process of relocating them. You have item 8b on your calendar to discuss economic assistance for the fishers. I want to thank all the port staff who worked very hard on the pier 45 fire and continue to do so. At heron head park over july 4th weekend, it started at about 8 00 p. M. It was a grass fire adjacent to the ecosystem. The Fire Department did an amazing job quickly responding and they patrolled over the evening into the night to deal with flare ups. Approximately three acres native grass and brushes were burned on all sides of the ecocentre. The maintenance has investigated and the ecocentre is okay. The soil will be able to be replaced and repaired. We did lose an active beehive. Good news that we were able to take care of that fire and thanks to the Fire Department and maintained it. My next opening is about economics reopening. I like to thank monica of port staff who helped us very much leading an effort ton economic reopening for the port. Were committed to a very safe and equitable return to port staff, tenants and to the waterfront. We have created reoccupancy task force to evaluate our requirements for our facilities in our covid environment. The City Administrators Office is coordinating an effort statewide. Dr. Colfax and city administrator has issued directives including requirement to departments Submit Health and safety plan. I want to talk about the overall concepts in our economic reopening. Which is that staff who can work from home continue to do so. Theres nothing like a zero risk of transmission from home when were bringing our staff into the work environment. The risk contracting the virus is no longer zero. Those who can work from home will continue to do so into the foreseeable future. For our employees who produce work at work and need to be on the job, most notably our entire maintenance. We have found through Public Health department and Occupational Health standard guidance, etcetera, clear direction how we can bring our workforce back safely. Our plan includes the best Occupational Health standard and health guidances. It includes protective gear, social distancing and lots of Different Health check screenings, stayathome if youre sick. These types of things to keep our workplace safe. On july 1st, we received approval to reopening. Our goal is 90 of maintenance to resume normal work activities by august 1st. Our maintenance provides really important surfaces to the waterfront and many of those services we have deferred during this period and it is time that we bring our maintenance staff back online but it needs to be safe and secure for our workforce. Im pleased to report that 90 of our team have participated in training on new covid specific protocols for face covering, daily health screenings, disinfection protocols and proper use of ppe. In addition to the reoccupancy task force, theyre developing tool and resources to support many other port employees who will be working from home, telecommuting and South Beach Harbor are looking into safety plans for safe reopening. I want to thank our i. T. Team who is capable of supporting us today as we transition to work from home. I do want to acknowledge that our reopening plan will shift if the virus shift. Were closely aligned in watching for our mayors and Public Health director guidances. Time really matters with the virus and we have to be prepared if were required to go back inside. We have a very cautious approach and we wait and watch. We do feel confident that we can have a safe reopening of pier 50. Finally, i move commendation. It means people are retiring. We have two giants, tom carter and marie mitchell. They really belong together. Theyve been a team for quite some time and very highly effective team. I will start with tom carter who is our beloved Deputy Director of Maintenance Division. Hes been with the port for 15 years and with the city