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Rules Committee approves waiver to fast-track Pier 29 arts residency lease with CAST

5142994 · May 19, 2025
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Summary

The committee voted to transmit an ordinance waiving contracting requirements so the Port can reimburse CAST for tenant improvements at Pier 29, enabling an arts residency and public education programming to open as soon as this year. The committee heard from Port staff, CAST representatives and artists.

The Rules Committee voted without objection to send an ordinance to the full Board of Supervisors that would waive certain contracting requirements of the San Francisco Administrative Code so the Port of San Francisco can reimburse tenant-improvement work performed by CAST (Community Arts Stabilization Trust) for a lease at Pier 29.

Scott Lansittle, deputy director of real estate for the Port, told the committee the port has approved a two-year lease with CAST, with an option to extend for an additional two years, and seeks a waiver that would allow the Port to reimburse CAST up to $500,000 in allowance-based improvements. Lansittle said the work…

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