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Port staff updates commissioners on Pier 70 RFQ and potential large-scale redevelopment
Summary
The Port reported it issued a request for qualifications for the roughly 20-acre Pier 70 opportunity site (RFQ Aug. 30), said responses are due Nov. 18, and described the site as allowing about 2.5 million sq. ft. of new construction plus 260,000 sq. ft. of historic rehabilitation; staff said review and CEQA analysis will guide next steps.
Port staff briefed the commission on the Port's recent request for qualifications (RFQ) for the Pier 70 waterfront opportunity site and outlined expected next steps in review and environmental analysis.
Staff said the RFQ was issued Aug. 30 for an approximately 20-acre site in the southeast corner of Pier 70 and that responses are due Nov. 18. Staff described the site as allowing roughly 2,500,000 square feet of new buildings and about 260,000 square feet of historic rehabilitation. The Port's schedule, as described in the report, envisions evaluating responses through the end of the calendar year and returning in early 2011 with a proposed selection; subsequent steps would include CEQA review and additional public hearings.
Why it matters: Pier 70 is one of the City's largest waterfront opportunity sites; staff said development could support job creation and neighborhood economic activity but will undergo environmental review, potential planning approvals and public review, which means project terms may change during the process.
The executive report noted the Port intends to pursue private development concurrent with Port investments such as improvements to Crane Cove Park and expects the project to progress through standard CEQA analysis and, if needed, subsequent hearings before the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors. Staff emphasized that the term sheet presented in future hearings will be a conceptual outline subject to revision during public review and CEQA processes.
The commission did not take action on the project at this meeting; staff stressed future opportunities for the Port Commission and other municipal bodies to consider changes in use, height and bulk that may accompany the development process.
