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Port pitches seawall, Mission Bay ferry landing and PMO to accelerate waterfront projects
Summary
Port Executive Director Elaine Forbes told supervisors the Port's two‑year budget prioritizes capital spending, a five‑year PMO to accelerate delivery, seawall life‑safety funding and Mission Bay ferry landing work aimed at improving regional water transit and waterfront redevelopment.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Port of San Francisco presented a two‑year enterprise budget on May 1 that shifts a heavier share of funds to capital work and emphasizes waterfront resiliency, ferry expansion and historic pier reuse.
"The Port Commission has a goal for us that 25 percent of our revenue goes to capital," Elaine Forbes told the committee, adding the proposed budget substantially exceeds that goal in the first years of the cycle and includes funding for the city—s seawall program and Mission Bay ferry landing.
Forbes highlighted a portfolio of projects: terminal redevelopment for seismic safety and customer experience, shoreline protection tied to the seawall effort and an RFI process to re‑tenant historic piers in the Embarcadero historic district. She told supervisors the Mission Bay ferry landing project would provide capacity for "10,000 weekly passenger capacity" and that the Port is partnering with WETA for operations.
To deliver more projects, the Port proposed creating a project management office: "We hired a consultant ... the consultant strongly recommended that we have a project management office" of five new FTEs (4 project managers and 1 analyst) funded from capital to speed permitting and contracting and to reduce the capital backlog.
Forbes also flagged risks in the maritime/shipyard portfolio and stressed the need to secure a new operator for the shipyard. She said the Port is pursuing revenue‑driven real‑estate strategies, and noted capital investments in parks and waterfront open spaces tied to Mission Rock and Pier 70 redevelopment.
Supervisors asked about linkage to regional measures (Regional Measure 3) and the proposed seawall bond (a November ballot measure expected to seek about $425 million in general‑obligation funding). Forbes said the Port is coordinating with regional agencies to compete for ferry funding and expects the Mission Bay landing to be a strong candidate for regional ferry allocations.
The presentation was informational; the Port will return to the committee for BLA review.
