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Committee backs Port‑NPS term sheet for Alcatraz ferry and visitor site at Piers 31–33
Summary
The committee recommended forwarding a 30‑year term sheet between the Port of San Francisco and the National Park Service to establish an Alcatraz ferry and visitor site at Piers 31–33; the package includes port and conservancy investments, rent credits to a ferry concessionaire, and technical redlines referencing the federal concession statute and coterminous leases.
The Budget & Finance Committee on Nov. 16 recommended that the Board of Supervisors consider a term sheet and memorandum of understanding between the Port of San Francisco and the National Park Service (NPS) to establish an Alcatraz Island ferry and visitor site at Piers 31–33.
Jay Edwards, senior property manager for the Port, described the proposed framework as a long‑term (30‑year) agreement that sets out each party’s responsibilities: the NPS will secure a contract with a ferry concessionaire and with the National Parks Conservancy, while the Port will enter leases (intended to be coterminous with concession terms) and invest in the…
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