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Committee recommends renewal process for Fisherman’s Wharf districts, including Portside business district
Summary
The Government Audit & Oversight Committee recommended forwarding two Fisherman's Wharf items — the landside CBD annual report and a resolution of intention to renew and expand the Portside (business‑based) CBD — to the full Board with positive recommendations after OEWD and district leaders presented FY18‑19 metrics and a plan to add 'clean and safe' services to the port side.
The Government Audit & Oversight Committee voted Sept. 3, 2020 to recommend that the full San Francisco Board of Supervisors consider two Fisherman’s Wharf items: the Fisherman’s Wharf Community Benefit District (landside) FY2018‑19 annual report and a resolution of intention to renew and expand the Fisherman’s Wharf Portside Community Benefit District.
Chris Korgas, senior program manager with the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, told the committee the districts met OEWD’s fiscal benchmarks and that landside assessments in FY18‑19 were about $715,000 while the portside received about $220,000. Korgas said OEWD’s review found the Wharf “successful in exceeding its general benefit requirement.”
Randall Scott, executive director of the Fisherman’s Wharf CBD, described FY18‑19 operational metrics and plans tied to the Portside renewal. Scott reported that district staff removed more than 35,000 pounds of trash, removed nearly 4,000 instances of graffiti and stickers, and logged about 22,000 hospitality and wayfinding interactions in FY18‑19. He said the proposed FY20‑21 Portside budget is roughly $275,000 and that the Portside CBD would represent about 45 businesses under the proposed boundaries.
Scott said the Portside management plan was retooled to add a cleaner schedule and private security patrols to supplement Port of San Francisco services where needed. “We retooled the port side management plan and budget to accommodate as much as we could for that,” he said.
Korgas noted the renewal process steps for the Portside CBD: the Department of Elections will mail ballots to business owners within the proposed boundaries and a ballot hearing is scheduled for Nov. 17, 2020. He also told supervisors the Portside petition phase showed 38.45% weighted support as of Aug. 18 and emphasized the ballot stage will be decisive.
Vice Chair Aaron Peskin moved that items 1 and 2 be recommended to the full Board with a positive recommendation; the committee approved the motion by roll call (Peskin, Haney, Marr — all aye). The resolution of intention will proceed to the elections and ballot process as prescribed in the resolution.
The Board’s final decision will follow the November ballot hearing and the Department of Elections’ count; the committee’s action was a positive recommendation to the full Board.
