11

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term

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with

an effi

cie

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circ

ulat

ion

area

is

the

high

est

prio

rity

for

the

pr

ojec

t.

The

Nor

thea

st

Wha

rf

Plaz

a w

ill

be

ac

com

mod

ated

and

des

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d to

max

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e us

e by

vis

itors

and

res

iden

ts, p

rovi

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that

it d

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not i

nter

fere

with

cru

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oper

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ns.

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cru

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term

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pro

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t mee

t cur

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indu

stry

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nal s

tand

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for o

ne p

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ary

bert

h fo

r hom

e po

rt c

ruis

e te

rmin

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The

crui

se t

erm

inal

bui

ldin

g m

ust

effi c

ient

ly

ac

com

mod

ate

peak

use

rs.

Pier

27 sh

ed sh

ould

be r

enov

ated

to a

wor

ld-c

lass

hom

e po

rt c

ruis

e te

rmin

al, w

hile

not

trig

geri

ng

a se

ism

ic re

trofi

t of

the

pier

sub

stru

ctur

e.

PREL

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DEV

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rec

reat

ion

faci

litie

s ar

e ne

eded

in

the

ar

ea, t

hey

are

subo

rdin

ate

to th

e cr

uise

term

inal

an

d op

en s

pace

req

uire

men

ts. R

ecre

atio

n us

es

may

be

acco

mm

odat

ed i

n th

e Pi

er 2

9 sh

ed

(alth

ough

she

d co

lum

ns m

ay r

estr

ict

a fu

ll ra

nge

of r

ecre

atio

nal a

ctiv

ities

). Th

ere

may

be

avai

labl

e sp

ace

for r

ecre

atio

nal u

ses w

ithin

Pie

r 27

and

the

val

ley

area

, pro

vide

d th

at t

hey

do

not i

nter

fere

with

cru

ise

func

tions

and

sec

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re

quir

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ts.

Pier

27

faci

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s sh

ould

acc

omm

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e sh

ared

use

to

gene

rate

re

venu

e an

d pr

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com

mun

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that

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es d

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ith c

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con

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wat

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prom

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tret

chin

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om P

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40 a

t th

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to P

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t th

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Wha

rf a

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alo

ng w

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vera

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her

node

s of

act

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es,

mak

ing

it an

im

port

ant

open

spa

ce n

etw

ork

for t

he c

ity o

f San

Fra

ncis

co.

Cur

rent

ly, P

ier 2

7 si

ts in

the

mid

dle

of a

long

stre

tch

of t

he w

ater

fron

t pr

omen

ade

betw

een

two

node

s.

The

site

the

refo

re p

rese

nts

a gr

eat

oppo

rtun

ity t

o cr

eate

a n

ew f

ocus

of

activ

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hat

wou

ld b

ett e

r co

nnec

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es a

long

The

Em

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o.

As

a ne

w n

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of a

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Pier

27

will

nee

d to

pr

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e sp

ace

for v

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rs, r

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ents

and

cru

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ship

gu

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need

to c

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how

to r

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e im

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pede

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pie

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to t

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he

pier

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ong

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mba

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beca

use

of th

e mar

itim

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f the

wat

erfr

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Occ

asio

nal

view

s exi

sts b

etw

een

pier

bui

ldin

gs.

The

sout

h en

d of

pie

r 27

shed

is p

ropo

sed

to b

e pa

rtia

lly re

mov

ed

to c

reat

e th

e op

en s

pace

pro

vidi

ng o

ppor

tuni

ty t

o op

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nd fr

ame

the

view

to th

e ba

y.

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ws

alon

g th

e Em

barc

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o oc

cur

occa

sion

ally

, al

low

ed b

y ga

ps b

etw

een

Pier

bui

ldin

gs. T

hese

vie

w

oppo

rtun

ities

- to

the

Bay

and

to m

ariti

me

activ

ities

- ar

e cr

itica

l to

crea

ting

a st

rong

sen

se o

f pla

ce a

long

th

e w

ater

fron

t. N

ew p

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acc

ess

and

open

spa

ces

shou

ld in

clud

e vi

ews t

o th

e Ba

y, m

ariti

me

activ

ities

, an

d if

feas

ible

, the

city

. The

y sh

ould

als

o in

clud

e co

ntac

t w

ith a

pie

r ed

ge,

seaw

all

edge

, or

oth

er

wat

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dge

whe

reve

r fea

sibl

e.

Pier

27 h

as o

utst

andi

ng v

isua

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ess p

oten

tial.

From

th

e ed

ge o

f th

e pi

er, o

ne h

as a

uni

que

180

degr

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view

of

the

Bay,

inc

ludi

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lcat

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ngel

Is

land

, Ye

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land

, Tr

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slan

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nd

the

Bay

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ty, o

ne c

an v

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Coi

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wer

and

the

pyr

amid

al T

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build

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o m

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orig

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con

stru

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r 27

inc

lude

d a

load

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dock

run

ning

alo

ng th

e w

este

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th

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vert

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diff

eren

ce o

f ap

prox

imat

ely

3.5

feet

bet

wee

n th

e Pi

er 2

7 sh

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nd

the

valle

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ea.

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plat

form

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thes

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rent

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vatio

ns

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e or

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ally

con

stru

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in

a w

ay s

o th

at t

hey

wer

e di

rect

ly ti

ed to

the

pier

subs

truc

ture

. Thr

ough

th

e as

sess

men

ts o

f the

exi

stin

g su

bstr

uctu

re, i

t was

de

term

ined

tha

t it

is n

ot e

cono

mic

ally

fea

sibl

e to

lo

wer

the

ele

vatio

ns o

f th

ese

plat

form

s w

ithou

t tr

igge

ring

a s

ignifi c

ant s

eism

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pgra

des.

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to r

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cces

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d ci

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atio

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ms

betw

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thes

e tw

o el

evat

ions

, tr

ansi

tiona

l sl

opes

an

d st

airs

sha

ll be

con

stru

cted

on

top

of th

e lo

wer

pl

atfo

rm. W

hen

a po

rtio

n of

Pie

r 27

is d

emol

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d fo

r the

Nor

thea

st W

harf

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n op

en sp

ace d

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n m

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mm

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o diff e

rent

pla

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leve

ls.

Pier

29

m

ariti

me

shed

, bu

ilt

in

1915

-18,

is

a

cont

ribu

ting

hist

oric

re

sour

ce

in

the

Nat

iona

l Re

gist

er o

f His

tori

c Pla

ces,

the

refo

re, m

odifi

catio

ns

to th

e st

ruct

ure

mus

t be

min

imiz

ed to

mai

ntai

n its

hi

stor

ical

val

ue a

nd in

tegr

ity.

Pier

29

Beltl

ine

Offi

ce A

nnex

, ori

gina

lly b

uilt

in 1

903

next

to P

ier 3

, was

mov

ed to

its

pres

ent l

ocat

ion

on

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Emba

rcad

ero

betw

een

Pier

27

and

Pier

29

in

1918

. Thi

s bu

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g is

als

o de

sign

ated

as

an h

isto

ric

reso

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and

sha

ll be

ret

aine

d on

-site

or

poss

ibly

re

loca

ted

to a

noth

er l

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with

in t

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requ

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ass

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pier

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CO

NST

RAI

NTS

2 |

site

cha

ract

eris

tics

& c

onst

rain

ts

EXIS

TIN

G S

TRU

CTU

RE

SECT

ION

19

Co

nc

ep

tua

l S

ite

Pla

nn

ing

Stu

dy

Key

Poi

nts

San

Fran

cisc

o is

a p

opul

ar d

estin

atio

n fo

r bo

th

do

mes

tic a

nd in

tern

atio

nal t

rave

lers

.

As

crui

se

vaca

tions

be

com

e m

ore

popu

lar,

es

peci

ally

aft e

r 9/

11,

mor

e cr

uise

shi

ps a

re

com

ing

to S

an F

ranc

isco

.

1985

- 3,

300

visi

tors

20

05 -

225,

000

visi

tors

and

81

calls

20

08 -

Expe

cted

180

,000

vis

itors

, 62

calls

Dry

doc

k fa

cilit

ies

at P

ier

70 a

lso

mak

e Sa

n

Fran

cisc

o a

popu

lar p

ort w

here

the

ship

s can

go

thru

repa

ir w

hile

in th

e ci

ty.

San

Fran

cisc

o cu

rren

tly f

unct

ions

as

diff e

rent

type

of

port

s th

roug

h ou

t th

e ye

ar,

(hom

e,

tran

sit,

and

turn

arou

nd).

Prim

ary

crui

se

dest

inat

ions

, or

igin

atin

g fr

om S

an F

ranc

isco

, ar

e A

lask

a an

d M

exic

o.

The

port

als

o ho

sts

num

erou

s tr

ansi

t cal

ls th

at d

o no

t ori

gina

te o

r en

d in

San

Fra

ncis

co.

Peak

mon

ths

are

May

, Sep

tem

ber,

and

Oct

ober

.

Ther

e is

no

dist

inct

ion

betw

een

wee

kday

and

wee

kend

leve

ls o

f act

ivity

.

Vari

ous t

ypes

of c

ruis

es v

isit

San

Fran

cisc

o, a

nd

he

nce

the

term

inal

requ

ires

fl ex

ibili

ty:

H

ome

Port

47%

Tr

ansi

t Por

t

35%

Tu

rnar

ound

18%

CRU

ISE

ACTI

VITY

PRO

JECT

ION

S FO

R A

LL S

F PO

RTS

HIS

TORIC

AL T

REN

D (

Num

ber

of C

alls

)

PRO

JECT

ION

S

2 |

site

cha

ract

eris

tics

& c

onst

rain

ts

CRU

ISE

IND

UST

RY A

ND

ACT

IVIT

Y O

UTL

OO

KS

20

Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

MO

NTH

LY T

REN

D

WEE

KLY

TREN

D

HIG

H G

RO

WTH

PRO

JECT

ION

LOW

GRO

WTH

PRO

JECT

ION

CRU

ISE

IND

UST

RY A

ND

ACT

IVIT

Y O

UTL

OO

KS

CRU

ISE

ACTI

VITY

PRO

JECT

ION

S FO

R P

RIM

ARY

PORT

(PI

ER 2

7)

2 |

site

cha

ract

eris

tics

& c

onst

rain

ts

PRO

JECT

ION

S

NU

MBE

R O

F D

AYS

WIT

H S

HIP

IN

BER

TH

21

Co

nc

ep

tua

l S

ite

Pla

nn

ing

Stu

dy

Traffi

c c

ircu

latio

n in

to, o

ut o

f, an

d w

ithin

the

site

w

ill b

e cr

ucia

l to

the

effi

cien

t fu

nctio

ning

of

the

crui

se t

erm

inal

. Pi

er 2

7 ha

s a

pote

ntia

lly l

arge

ci

rcul

atio

n ar

ea

in

the

valle

y to

ac

com

mod

ate

arri

ving

and

dep

artin

g pr

ivat

ely-

owne

d ve

hicl

es

(PO

Vs)

, ta

xis,

bu

ses

and

prov

isio

ning

tr

ucks

. Pr

ogra

m r

equi

rem

ents

for

tru

cks,

bus

es,

taxi

es,

and

pass

enge

r ve

hicl

es w

ere

estim

ated

bas

ed o

n th

e da

ta p

rese

nted

in

the

tabl

e be

low

for

a 4

,400

pa

ssen

ger

crui

se

ship

. Th

e re

quir

emen

ts

wer

e pr

esen

ted

duri

ng W

orks

hop

Two,

and

the

gro

up

conc

urre

d w

ith t

he r

equi

rem

ents

.

At

any

give

n ho

ur d

urin

g th

e de

bark

per

iod,

a v

ehic

le ci

rcul

atio

n ar

ea m

ust b

e re

serv

ed a

nd c

apab

le o

f han

dlin

g 8

to

12 s

emi-t

ract

or tr

aile

rs (

it is

not

ed th

at th

e C

ity a

nd

Cou

nty

of S

an F

ranc

isco

has

res

tric

tions

for

truc

ks

long

er t

han

65 f

eet

in l

engt

h in

the

city

), an

d 6-

9 de

liver

y tr

ucks

dur

ing

a cr

uise

cal

l, as

sum

ing

the

aver

age

load

ing

dura

tion

wou

ld b

e 60

min

utes

. If

the

aver

age

dura

tion

is tw

o ho

urs,

then

the

num

ber

of tr

uck

load

ing

spac

es w

ould

dou

ble.

The

re sh

ould

al

so b

e an

are

a to

acc

omm

odat

e 5-

8 bu

s pa

rkin

g sp

aces

, as

sum

ing

the

aver

age

load

ing

dura

tion

is 3

0 m

inut

es, a

nd 3

-5 t

axi l

oadi

ng a

nd u

nloa

ding

sp

aces

, as

sum

ing

an a

vera

ge 1

.5 m

inut

e lo

adin

g tim

e.

Dem

and

is r

educ

ed d

urin

g th

e em

bark

pe

riod

.

Dur

ing

the

hour

s of

deb

ark

and

emba

rk

occu

rrin

g si

mul

tane

ousl

y, th

ere

wou

ld b

e up

to 6

80

POV

’s ci

rcul

atin

g th

e va

lley.

Thi

s w

ould

req

uire

17

POV

que

uing

spa

ces,

with

an

appr

oxim

atel

y 1.

5 m

inut

e tu

rnov

er ra

te. U

sing

the

valle

y ar

ea fo

r the

se

vehi

cles

wou

ld im

prov

e th

e effi

cie

ncy

of p

asse

nger

em

bark

atio

n an

d di

sem

bark

atio

n, a

nd r

educ

e th

e le

vel

of t

raffi

c co

nges

tion

on T

he E

mba

rcad

ero

whe

n a

crui

se s

hip

is in

ber

th.

A p

rim

ary

crui

se t

erm

inal

ope

ratio

n w

ill r

equi

re

a si

gnifi

cant

am

ount

of

spac

e to

be

used

for

the

circ

ulat

ion

of p

riva

tely

ow

ned

vehi

cles

(“P

OV

s”),

buse

s, ta

xis

and

prov

isio

ning

sup

ply

truc

ks a

s w

ell

as a

ded

icat

ed q

ueui

ng s

tagi

ng a

rea

for

crui

se s

hip

prov

isio

ning

. Fo

r ex

ampl

e, u

p to

500

pal

lets

of

prov

isio

ns m

ay b

e off -

load

ed an

d pl

aced

in a

stag

ing

area

bef

ore

bein

g lo

aded

on

to th

e cr

uise

shi

p. T

he

plan

ning

team

ack

now

ledg

ed th

at th

e si

te p

lann

ing

eff o

rt m

ust

acco

mm

odat

e ea

ch o

f th

ese

vehi

cula

r ty

pes,

the

ir r

espe

ctiv

e ci

rcul

atio

n fl o

ws,

and

the

tim

ing

of t

heir

res

pect

ive

arri

vals

and

dep

artu

res.

Fo

r ex

ampl

e, f

or a

cru

ise

ship

deb

arka

tion,

mos

t su

pply

truc

ks m

ay a

rriv

e fr

om 5

:00

a.m

. to

10:0

0 am

, w

hile

bus

es, t

axis

and

PO

Vs

arri

ve a

ppro

xim

atel

y be

twee

n 8:

00 a

.m. t

o 11

:00

am. D

urin

g th

e ho

urs

of

deba

rkat

ion

and

emba

rkat

ion

of a

4,4

00 p

asse

nger

m

ega-

crui

se sh

ip, t

here

may

be a

s man

y as

680 P

OV

s ci

rcul

atin

g th

e va

lley.

Avo

idin

g co

nfl ic

t of

the

se

fl ow

s is o

ne o

f the

mos

t im

port

ant c

ircu

latio

n is

sues

to

be

cons

ider

ed in

the

site

pla

nnin

g pr

oces

s.

(Sta

tistic

s pro

vide

d by

Lor

enzo

Loo

per a

nd Jo

hn O

ldef

endt

from

Met

ro C

ruis

e Se

rvic

es)

HO

URLY

VEH

ICLE

VO

LUM

ES F

OR 4

,400

PAS

SEN

GER

CRU

ISE

SHIP

CRU

ISE

TERM

INAL

TRAF

FIC

DAT

A

2 |

site

cha

ract

eris

tics

& c

onst

rain

ts

OFF

-STR

EET

PARKI

NG

IN

VEN

TORY

22

Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

The

term

inal

wou

ld h

ave

appr

oxim

atel

y 12

0,00

0 sq

uare

fee

t of

fi r

st fl

oor

are

a, a

nd a

n ad

ditio

nal

20 p

erce

nt a

s a

new

mez

zani

ne a

rea

for

over

head

em

bark

atio

n/di

sem

bark

atio

n, v

ia a

t le

ast

one

new

pa

ssen

ger g

angw

ay s

yste

m.

A b

agga

ge a

rea

need

s to

be

at le

ast

45,0

00 s

quar

e fe

et, t

o al

low

for

larg

e ve

ssel

s on

long

er it

iner

arie

s to

eff e

ctiv

ely

sche

dule

gu

ests

’ de

bark

atio

n. A

s a

note

, a

larg

er b

agga

ge

area

of u

p to

70,

000

squa

re fe

et h

as b

een

disc

usse

d an

d co

uld

be a

ccom

mod

ated

, if r

equi

red.

Bag

gage

ca

rous

els a

re n

ot p

refe

rred

due

to th

eir s

ize,

cost

, and

m

aint

enan

ce n

eeds

, an

d th

e te

rmin

al c

an o

pera

te

with

gre

ater

fl ex

ibili

ty a

nd effi

cien

cy w

ithou

t the

m.

Sepa

rate

dis

emba

rkat

ion

and

emba

rkat

ion

zone

s ar

e ne

cess

ary

and

need

to b

e ar

rang

ed to

min

imiz

e th

e po

tent

ial f

or m

ixin

g pa

ssen

gers

, whi

ch w

ould

re

duce

eff

ect

iven

ess

and

pote

ntia

lly

heig

hten

se

curi

ty c

once

rns.

The

re s

houl

d be

suffi

cie

nt s

pace

fo

r up

to

50 c

heck

-in c

ount

ers

in t

he e

mba

rkat

ion

area

.

Add

ition

ally

, th

e te

rmin

al b

uild

ing

and

site

mus

t co

mpl

y w

ith v

ario

us s

ecur

ity r

equi

rem

ents

. Th

e bu

ildin

g its

elf

mus

t com

ply

with

CBP

reg

ulat

ions

. Th

e si

te w

ould

nee

d to

abs

orb

the

impa

cts

of t

he

CBP

regu

latio

ns, a

s wel

l as a

dher

ing

to st

anda

rd P

ort

and

Coa

st G

uard

secu

rity

mea

sure

s. T

he w

ater

fron

t w

ould

be

subj

ect t

o C

oast

Gua

rd a

nd v

esse

l-rel

ated

se

curi

ty. A

ll se

curi

ty m

easu

res

wou

ld n

eed

to b

e sc

alab

le, r

elat

ing

not o

nly

to th

e fa

cilit

y an

d its

site

, bu

t als

o to

the

loca

l are

a. S

ecur

ity p

lans

wou

ld a

lso

need

to r

espo

nd to

hei

ghte

ned

or d

ecre

ased

thre

at

leve

ls, w

hile

mai

ntai

ning

term

inal

ope

ratio

ns.

In a

dditi

on t

o cr

itica

l pr

ogra

mm

atic

cri

teri

a, t

he

term

inal

has

the

im

port

ant

oppo

rtun

ity t

o cr

eate

a

posi

tive

resp

onse

by

thos

e w

ho u

se i

t an

d ar

e im

pact

ed b

y it.

A c

ruis

e te

rmin

al is

, by

its n

atur

e,

TERM

INAL

BU

ILD

ING

REQ

UIR

EMEN

TS

2 |

site

cha

ract

eris

tics

& c

onst

rain

ts

a tr

ansi

ent

build

ing

and,

as

such

, pas

seng

ers

will

m

ake

quic

k ju

dgm

ents

abo

ut t

he q

ualit

y of

the

ir

expe

rien

ce a

s th

ey m

ove

thro

ugh

the

build

ing.

Th

ese

judg

men

ts

have

th

e im

port

ant

valu

e of

infl u

enci

ng p

asse

nger

s’ de

cisi

on t

o re

turn

in

the

futu

re, t

hus

the

long

term

via

bilit

y of

the

term

inal

. Th

e te

rmin

al h

as off e

rs g

reat

vie

w a

nd c

onne

ctio

n po

tent

ial,

to b

oth

the

City

of S

an F

ranc

isco

and

its

rem

arka

ble

wat

erfr

ont.

Cru

ise

days

and

non

-cru

ise

days

hav

e un

ique

cha

ract

eris

tics,

w

ith d

iff er

ent

oppo

rtun

ities

to

prom

ote

thos

e co

nnec

tions

. Th

e te

rmin

al

also

ha

s im

port

ant

rela

tions

hips

w

ith

the

site

’s op

erat

iona

l, ve

hicu

lar,

and

open

spa

ces.

Ea

ch o

f th

ese

rela

tions

hips

is a

n op

port

unity

for

a

posi

tive

long

-term

im

pact

. Th

e te

rmin

al p

rogr

am

mus

t in

clud

e al

l ne

cess

ary

prog

ram

el

emen

ts

cons

iste

nt w

ith a

full-

serv

ice

hom

e po

rt fa

cilit

y, fo

r a

desi

gn v

esse

l w

ith a

cap

acity

of

appr

oxim

atel

y 45

00 p

asse

nger

s.

This

inc

lude

s al

l em

bark

atio

n,

dise

mba

rkat

ion,

se

curi

ty,

crui

se

line,

cr

ew

and

term

inal

ope

ratio

nal s

pace

s.

To eff e

ctiv

ely

serv

ice

this

siz

e of

ves

sel,

the

term

inal

mus

t be

des

igne

d fo

r pl

easa

nt,

effi c

ient

, sa

fe a

nd s

ecur

e m

ovem

ent

of p

asse

nger

s an

d th

eir

belo

ngin

gs.

At

the

sam

e tim

e, t

he t

erm

inal

mus

t be

arr

ange

d to

max

imiz

e th

e effi

cie

nt a

nd s

ecur

e fl o

w o

f goo

ds a

nd b

agga

ge

to a

nd f

rom

the

ves

sel,

and

prov

ide

othe

r ve

ssel

su

ppor

t ser

vice

s as

requ

ired

.

Arr

ange

men

t of

bo

th

the

emba

rkat

ion

and

dise

mba

rkat

ion

spac

es w

ithin

the

ter

min

al c

an

be m

ade

in t

hree

bas

ic w

ays.

Th

e fi r

st i

s th

at

the

emba

rkat

ion

spac

es c

an o

rgan

ize

prim

arily

to

war

d th

e Em

barc

ader

o en

d of

th

e bu

ildin

g,

clos

est

to t

he p

edes

tria

n an

d ve

hicu

lar

entr

y to

th

e si

te.

Thi

s pr

omot

es a

cle

ar s

ense

of

entr

y fr

om t

he E

mba

rcad

ero

but

does

not

nec

essa

rily

co

ordi

nate

with

veh

icle

dro

p-off

an

d fl o

w.

The

seco

nd w

ay is

for

emba

rkat

ion

to b

e in

the

mid

dle,

w

ith d

isem

bark

atio

n sp

aces

sur

roun

ding

it.

Thi

s ac

hiev

es

anot

her

reco

gniz

able

bu

ildin

g fo

rm

with

a d

omin

atin

g em

bark

atio

n en

try,

but

cre

ates

in

effi c

ienc

ies

with

the

lay

out

of c

ritic

al p

rogr

am

spac

es su

ch a

s bag

gage

lay-

dow

n. T

he th

ird

way

is

for

the

emba

rkat

ion

spac

es to

be

orga

nize

d to

war

d th

e w

ater

-sid

e of

the

site

. Th

is p

uts

emba

rkat

ion

furt

her

from

vie

ws

from

The

Em

barc

ader

o, b

ut

crea

tes

the

pote

ntia

l fo

r dr

amat

ic i

nter

ior

spac

es,

give

n th

e vi

ews

out t

o th

e ha

rbor

.

23

Co

nc

ep

tua

l S

ite

Pla

nn

ing

Stu

dy

TERM

INAL

EM

BARKA

TIO

N /

DIS

EMBA

RKA

TIO

N

LAYO

UT

OPT

ION

S

DE

DD

E

DE

Pro

gra

m E

lem

en

t4

50

0

To

tal P

AX

1st

Leve

l2

nd

Leve

lG

rou

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um

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site

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rain

ts

ADJA

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25

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BUILDING SYSTEMS

M / W T.

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STORAGE

26

Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

Whi

le r

ecre

atio

n fa

cilit

ies

are

need

ed i

n th

e ar

ea,

they

are

sub

ordi

nate

to

the

crui

se t

erm

inal

and

op

en s

pace

req

uire

men

ts. R

ecre

atio

n us

es m

ay b

e ac

com

mod

ated

in

the

Pier

29

shed

, th

ough

she

d co

lum

ns m

ay r

estr

ict

a fu

ll ra

nge

of r

ecre

atio

nal

activ

ities

. Th

ere

may

be

av

aila

ble

spac

e fo

r re

crea

tiona

l use

s w

ithin

Pie

r 27

and

the

valle

y ar

ea,

prov

ided

tha

t th

ey d

o no

t in

terf

ere

with

cru

ise

func

tions

and

sec

urity

requ

irem

ents

.

A n

ew o

pen

spac

e at

Pie

r 27

was

fi r

st e

nvis

ione

d by

the

Port

Wat

erfr

ont L

and

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Pla

n, a

nd th

e Ba

y C

onse

rvat

ion

and

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elop

men

t C

omm

issi

on’s

(BC

DC

) Spe

cial

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a Pl

an. T

he B

CD

C P

lan

calls

for

a n

ew N

orth

east

Wha

rf P

laza

, an

appr

oxim

atel

y tw

o-ac

re p

laza

tha

t w

ould

fun

ctio

n as

a m

ajor

att

rac

tion

for

visi

tors

and

res

iden

ts. T

o cr

eate

thi

s pl

aza,

the

Pla

n ca

lls f

or r

emov

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f ap

prox

imat

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56,0

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quar

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et o

f th

e Pi

er 2

7 sh

ed a

nd th

e Pi

er

27 A

nnex

bui

ldin

g, w

hile

reta

inin

g or

relo

catin

g th

e hi

stor

ic P

ier

29 B

eltli

ne Offi

ce A

nnex

. At

the

time

the

Spec

ial A

rea

Plan

was

ado

pted

, BC

DC

and

the

Port

ant

icip

ated

con

stru

ctio

n of

a m

ajor

mix

ed-

use,

rec

reat

ion

deve

lopm

ent p

roje

ct o

n Pi

ers

27-3

1,

not t

he c

ontin

ued

seco

ndar

y cr

uise

use

, nor

a n

ew

prim

ary

crui

se te

rmin

al a

t Pie

r 27.

The

Spec

ial

Are

a Pl

an

spec

ifi ca

lly

note

s th

at

“mar

itim

e ac

tiviti

es a

nd S

an F

ranc

isco

’s hi

stor

ic

pier

s ar

e in

trin

sica

lly

inte

rest

ing,

an

d pr

ovid

e m

uch

of t

he c

hara

cter

of

the

wat

erfr

ont.”

Fur

ther

, th

e Pl

an a

rgue

s th

at “

publ

ic a

cces

s, v

iew

site

s, a

nd

recr

eatio

n ar

eas a

re d

esir

able

add

ition

s to

mar

itim

e di

stri

cts,

pro

vide

d th

at t

hey

do n

ot i

nter

fere

with

m

ariti

me

func

tions

.”

Sinc

e th

e pr

ogra

m a

ssum

ptio

ns h

ave

chan

ged,

the

site

pla

nnin

g te

am h

as e

valu

ated

(and

will

con

tinue

to

) the

Pla

n’s

outli

ne o

f the

spa

ce, w

hile

res

pect

ing

the

size

and

int

ent

of t

he N

orth

east

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rf P

laza

. Th

e st

udy

look

s at

whe

ther

the

con

fi gur

atio

n an

d or

ient

atio

n of

an

open

spa

ce a

rea

shou

ld r

emai

n as

sh

own

in th

e Spe

cial

Are

a Pl

an, o

r whe

ther

it sh

ould

be

re-

confi

gur

ed t

o ac

com

mod

ate

the

vehi

cula

r fl o

ws f

or cr

uise

term

inal

ope

ratio

ns a

nd a

llow

mor

e ex

pans

ive

view

s of

the

Bay.

500’

384’

BCD

C SA

N F

RAN

CISC

O W

ATER

FRO

NT

SPEC

IAL

AREA

PLA

N -

NO

RTH

EAST

WH

ARF

PLAZ

A

OPE

N S

PACE

2 |

site

cha

ract

eris

tics

& c

onst

rain

ts

“Pub

lic a

cces

s, vi

ew s

ites,

and

recr

eatio

n ar

eas

are

desir

able

addi

tions

to m

ariti

me

dist

ricts

, pro

vide

d th

ey d

o no

t int

erfer

e w

ith m

ariti

me f

unct

ions

.....

...Cr

eate

a “N

orth

east

Wha

rf Pl

aza,

” as a

new

, maj

or, d

estin

atio

n pl

aza b

etw

een

Pier

s 23

and

29 al

ong

The E

mba

rcad

ero,

open

ing

up v

iews f

rom

Lom

bard

Str

eet a

nd T

he E

mba

rcad

ero t

o the

Bay

, Ye

rba

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a an

d Tr

easu

re I

sland

s, an

d th

e Ba

y Br

idge

. The

ap

prox

imat

ely 2

-acr

e pla

za sh

ould

be d

esig

ned

to fu

nctio

n as

a

maj

or att r

actio

n fo

r visi

tors

and

resid

ents

. In

addi

tion,

pro

vide

op

en sp

ace a

roun

d th

e Belt

line R

ailro

ad Offi

ce A

nnex

bui

ldin

g if

it re

mai

ns in

its p

rese

nt lo

catio

n, a

nd m

aint

ain

unob

stru

cted

vi

ews

from

the

Ann

ex a

cros

s th

e pl

aza

to t

he B

ay. T

he P

laza

sh

ould

be

orien

ted

to th

e O

pen

Wat

er B

asin

bet

wee

n Pi

ers

27

and

19.”

BCD

C SA

N F

RAN

CISC

O W

ATER

FRO

NT

SPEC

IAL

AREA

PLA

N

27

Co

nc

ep

tua

l S

ite

Pla

nn

ing

Stu

dy

28

Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l