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6P

ier

27

Cru

ise

Te

rmin

al

In

2007

, th

e C

ruis

e Te

rmin

al

Adv

isor

y Pa

nel

reco

mm

ende

d Pi

er 2

7 as

the

mos

t co

st-eff e

ctiv

e an

d op

erat

iona

lly-effi

cien

t pri

mar

y cr

uise

term

inal

lo

catio

n on

th

e Sa

n Fr

anci

sco

wat

erfr

ont.

A

cons

ulta

nt te

am le

ad b

y BA

E, a

nd in

clud

ing

EDA

W,

DM

JM D

esig

n, P

orts

and

Mar

itim

e G

roup

, C

HS,

an

d Ro

bin

Chi

ang

& C

ompa

ny w

as e

ngag

ed in

200

8 by

the

Por

t of

San

Fra

ncis

co. T

he t

eam

was

ask

ed

to u

nder

take

con

cept

ual

site

pla

nnin

g fo

r Pi

er 2

7,

inte

grat

ing

two

prog

ram

us

es: fi r

st,

the

crui

se

faci

lity

incl

udin

g a

term

inal

bui

ldin

g, d

ock

side

fa

cilit

ies,

par

king

, an

d ve

hicu

lar

circ

ulat

ion;

and

se

cond

, the

Nor

thea

st W

ater

fron

t Pla

za a

s a

publ

ic

open

spa

ce.

The

Port

’s go

al i

s to

dev

elop

a w

orld

-cla

ss h

ome

port

cru

ise

term

inal

at P

ier 2

7 th

at:

refl e

cts

the

valu

es o

f Sa

n Fr

anci

sco

resi

dent

s

and

the

city

’s le

ader

ship

mee

ts

indu

stry

st

anda

rds

for

meg

a-cr

uise

ship

sis

cos

t-eff e

ctiv

e

mee

ts c

omm

unity

and

regu

lato

ry re

quir

emen

ts Fo

llow

ing

two

one-

day

wor

ksho

ps w

ith p

ort

staff

an

d cr

uise

indu

stry

stak

ehol

ders

, ED

AW

dev

elop

ed

two

cons

olid

ated

site

pla

n al

tern

ativ

es, d

elin

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g cr

uise

term

inal

con

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atio

n an

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open

spa

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ion,

and

veh

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ar c

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n fl o

ws.

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se w

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to th

e Por

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8P

ier

27

Cru

ise

Te

rmin

al

The S

an F

ranc

isco

Cru

ise T

erm

inal

has

had

seve

ral

alte

rnat

ive d

evel

opm

ent p

ropo

sals

put

forw

ard

in

rece

nt y

ears

. In

an

eff o

rt to

cla

rify

the

pref

erre

d de

velo

pmen

t app

roac

h, th

e Po

rt o

f San

Fra

ncis

co

esta

blis

hed

the C

ruis

e Ter

min

al A

dvis

ory

Pane

l in

Janu

ary

2007

. The

Pan

el’s

mis

sion

was

to ev

alua

te

the

nece

ssity

of

a ne

w p

rim

ary

crui

se t

erm

inal

, de

term

ine

its v

alue

to S

an F

ranc

isco

, rec

omm

end

whe

re t

he n

ew t

erm

inal

sho

uld

be lo

cate

d, a

nd

fi nal

ly, w

hat s

teps

sho

uld

be ta

ken

to im

plem

ent

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f a c

ruis

e te

rmin

al p

roje

ct. T

he

Adv

isor

y Pa

nel

reco

mm

ende

d th

at P

ort

staff

co

mm

ence

imm

edia

tely

with

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

pla

ns to

rep

lace

the

curr

ent f

acili

ty a

t Pie

r 35

. Fu

rthe

r, th

e Pa

nel

reco

mm

ende

d it

shou

ld b

e in

itial

ly r

epla

ced

at P

ier

27, w

ith a

sin

gle

bert

h th

at m

eets

ind

ustr

y st

anda

rds

for

a ho

me

port

cr

uise

ter

min

al. P

ier

27 a

lso

has

the

capa

city

to

pote

ntia

lly a

dd a

sec

ond

bert

h at

som

e po

int

in t

he f

utur

e.

On

Sept

embe

r 27

, 200

7, t

he P

ort

Com

mis

sion

acc

epte

d th

e re

com

men

datio

ns o

f th

e C

ruis

e Te

rmin

al A

dvis

ory

Pane

l.

The A

dvis

ory

Pane

l det

erm

ined

that

Pie

r 27

is th

e m

ost c

ost-eff e

ctiv

e op

tion

owin

g to

the

cond

ition

of

the s

ubst

ruct

ure,

the l

engt

h of

the b

erth

, and

the

size

and

usa

bilit

y of

the

cur

rent

mar

itim

e sh

ed.

Pier

27

also

rep

rese

nts

the

mos

t fea

sibl

e lo

catio

n fo

r a p

rim

ary

crui

se te

rmin

al. I

t is

curr

ently

use

d as

a se

cond

ary

crui

se fa

cilit

y an

d ha

s the

phy

sica

l att

rib

utes

for

a p

rim

ary

faci

lity

that

cou

ld m

eet

crui

se i

ndus

try

stan

dard

s. T

he p

roje

ct a

rea

is

10 a

cres

, defi

ned

by

Pier

27,

its

apr

on, a

nd t

he

valle

y se

para

ting

it fr

om P

ier

29.

Pier

27’s

1,3

58

foot

long

ber

th c

an a

ccom

mod

ate

the

larg

est

of

the

meg

a-cr

uise

shi

ps. T

he p

ier

subs

truc

ture

is

gene

rally

in g

ood

cond

ition

. Alth

ough

som

e pi

er

repa

irs a

re n

eede

d, it

is n

ot a

ntic

ipat

ed th

at a

cost

-

proh

ibiti

ve s

eism

ic u

pgra

de w

ould

be

requ

ired

. Th

e ex

istin

g m

ariti

me

shed

is 1

78,1

23 sq

uare

feet

; th

is sh

ed c

ould

be

reno

vate

d to

serv

e at

leas

t as a

si

ngle

ber

th fa

cilit

y.

Base

d on

te

chni

cal

inpu

t fr

om

the

crui

se

indu

stry

, th

e A

dvis

ory

Pane

l re

com

men

ded

that

app

roxi

mat

ely

120,

000

squa

re f

eet

of fl

oor

ar

ea s

houl

d be

dev

oted

for

a si

ngle

ber

th c

ruis

e fa

cilit

y. T

his

reco

mm

ende

d am

ount

wou

ld h

ave

the

capa

bilit

y to

effi

cien

tly s

erve

the

inc

reas

ing

num

ber

of p

asse

nger

s ar

rivi

ng t

o /

depa

rtin

g fr

om a

meg

a-cr

uise

shi

p. P

ier

27 h

as a

n am

ple

apro

n w

idth

of a

ppro

xim

atel

y 50

feet

to effi

cie

ntly

pr

ovis

ion

a sh

ip, a

nd w

ill h

ave

shor

esid

e po

wer

ca

pabi

lity

in 2

010.

Fina

lly, P

ier 2

7 ha

s a

pote

ntia

lly la

rge

circ

ulat

ion

area

in t

he v

alle

y to

acc

omm

odat

e ar

rivi

ng a

nd

depa

rtin

g pr

ivat

ely-

owne

d ve

hicl

es

(PO

Vs)

, ta

xis,

and

bus

es,

as w

ell

as t

he p

oten

tial

for

prov

isio

ning

truc

ks. P

rovi

sion

ing

truc

ks ca

n a

lso

be m

anag

ed a

long

the

pier

apr

on. T

he A

dvis

ory

Pane

l re

com

men

ded

that

a v

ehic

le c

ircu

latio

n ar

ea m

ust

be r

eser

ved,

bot

h in

the

“va

lley”

and

al

ong

the

apro

n, a

nd b

e ca

pabl

e of

han

dlin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

24 i

nter

stat

e tr

acto

r tr

aile

rs a

nd

5-12

del

iver

y tr

ucks

dur

ing

a cr

uise

cal

l. Th

ere

shou

ld a

lso

be a

n ar

ea t

o ac

com

mod

ate

5-10

ai

rpor

t lu

ggag

e tr

ucks

w

ith

3-5

such

tr

ucks

st

aged

in a

que

uing

sta

ging

are

a. T

he c

ircu

latio

n ar

ea

shou

ld

be

able

to

ac

com

mod

ate

10-1

5 bu

s pa

rkin

g sp

aces

and

20-

30 t

axis

. U

sing

the

va

lley

area

and

apr

on i

mpr

oves

the

effi

cien

cy

of p

asse

nger

em

bark

atio

n an

d di

sem

bark

atio

n,

and

redu

ces t

he le

vel o

f traffi

c co

nges

tion

on T

he

Emba

rcad

ero

whe

n a

crui

se s

hip

is in

ber

th.

Pier

27

do

es

have

so

me

nega

tive

att r

ibut

es,

incl

udin

g th

e re

quir

emen

t of o

n-go

ing

dred

ging

at

an an

nual

cost

of a

ppro

xim

atel

y $7

50,0

00. A

lso,

th

ere

are

tidal

and

cur

rent

res

tric

tions

whi

ch

may

lim

it do

ckin

g tim

es.

The

Adv

isor

y Pa

nel

reco

mm

ende

d th

at a

tid

al s

imul

atio

n st

udy

be

initi

ated

lea

ding

to

deve

lopm

ent

of o

pera

tiona

l an

d/or

phy

sica

l m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s. P

ort

staff

ha

s ta

ken

step

s to

initi

ate

this

stu

dy.

The

Adv

isor

y Pa

nel

reco

mm

ende

d th

e Po

rt

Com

mis

sion

re-

affi r

m i

ts c

omm

itmen

t to

the

N

orth

east

Wat

erfr

ont A

dvis

ory

Gro

up to

pro

vide

an

ope

n sp

ace,

upo

n ap

prov

al a

nd c

ompl

etio

n of

a

maj

or m

ixed

-use

dev

elop

men

t pr

ojec

t at

Pie

r 27

.

Pred

atin

g th

e A

dvis

ory

Pane

l’s

delib

erat

ions

, th

e Po

rt e

nter

ed i

nto

an e

xclu

sive

neg

otia

tion

agre

emen

t w

ith S

F Pi

ers,

LLC

for

a p

oten

tial

mix

ed u

se d

evel

opm

ent t

hat m

ight

hav

e inc

lude

d a

crui

se te

rmin

al co

mpo

nent

at P

ier 2

7. H

owev

er,

the

Port

’s ex

clus

ive

nego

tiatio

n ag

reem

ent

with

SF

Pie

rs, L

LC, e

xpir

ed o

n Se

ptem

ber 2

7, 2

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ptu

al

Sit

e P

lan

nin

g S

tud

y

A c

onsu

ltant

tea

m l

ead

by B

AE,

and

inc

ludi

ng

EDA

W +

DM

JM D

esig

n, P

orts

and

Mar

itim

e G

roup

, C

HS

Traffi

c

Con

sulti

ng,

and

Robi

n C

hian

g &

Com

pany

, was

eng

aged

in 2

008

by th

e Po

rt o

f Sa

n Fr

anci

sco.

Th

e te

am w

as c

harg

ed

with

dev

elop

ing

initi

al c

once

pt p

lans

for P

ier 2

7,

whi

ch w

ould

ena

ble

the

Port

to c

omm

unic

ate

its

idea

s to

pote

ntia

l inv

esto

rs a

nd k

ey st

akeh

olde

rs,

as w

ell a

s ga

in v

alua

ble

feed

back

pri

or t

o a

full

plan

ning

and

des

ign

proc

ess.

The

cons

ulta

nt t

eam

rev

iew

ed t

he e

xist

ing

site

co

nditi

ons

alon

g w

ith th

e pr

ogra

m re

quir

emen

ts

for

a cr

uise

shi

p te

rmin

al a

nd t

he p

ropo

sed

publ

ic o

pen

spac

e, w

ith a

n ey

e to

iden

tifyi

ng th

e is

sues

and

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r th

e pr

ojec

t. G

iven

th

e si

te c

onst

rain

ts a

nd t

wo

prog

ram

use

s, t

he

EDA

W t

eam

initi

ally

pre

pare

d a

traffi

c a

naly

sis

to d

eter

min

e al

tern

ativ

e ci

rcul

atio

n pl

ans.

ED

AW

th

en h

oste

d tw

o se

para

te w

orks

hops

with

por

t st

aff

alon

g w

ith d

irec

t st

akeh

olde

rs,

Prin

cess

C

ruis

es a

nd M

etro

Cru

ise

Serv

ices

.

The p

urpo

se o

f Wor

ksho

p O

ne, h

eld

on A

ugus

t 6,

2008

, was

to g

ain

an o

vera

ll un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e is

sues

and

opp

ortu

nitie

s of

the

red

evel

opm

ent.

A l

ist

of k

ey s

tudi

es -

inc

ludi

ng s

ite a

naly

sis,

tr

affi c

ana

lysi

s, b

uild

ing

prog

ram

allo

catio

n an

d di

stri

butio

n, u

rban

con

text

and

fra

mew

ork,

and

op

en s

pace

net

wor

k an

d ch

arac

teri

stic

s -

wer

e de

velo

ped

and

pres

ente

d at

the

fi rs

t w

orks

hop.

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dditi

onal

in

put

on

crui

se

indu

stry

tr

ends

, si

te s

truc

ture

, an

d se

ism

ic a

naly

sis

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e al

so

pres

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d. Aft e

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esen

tatio

n po

rtio

n of

the

wor

ksho

p, E

DA

W s

how

ed f

our

site

pla

nnin

g st

rate

gies

to

solic

it in

put

from

por

t st

aff

and

crui

se in

dust

ry s

take

hold

ers.

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ng E

DA

W’s

initi

al s

ite p

lann

ing

diag

ram

s as

a

poin

t of

dep

artu

re,

the

aft e

rnoo

n di

scus

sion

fo

cuse

d on

site

stra

tegi

es a

nd d

esig

n ap

proa

ches

, yi

eldi

ng

four

sk

etch

es

of

traffi

c

circ

ulat

ion

optio

ns. T

hese

traffi

c c

ircu

latio

n sk

etch

es fo

rmed

th

e ba

sis

of fo

ur s

ite o

ptio

ns. E

ach

of s

ite o

ptio

n ex

plor

ed a

diff

eren

t lay

out a

nd c

onfi g

urat

ion

of

1 |

intr

oduc

tion

the

2-ac

re o

pen

spac

e, a

s w

ell

as m

odifi

catio

ns

to t

he P

ier

27 b

uild

ing.

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e go

al w

as t

o st

udy

diff e

rent

spa

tial c

ondi

tions

whi

ch a

ccom

mod

ate

traffi

c a

nd p

edes

tria

n ci

rcul

atio

n on

the

site

.

With

a c

onfi r

med

lis

t of

pla

nnin

g cr

iteri

a an

d in

put

from

wor

ksho

p on

e,

the

cons

ulta

nt t

eam

de

velo

ped

four

con

cept

ual

site

pla

ns.

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ing

Wor

ksho

p Tw

o, th

ese f

our c

once

ptua

l pla

ns w

ere

pres

ente

d an

d re

view

ed a

ccor

ding

to th

e c

rite

ria

of t

raffi

c ci

rcul

atio

n, t

erm

inal

bui

ldin

g la

yout

an

d op

erat

ion,

and

ope

n sp

ace

confi

gur

atio

n.

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each

cr

iteri

a,

the

wor

ksho

p pa

rtic

ipan

ts

(incl

udin

g th

e por

t’s m

ariti

me g

roup

and

plan

ning

gr

oup,

the

crui

se in

dust

ry s

take

hold

ers,

and

the

repr

esen

tativ

es f

rom

the

Bay

Con

serv

atio

n an

d D

evel

opm

ent

Com

mis

sion

[BC

DC

] ),

nam

ed

the

top

two

optio

ns a

nd d

iscu

ssed

the

pros

and

co

ns o

f ea

ch. S

imila

r to

the

fi r

st w

orks

hop,

the

op

tions

cat

alyz

ed d

iscu

ssio

n an

d he

lped

mov

e th

e te

am to

war

ds r

efi n

emen

t of a

n ov

eral

l set

of

deve

lopm

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and

pref

erre

d di

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atic

co

ncep

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.

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the

conc

lusi

on

of

the

seco

nd

wor

ksho

p,

the

cons

ulta

nt t

eam

and

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t st

aff

agre

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hat

the

team

wou

ld d

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op t

wo

cons

olid

ated

site

pl

ans

that

bes

t refl e

cted

the

com

bine

d ne

eds

of

each

of t

he P

ier

27 s

take

hold

ers,

bui

ldin

g on

the

com

men

ts m

ade

at t

he t

wo

wor

ksho

ps.

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e tw

o pl

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ere p

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at t

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Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

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11

Co

nc

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tua

l S

ite

Pla

nn

ing

Stu

dy

PREL

IMIN

ARY

DEV

ELO

PMEN

T CR

ITER

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Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

A n

ew cr

uise

term

inal

with

an effi

cie

nt v

ehic

ular

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

igne

d to

max

imiz

e us

e by

vis

itors

and

res

iden

ts, p

rovi

ded

that

it d

oes

not i

nter

fere

with

cru

ise

line

oper

atio

ns.

This

cru

ise

term

inal

pro

ject

mus

t mee

t cur

rent

indu

stry

ope

ratio

nal s

tand

ards

for o

ne p

rim

ary

bert

h fo

r hom

e po

rt c

ruis

e te

rmin

al.

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

IMIN

ARY

DEV

ELO

PMEN

T CR

ITER

IAW

hile

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

urity

re

quir

emen

ts.

Pier

27

faci

litie

s sh

ould

acc

omm

odat

e sh

ared

use

to

gene

rate

re

venu

e an

d pr

ovid

e a

com

mun

ity b

enefi

t, p

rovi

ded

that

thes

e us

es d

o no

t int

erfe

re w

ith c

ruis

e fu

nctio

ns a

nd s

ecur

ity

requ

irem

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site

rest

aura

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/ scu

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rea

pier

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wn

plaz

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park

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pier

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za

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rk

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ter

nativ

e gr

assp

ark

deck

mar

ina

ball

park

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mar

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con

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tret

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alo

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node

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act

iviti

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mak

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it an

im

port

ant

open

spa

ce n

etw

ork

for t

he c

ity o

f San

Fra

ncis

co.

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rent

ly, P

ier 2

7 si

ts in

the

mid

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of a

long

stre

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of t

he w

ater

fron

t pr

omen

ade

betw

een

two

node

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site

the

refo

re p

rese

nts

a gr

eat

oppo

rtun

ity t

o cr

eate

a n

ew f

ocus

of

activ

ity t

hat

wou

ld b

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r co

nnec

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es a

long

The

Em

barc

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o.

As

a ne

w n

ode

of a

ctiv

ity,

Pier

27

will

nee

d to

pr

ovid

e sp

ace

for v

isito

rs, r

esid

ents

and

cru

ise

ship

gu

ests

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ill a

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need

to c

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how

to r

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e im

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by t

he

pier

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ong

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mba

rcad

ero

beca

use

of th

e mar

itim

e nat

ure o

f the

wat

erfr

ont.

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

en a

nd fr

ame

the

view

to th

e ba

y.

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ws

alon

g th

e Em

barc

ader

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

ublic

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

erfr

ont e

dge

whe

reve

r fea

sibl

e.

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27 h

as o

utst

andi

ng v

isua

l acc

ess p

oten

tial.

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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

ng A

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nd, A

ngel

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land

, Ye

rba

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a Is

land

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nd

the

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e ci

ty, o

ne c

an v

iew

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t To

wer

and

the

pyr

amid

al T

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amer

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build

ing,

tw

o m

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, and

pot

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Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

The

orig

inal

con

stru

ctio

n of

Pie

r 27

inc

lude

d a

load

ing

dock

run

ning

alo

ng th

e w

este

rn p

ortio

n of

th

e m

ariti

me

shed

cre

atin

g a

vert

ical

diff

eren

ce o

f ap

prox

imat

ely

3.5

feet

bet

wee

n th

e Pi

er 2

7 sh

ed a

nd

the

valle

y ar

ea.

Exis

ting

plat

form

s at

thes

e tw

o diff e

rent

ele

vatio

ns

wer

e or

igin

ally

con

stru

cted

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

ic u

pgra

des.

In o

rder

to r

esol

ve a

cces

s an

d ci

rcul

atio

n pr

oble

ms

betw

een

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

ishe

d fo

r the

Nor

thea

st W

harf

Pla

za, a

n op

en sp

ace d

esig

n m

ust

acco

mm

odat

e tw

o diff e

rent

pla

tform

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

The

Emba

rcad

ero

betw

een

Pier

27

and

Pier

29

in

1918

. Thi

s bu

ildin

g is

als

o de

sign

ated

as

an h

isto

ric

reso

urce

and

sha

ll be

ret

aine

d on

-site

or

poss

ibly

re

loca

ted

to a

noth

er l

ocat

ion

with

in t

he H

isto

ric

Dis

tric

t.

The

non-

hist

oric

Pie

r 27

Ann

ex b

uild

ing

will

like

ly

be d

emol

ishe

d to

allo

w fo

r ter

min

al o

pera

tions

and

as

req

uire

d un

der

the

BCD

C S

peci

al A

rea

Plan

. Li

kew

ise,

te

mpo

rary

st

ruct

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Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

Pier

27

subs

truc

ture

is in

gen

eral

ly g

ood

cond

ition

, an

d no

maj

or r

epai

rs w

ill b

e ne

cess

ary.

Pie

r 27

and

Pi

er 2

9 ar

e st

ruct

ural

ly in

tegr

ated

and

wer

e bu

ilt in

19

67, c

onst

ruct

ed w

ith p

ile-s

tres

sed

conc

rete

pile

s w

ith

conc

rete

sl

ab

and

apro

ns.

App

roxi

mat

ely

$2.5

mill

ion

of s

eism

ic u

pgra

des

for

subs

truc

ture

de

cks

of P

iers

27

and

29 w

ere

com

plet

ed i

n 19

95.

The

fend

er s

yste

m a

t Pi

er 2

7 w

ill n

eed

upgr

ades

w

ithin

the

next

fi ve

yea

rs. P

ier 2

9 su

bstr

uctu

re d

eck

requ

ires

con

side

rabl

e am

ount

of

repa

ir. T

he c

ost,

roug

hly

estim

ated

by

Win

sler

& K

elly

to b

e ab

out

$7 m

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n, n

eeds

to

be d

eter

min

ed aft e

r a

mor

e de

taile

d st

ruct

ural

ass

essm

ent.

The

pier

sub

stru

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e de

cks

will

req

uire

add

ition

al

seis

mic

upg

rade

s if

ther

e is

a c

hang

e of

use

or

sign

ifi ca

nt n

ew co

nstr

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n ei

ther

on

Pier

27

or P

ier

29, a

s pe

r the

200

8 Po

rt B

uild

ing

code

. Acc

ordi

ngly

, th

e si

te

plan

ning

te

am

assu

med

re

nova

tion

of

mos

t of

the

Pie

r 27

she

d, w

ith t

he a

dditi

on o

f a

mez

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ne s

pace

, an

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n an

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of u

se o

n bo

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27 a

nd 2

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be

trig

gere

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ereb

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ng th

e ov

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l pro

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cos

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2008

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Co

nc

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tua

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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

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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).

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ary

crui

se

dest

inat

ions

, or

igin

atin

g fr

om S

an F

ranc

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, ar

e A

lask

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port

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erou

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at d

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te o

r en

d in

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Fra

ncis

co.

Peak

mon

ths

are

May

, Sep

tem

ber,

and

Oct

ober

.

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inct

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wee

kday

and

wee

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leve

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ivity

.

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of c

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isit

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o, a

nd

he

nce

the

term

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requ

ires

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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

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nd Jo

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Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

The

term

inal

wou

ld h

ave

appr

oxim

atel

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0,00

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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

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secu

rity

mea

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fron

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ould

be

subj

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o C

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Gua

rd a

nd v

esse

l-rel

ated

se

curi

ty. A

ll se

curi

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easu

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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

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lans

wou

ld a

lso

need

to r

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hei

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ned

or d

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ased

thre

at

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hile

mai

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term

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dditi

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y it.

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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

.

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nn

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dy

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INAL

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onst

rain

ts

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Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

WAI

TING

/ C

HECK

IN(E

A)

EMBA

RK

DEBA

RK

OTHE

R

BLDG

QEUE

(EB)

PRE-

SCRE

EN

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D)(E

E)EN

TRY

SCRE

ENIN

G

BUIL

DING

SYS

TEM

S(B

A)

M /

W T

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B)

(OD)

CREW

SPA

CEPR

OVIS

IONS

STO

RAGE

(OA)

STOR

AGE

(OB)

(OC)

OFFI

CES

SECU

RITY

(OE)

(OF)

PORT

POL

ICE

BAGG

AGE

LAY

DOW

N(D

A)

FROM

M

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NINE

LE

VEL

TO

MEZ

ZANI

NE

LEVE

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P PR

IMAR

Y(D

B)

CBP

SECO

NDAR

Y(D

C)

TERM

INAL

BU

ILD

ING

PRO

GRAM

AD

JACE

NCI

ES:

1ST

FLO

OR

2 |

site

cha

ract

eris

tics

& c

onst

rain

ts

ADJA

CEN

CY S

TUD

IES

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Co

nc

ep

tua

l S

ite

Pla

nn

ing

Stu

dy

TERM

INAL

BU

ILD

ING

PRO

GRAM

AD

JACE

NCI

ES:

MEZ

ZAN

INE

2 |

site

cha

ract

eris

tics

& c

onst

rain

ts

ADJA

CEN

CY S

TUD

IES

EMBA

RK

DEBA

RK

OTHE

R

BLDG

WAI

TING

/ C

HECK

IN(E

A)

FROM

1S

T FL

OOR

TO S

HIP

FROM

SHI

P

TO 1

ST F

LOOR

(ON

DEBA

RK)

QEUE

(EB)

PASS

AGE

(EC)

BUILDING SYSTEMS

M / W T.

(BA)

(BB)

(OB)

STORAGE

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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

Use

Pla

n, a

nd th

e Ba

y C

onse

rvat

ion

and

Dev

elop

men

t C

omm

issi

on’s

(BC

DC

) Spe

cial

Are

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

al o

f ap

prox

imat

ely

56,0

00 s

quar

e fe

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

Wha

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

Buen

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

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Co

nc

ep

tua

l S

ite

Pla

nn

ing

Stu

dy

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Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

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Co

nc

ep

tua

l S

ite

Pla

nn

ing

Stu

dy

OPT

ION

1 -

SIN

GLE

PLA

ZA

30

OPT

ION

2 -

DO

UBL

E PL

AZA

34

TRAF

FIC

CON

CEPT

38

OPE

N S

PACE

CH

ARAC

TER

39

ARCH

ITEC

TURE

CHAR

ACTE

R

42

3 |

CO

NC

EP

TU

AL

SI

TE

PL

AN

AL

TE

RN

AT

IV

ES

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Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

Key

Poi

nts

Mai

ntai

n BC

DC

Spe

cial

Are

a Pl

an la

yout

for

a

two-

acre

uni

nter

rupt

ed o

pen

spac

e ar

ea.

Two

acce

ss p

oint

s ac

ross

the

Emba

rcad

ero.

Pr

ivat

ely-

owne

d ve

hicl

es

(PO

Vs)

, ta

xis

and

bu

ses

ente

r fr

om o

ne c

onso

lidat

ed p

oint

nea

r Pi

er 2

9 bu

lkhe

ad b

uild

ing

and

shar

e a

larg

e lo

op fl

owin

g co

unte

rclo

ckw

ise.

Pi

ck-u

p an

d dr

op-off

zone

s ar

e st

rong

ly ti

ed to

the

term

inal

bui

ldin

g la

yout

(i.e

., em

bark

atio

n on

the

nort

h, d

ebar

katio

n on

the

sout

h).

Emba

rkat

ion

area

take

s ad

vant

age

of th

e op

en

vi

ew o

f the

Bay

.Bu

s dr

op-off /

pick

-up

zone

is

cent

rally

loc

ated

next

to th

e te

rmin

al.

Prov

isio

ning

truc

ks e

nter

at P

ier

27 a

pron

and

exit

at th

e co

nsol

idat

ed p

oint

at t

he n

orth

.

Adv

anta

ges

Traffi

c l

anes

do

not

cros

s in

to t

he o

pen

spac

e

area

as

envi

sion

ed b

y BC

DC

and

Por

t pla

ns.

Prop

osed

cr

uise

te

rmin

al

layo

ut

prov

ides

oppo

rtun

ity t

o cr

eate

a d

ram

atic

em

bark

atio

n sp

ace

at m

ezza

nine

leve

l with

an

open

vie

w o

f th

e Ba

y.

This

spa

ce a

lso

prov

ides

the

opp

ortu

nity

for

alte

rnat

ive

use

on a

non

-cru

ise

day.

Bu

ses

can

back

int

o th

eir

desi

gnat

ed s

pace

s

ther

eby

not

caus

ing

pote

ntia

l ba

ck-u

p of

the

dr

ivew

ay.

Secu

red

stor

age

of p

rovi

sion

s ca

n be

co-

loca

ted

w

ith o

ther

term

inal

func

tions

, cre

atin

g a

sing

le

faci

lity.

Re

tail

spac

e al

ong

the

open

spa

ce a

rea

coul

d

have

a s

impl

e, effi

cien

t fl o

or c

onfi g

urat

ion.

D

isad

vant

ages

The

sing

le i

ngre

ss p

oint

for

PO

Vs,

tax

is a

nd

bu

ses

may

resu

lt in

traffi

c c

onge

stio

n.C

ircu

latio

n m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

mus

t fun

ctio

n

very

effi

cie

ntly

. Ba

ck-u

p of

on

e m

ode

will

ne

gativ

ely

aff e

ct th

e ot

hers

. W

hile

th

e ba

ck-in

, he

ad-o

ut

bus

oper

atio

n

wou

ld r

educ

e po

tent

ial t

raffi

c im

pact

s, s

igna

ge

wou

ld b

e ne

cess

ary

in o

rder

for

pas

seng

ers

to

iden

tify

whi

ch b

us to

boa

rd.

Bus

load

ing

in

fron

t of

th

e te

rmin

al,

but

PO

V l

oadi

ng i

s fu

rthe

r aw

ay.

This

may

be

a di

sadv

anta

ge s

ince

the

maj

ority

of

pass

enge

rs

OPT

ION

1 |

SIN

GLE

PLA

ZAO

PTIO

N 1

SIT

E PL

AN D

IAG

RAM

3 |

conc

eptu

al s

ite p

lan

alte

rnat

ives

E

D

E

D

Embarcadero

Battery St

Sansome St

Ch

estn

ut

St

Lom

bar

d S

t

OPT

ION

1 O

PEN

SPA

CE F

RAM

EWO

RK

DIA

GRAM

NO

RTH

E

D

Embarcadero

Battery St

Ch

estn

ut

St

100’

020

0’40

0’

PLAZ

A

SID

EWAL

K

APR

ON

TER

MIN

AL P

EDES

TRIA

N A

REA

PRO

VISI

ON

ING

AR

EAN

ORT

H

will

be

usin

g PO

Vs a

nd w

ill h

ave

a lo

nger

wal

k to

the

term

inal

. Pr

ovis

ioni

ng t

ruck

s w

ould

ent

er a

nd p

erha

ps

qu

eue

at P

ier

27 a

pron

usi

ng a

less

pre

fera

ble

coun

terc

lock

wis

e fl o

w p

att e

rn.

A q

ueui

ng la

ne m

ay h

ave

to b

e cr

eate

d al

ong

th

e Em

barc

ader

o.

Add

ition

al p

rovi

sion

s st

orag

e m

ay b

e ne

eded

and

plac

ed a

t no

rthe

rn e

nd o

f pi

er,

poss

ibly

cr

eatin

g a

confl

ict

with

pr

ovis

ion

load

ing

oper

atio

ns.

xPE

DES

TRIA

N C

RO

SSIN

G

VIEW

CO

RR

IDO

R

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Co

nc

ep

tua

l S

ite

Pla

nn

ing

Stu

dy

Priv

atel

y-ow

ned

vehi

cles

(P

OV

), ta

xis,

an

d bu

ses

shar

e a

sing

e en

try/

exit

acce

ss p

oint

, w

hile

pr

ovis

ioni

ng

vehi

cles

en

ter

usin

g a

sepa

rate

en

tran

ce.

E

D

100’

020

0’40

0’

E

D

E

D

E

D

BUS

E

D

OPT

ION

1 C

OM

BIN

ED T

RAF

FIC

FLO

W D

IAG

RAM

OPT

ION

1 |

VEH

ICU

LAR F

LOW

PRIV

ATEL

Y -

OW

NED

VEH

ICLE

S (P

OVS

) FL

OW

DIA

GRAM

TAXI

FLO

W D

IAG

RAM

BUS

FLO

W D

IAG

RAM

PRO

VISI

ON

S FL

OW

DIA

GRAM

3 |

conc

eptu

al s

ite p

lan

alte

rnat

ives

NO

RTH

NO

RTH

NO

RTH

NO

RTH

NO

RTH

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Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

Prop

osed

cr

uise

te

rmin

al

layo

ut

prov

ides

op

port

unity

to cr

eate

a d

ram

atic

em

bark

atio

n sp

ace

at m

ezza

nine

lev

el w

ith a

n op

en v

iew

of

the

Bay.

Re

tail

spac

e al

ong

the

open

spac

e ar

ea c

ould

hav

e a

sim

ple,

effi

cien

t fl o

or c

onfi g

urat

ion.

EMBA

RK

DEBA

RK

OTHE

R

BLDG

PRE-

SCRE

EN

LOBB

Y(E

D)(E

E)EN

TRY

SCRE

ENIN

G

BUIL

DING

SYS

TEM

S(B

A)

M /

W T

.(B

B)

(OD)

CREW

SPA

CEPR

OVIS

IONS

STO

RAGE

(OA)

STOR

AGE

(OB)

(OC)

OFFI

CES

SECU

RITY

(OE)

(OF)

PORT

POL

ICE

BAGG

AGE

LAY

DOW

N(D

A)

FROM

M

EZZA

NINE

LE

VEL

TO

MEZ

ZANI

NE

LEVE

L

ENTR

YCB

P PR

IMAR

Y(D

B)

CBP

SECO

NDAR

Y(D

C)

EMBA

RK

DEBA

RK

OTHE

R

BLDG

WAI

TING

/ C

HECK

IN(E

A)

FROM

1S

T FL

OOR

TO S

HIP

FROM

SHI

P

TO 1

ST F

LOOR

(ON

DEBA

RK)

QEUE

(EB)

PASS

AGE

(EC)

BUILDING SYSTEMS

M / W T.

(BA)

(BB)

(OB)

STORAGE

1-1:

Bas

ed o

n 10

sf p

er p

asse

nger

* 1-2:

Thi

s va

lue

excl

uded

in th

e su

mm

ary

build

ing

area

s*

1-1

* 1-2

* 1-3

*

Tota

l PA

X1s

t Lev

el2n

d Le

vel

Gro

up S

um

E-D

Pre-

Scre

en L

obby

2400

2400

0

E-E

Entr

y Sc

reen

ing

2400

2400

0

E-A

Emba

rk W

aitin

g/C

heck

-in15

000

015

000

E-C

Emba

rk/D

ebar

k Pa

ssag

e25

000

2500

E-B

Emba

rk Q

eue

3500

035

0025

800

D-BB

Prim

ary

CB

P 99

0099

000

D-CC

econ

dary

CB

P S

4500

4500

0

D-AA

e la

y-do

wn

Bag

gage

4500

045

000

059

400

O-C

Cru

ise

Line

Offi

ces

1500

1500

0

O-E

Secu

rity

1500

1500

0

O-F

Port

Pol

ice

1500

1500

0

O-D

Cre

w S

pace

900

900

0

O-B

Stor

age

6000

6000

0

O-A

Prov

isio

ns15

000

1500

00

2640

0

B-B

M/W

T.

4000

2400

1600

B-A

Bld

g Sy

stem

s60

0035

0025

00

Oth

er U

se21

500

Ret

ail

1500

015

000

015

000

Sub

Tota

l13

6600

1115

0025

100

1-3:

Thi

s is

a o

ne-s

tory

spa

ce w

ith h

igh

ceili

ng.

*

TERM

INAL

PRO

GRAM

S -

AREA

REQ

UIR

EMEN

TS

OPT

ION

1 T

ERM

INAL

BU

ILD

ING

FLO

W D

IAG

RAM

S

1ST

FLO

OR F

LOW

PRO

GRAM

DIA

GRAM

MEZ

ZAN

INE

FLO

W P

RO

GRAM

DIA

GRAM

3 |

conc

eptu

al s

ite p

lan

alte

rnat

ives

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Co

nc

ep

tua

l S

ite

Pla

nn

ing

Stu

dy

R

50’

010

0’20

0’

FROM

M

EZZA

NINE

LE

VEL

TO

MEZ

ZANI

NE

LEVE

L

DC

DBD

EB

AR

KA

TIO

NE

MB

AR

KA

TIO

N

BB

BA

ED

EE

DA

OA

OTHE

R

ODO

B

0C

/0E

/O

F

TO

1ST

FLOO

R LE

VEL

(ON

FROM

SHI

PTO

SHI

P

FROM

1S

T FL

OOR

L

EVEL

EC

BB

BA

EA

/ E

B

1st

FLO

OR

ME

ZZ

AN

INE

DC

DB

BB

BB

BA

BA

EE

ED

EC

DA

EA

/ E

B

OA

OD

OB

R

0C

/0E

/O

F

BCDC LINE

VIEW

PRO

GRAM

AXO

NO

MET

RIC

SITE

PLA

N F

LOW

DIA

GRAM

3 |

conc

eptu

al s

ite p

lan

alte

rnat

ives

NO

RTH

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Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

Max

imiz

e th

e vi

ew c

orri

dor

to t

he B

ay b

y

alig

ning

the

sout

h en

d of

the

term

inal

rou

ghly

pa

ralle

l to

Pier

23.

Tw

o ty

pes

of o

pen

spac

e ar

eas:

a t

rian

gula

r

view

ing

area

alo

ng P

ier

27 a

pron

and

a li

near

pa

rk a

long

the

Emba

rcad

ero.

D

edic

ated

taxi

loop

clo

sest

to th

e Em

barc

ader

o

for effi

cien

t cir

cula

tion

POV

en

try

sepa

rate

fr

om

taxi

s,

buse

s an

d

prov

isio

ning

. Pr

ovis

ion

spac

e on

nor

ther

n en

d of

the

Pier

27

te

rmin

al, a

way

from

the

Emba

rcad

ero.

Prim

ary

prov

isio

ning

ci

rcul

atio

n do

es

not

re

quir

e use

of P

ier 2

7 apr

on u

nles

s for

emer

genc

y or

traffi

c co

nges

tion

purp

oses

as d

eter

min

ed b

y te

rmin

al o

pera

tor.

Adv

anta

ges:

Ope

n sp

ace/

build

ing

confi

gur

atio

n cr

eate

s a

st

rong

er li

nkag

e be

twee

n th

e Em

barc

ader

o an

d th

e Ba

y, p

rovi

des

a gr

eate

r ran

ge o

f ope

n sp

ace

in t

he a

rea,

and

pro

mot

es t

he g

reat

er s

ense

of

conn

ectio

n be

twee

n th

e pu

blic

and

the

cru

ise

ship

as

an att r

actio

n.

Prov

isio

n st

orag

e sp

aces

are

sign

ifi ca

ntly

larg

er

in

this

opt

ion.

Th

ere

are

two

ingr

ess

poin

ts f

or P

OV

s, b

uses

,

taxi

s, a

nd p

rovi

sion

ing

truc

ks,

crea

ting

less

po

tent

ial

for

back

ups

on t

he E

mba

rcad

ero.

PO

Vs

wou

ld e

nter

nea

r Pi

er 2

9 w

hile

bus

es,

taxi

s an

d pr

ovis

ioni

ng tr

ucks

wou

ld e

nter

at a

se

para

te p

oint

. Pr

ovis

ioni

ng tr

ucks

can

ente

r and

unl

oad

stor

es

at

a d

esig

nate

d ar

ea.

At

that

poi

nt,

fork

lift s

w

ould

be

used

to

serv

ice

the

crui

se v

esse

ls.

Ther

e is

add

ition

al fl

exib

ility

to u

se th

e Pi

er 2

7 ap

ron

entr

y po

int i

f nec

essa

ry.

POV

load

ing

wou

ld b

e at

the

fron

t of t

erm

inal

.

Sinc

e th

e am

ount

of p

asse

nger

s usi

ng P

OV

s are

al

mos

t tw

ice

as la

rge

as th

ose

usin

g bu

ses,

this

la

yout

wou

ld b

e th

e pr

efer

red

optio

n.

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Cha

nges

to

th

e BC

DC

Sp

ecia

l A

rea

Plan

’s

confi

gur

atio

n w

ill

requ

ire

a co

nfi r

mat

ion

proc

ess

with

BC

DC

. W

ith t

wo

(pos

sibl

y th

ree)

acc

ess

poin

ts, t

here

wou

ld b

e gr

eate

r po

tent

ial

for

vehi

cula

r an

d pe

dest

rian

co

nfl ic

ts.

This

im

pact

co

uld

be

miti

gate

d by

the l

ikel

y us

e of a

traffi

c m

anag

er(s

) du

ring

pea

k cr

uise

tim

es.

Bus l

oadi

ng a

rea

is w

ithin

a sh

ort d

ista

nce t

o th

e

exiti

ng d

rive

way

and

bus

es w

ould

bac

k in

to th

e dr

ivew

ay. H

owev

er, b

us b

acku

p m

aneu

veri

ng

may

cau

se b

acku

p of

all

exiti

ng v

ehic

les.

A

wid

er o

r a tw

o-la

ne d

rive

way

at t

his

loca

tion

sh

ould

be

cons

ider

ed.

Prov

isio

ns s

tora

ge is

sep

arat

ed f

rom

the

oth

er

bu

ildin

g fu

nctio

ns in

an

adja

cent

bui

ldin

g.

OPT

ION

2 S

ITE

PLAN

DIA

GRAM

OPT

ION

2 |

DO

UBL

E PL

AZA

3 |

conc

eptu

al s

ite p

lan

alte

rnat

ives

OPT

ION

2 O

PEN

SPA

CE D

IAG

RAM

E

D

E

D

Embarcadero

Battery St

Sansome St

nu

t St

Lom

bar

d S

t

100’

020

0’40

0

E

D

Embarcadero

Battery St

Sansome St

Ch

estn

ut S

t

Lom

bar

d S

t

Sansome

Lom

bar

d S

t

100’

020

0’40

0’

PLAZ

A

SIDE

WAL

K

APRO

N

TERM

INAL

PED

ESTR

IAN

AREA

PROV

ISIO

NING

ARE

A

NO

RTH

NO

RTH

xPE

DES

TRIA

N C

RO

SSIN

G

VIEW

CO

RR

IDO

R

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Co

nc

ep

tua

l S

ite

Pla

nn

ing

Stu

dy

E

D

E

D

BUS

QUEU

E

E

D

OPT

ION

1 C

OM

BIN

ED T

RAF

FIC

FLO

W D

IAG

RAM

OPT

ION

2 |

VEH

ICU

LAR F

LOW

POV

FLO

W D

IAG

RAM

TAXI

FLO

W D

IAG

RAM

BUS

FLO

W D

IAG

RAM

PRO

VISI

ON

S FL

OW

DIA

GRAM

Priv

atel

y-ow

ned

vehi

cles

(PO

V)

have

a s

epar

ate

entr

y fr

om t

axis

and

bus

es. P

rovi

sion

ing

vehi

cles

ca

n ei

ther

use

the

tax

i/bus

ent

ranc

e or

a t

hird

, se

para

te e

ntra

nce.

3 |

conc

eptu

al s

ite p

lan

alte

rnat

ives

0’

Battery St

hes

tnu

t St

hE

D

100’

020

0’40

0’NO

RTH

NO

RTH

NO

RTH

NO

RTH

NO

RTH

E

D

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Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

1-3:

Thi

s is

a o

ne-s

tory

spa

ce w

ith h

igh

ceili

ng.

*2-1:

Bas

ed o

n 10

sf p

er p

asse

nger

* 2-2:

Thi

s is

a o

ne-s

tory

spa

ce w

ith h

igh

ceili

ng.

*

2-1

* 2-2

*

Tota

l PAX

1st L

evel

2nd

Leve

lG

roup

Sum

E-D

Pre-

Scre

en L

obby

2400

2400

0

E-E

Entr

y Sc

reen

ing

2400

2400

0

E-A

Emba

rk W

aitin

g/C

heck

-in22

000

5000

1700

0

E-C

Emba

rk/D

ebar

k Pa

ssag

e20

000

2000

E-B

Emba

rk Q

eue

7500

4000

3500

3630

0

D-B

CB

P Pr

imar

y99

0099

000

D-C

CB

P Se

cond

ary

4500

4500

0

D-A

Bag

gage

lay-

dow

n45

000

4500

00

5940

0

O-C

Cru

ise

Line

Offi

ces

1500

1500

0

O-E

Secu

rity

1500

1500

0

O-F

Port

Pol

ice

1500

1500

0

O-D

Cre

w S

pace

800

800

0

O-B

Stor

age

1350

012

000

1500

O-A

Prov

isio

ns28

000

2800

00

4680

0

B-B

M/W

T.

4000

2500

1500

B-A

Bld

g Sy

stem

s60

0035

0025

00

Ret

ail

1500

015

000

015

000

Sub

Tota

l16

7500

1395

0028

000

WAI

TING

/ C

HECK

IN(E

A)

EMBA

RK

DEBA

RK

OTHE

R

BLDG

QEUE

(EB)

PRE-

SCRE

EN

LOBB

Y(E

D)(E

E)EN

TRY

SCRE

ENIN

G

BUIL

DING

SYS

TEM

S(B

A)

M /

W T

.(B

B)

(OD)

CREW

SPA

CEPR

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IONS

STO

RAGE

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STOR

AGE

(OB)

(OC)

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CES

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HECK

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OOR

TO S

HIP

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SHI

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ST F

LOOR

(ON

DEBA

RK)

QEUE

(EB)

PASS

AGE

(EC)

BUILDING SYSTEMS

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(OB)

STORAGE

POV

lo

adin

g,

whi

ch

deliv

ers

twic

e as

m

any

pass

enge

rs a

s bu

ses,

wou

ld b

e at

the

fro

nt o

f te

rmin

al. P

rovi

sion

sto

rage

spa

ces

are

sign

ifi ca

ntly

la

rger

in th

is o

ptio

n.

TERM

INAL

PRO

GRAM

S -

AREA

REQ

UIR

EMEN

TS

OPT

ION

2 T

ERM

INAL

BU

ILD

ING

FLO

W D

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MEZ

ZAN

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FLO

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3 |

conc

eptu

al s

ite p

lan

alte

rnat

ives

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Co

nc

ep

tua

l S

ite

Pla

nn

ing

Stu

dy

50’

010

0’20

0’

1st

FLO

OR

ME

ZZ

AN

INE

TO

MEZ

ZANI

NE

LEVE

LFR

OM

MEZ

ZANI

NE

LEVE

L

ENTR

Y

ED

OD

BA

RD

AO

A

OB

DC

DB

BB

EE

EA

E

B

OC

/OE

/O

F

EC

BB EA

/ E

B

BA

OB

FROM

1S

T FL

OOR

FROM

SHI

PTO

SHI

P

TO

1ST

FLOO

R

LEVE

L

DE

BA

RK

AT

ION

EM

BA

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AT

ION

ED

EC

EA

/ E

B

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OA

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3 |

conc

eptu

al s

ite p

lan

alte

rnat

ives

NO

RTH

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Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

pie

r 27

pie

r 29

elim

inat

e le

ft t

urn

from

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bard

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exte

nd m

edia

n an

d ad

d pa

lms

exte

nd m

edia

n an

d ad

d pa

lms

add

right

tur

n qu

euin

g la

ne a

t th

e Em

barc

ader

o

mai

ntai

n bi

ke la

ne o

n th

e Em

barc

ader

o

elim

inat

e le

ft t

urn

from

Em

barc

ader

oso

uth

boun

d

elim

inat

e le

ft t

urn

out

from

Pie

r 27

right

turn

out

right

turn

in

CON

CEPT

UAL

EM

BACA

DER

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RAF

FIC

IMPR

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AL T

RAF

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FLO

W C

HAN

GES

- C

ON

CEPT

DIA

GRAM

3 |

conc

eptu

al s

ite p

lan

alte

rnat

ives

NO

RTH

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39

Co

nc

ep

tua

l S

ite

Pla

nn

ing

Stu

dy

As a

gat

eway

into

San

Fra

ncis

co, a

s wel

l as t

he cr

uise

sh

ips,

the

ope

n sp

ace

and

arch

itect

ural

cha

ract

er

shou

ld b

e di

stin

ctly

con

text

ual.

The

re i

s a

rich

ex

istin

g ch

arac

ter

to S

an F

ranc

isco

’s Em

barc

ader

o w

ater

fron

t, th

at s

houl

d se

rve

as i

nspi

ratio

n fo

r th

e op

en s

pace

and

bui

ldin

g co

ncep

ts.

Thi

s is

a

wor

king

wat

erfr

ont a

nd th

e ch

arac

ter s

houl

d refl e

ct

that

mar

itim

e qu

ality

. Si

mila

rly,

the

fun

ctio

nalit

y of

the

ter

min

al s

houl

d be

the

pri

mar

y dr

iver

of

the

spac

e -

char

acte

r sh

ould

be

expr

essi

ve o

f th

is

dyna

mic

, and

cont

rast

to th

e m

ore

open

and

fl ex

ible

na

ture

of t

he p

laza

.

Gra

de a

nd E

dge

Con

cept

sTh

e su

cces

s of

the

site

dep

ends

on

max

imiz

ing

the

oppo

rtun

ities

of

the

edge

s.

The

limita

tions

of

plan

ting

on s

truc

ture

mea

n th

at h

ards

cape

and

st

ruct

ural

ele

men

ts w

ill b

e th

e do

min

ant

devi

ces

for

spat

ial

defi n

ition

. In

the

pla

za,

the

four

foo

t gr

ade

tran

sitio

n is

an

oppo

rtun

ity t

o us

e st

eps

and

ram

ps a

s pl

acem

akin

g, f

ram

ing

elem

ents

for

ga

ther

ing

spac

es,

as w

ell

as a

ctiv

e sp

aces

in

and

of t

hem

selv

es.

Rest

aura

nt a

nd r

etai

l ac

tivity

will

al

so e

ngag

e pe

ople

, dra

win

g th

em in

to t

he p

laza

s fr

om th

e st

reet

. Th

e w

ater

’s ed

ge is

ano

ther

nat

ural

att

rac

tion.

Gra

de t

rans

ition

cou

ld b

e al

so u

tiliz

ed

here

to s

tren

gthe

n th

e se

nse

of s

pace

.

OPE

N S

PACE

CH

ARAC

TER -

GRAD

E CO

NCE

PTS

3 |

conc

eptu

al s

ite p

lan

alte

rnat

ives

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Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

OPE

N S

PACE

CH

ARAC

TER -

STR

UCT

URE

CON

CEPT

S

3 |

conc

eptu

al s

ite p

lan

alte

rnat

ives

Sinc

e th

e us

e of

tree

s an

d ot

her

spac

e de

fi nin

g ve

geta

tion

is li

mite

d on

-str

uctu

re, r

e-us

ing

elem

ents

of t

he

exis

ting

build

ings

wou

ld b

e a

usef

ul a

ltern

ativ

e ve

rtic

al e

lem

ent.

This

can

hel

p tr

ansi

tion

betw

een

inte

rior

an

d ex

teri

or, p

unct

uate

spac

es, a

nd p

oten

tially

pro

vide

shad

e/ra

in co

ver.

This

type

of a

dapt

ive

re-u

se w

ould

al

so le

nd a

uthe

ntic

his

tori

c ch

arac

ter,

as w

ell a

s co

ntri

bute

to a

sus

tain

able

app

roac

h.

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Co

nc

ep

tua

l S

ite

Pla

nn

ing

Stu

dy

3 |

conc

eptu

al s

ite p

lan

alte

rnat

ives

OPE

N S

PACE

CH

ARAC

TER -

PRO

GRAM

CO

NCE

PTS

Whi

le t

he s

ite w

ill off e

r its

ow

n in

nate

dra

w w

ith t

he p

roxi

mity

of

the

big

ship

s, a

dditi

on p

rogr

amm

ing

can

build

on

this

to c

reat

e a

vibr

ant,

activ

e ga

ther

ing

spac

e. T

he p

laza

s sh

ould

be

desi

gned

with

eno

ugh

fl exi

bilit

y to

supp

ort m

ultip

le p

rogr

ams,

as w

ell a

s with

act

ivity

gen

erat

ors s

uch

as fo

od v

endo

rs. P

rogr

ams

incl

ude

ship

vie

win

g, c

asua

l gat

heri

ng, l

unch

sea

ting,

inte

grat

ed a

nd in

tera

ctiv

e ar

t, an

d sp

ecia

l eve

nts.

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Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

ARCH

ITEC

TURAL

CH

ARAC

TER C

ON

CEPT

S

2 |

site

cha

ract

eris

tics

& c

onst

rain

ts

As

a bu

ildin

g ty

pe, t

he te

rmin

al m

ust p

rovi

de fu

nctio

nalit

y fo

r its

use

rs, b

ut it

als

o off

ers

gre

at o

ppor

tuni

ty

for

expr

essi

on o

f fo

rm,

cont

extu

al m

ater

ials

, pr

eced

ence

of

hist

ory,

asp

ects

of

light

, co

lor,

volu

me

and

the

pote

ntia

l to

info

rm it

s si

te a

nd e

nvir

onm

ent.

Tra

nsie

nt b

uild

ings

like

this

term

inal

pro

vide

thei

r ow

n pr

eced

ents

and

cue

s, c

onsi

sten

t with

thei

r con

text

s. T

hese

bui

ldin

gs c

an b

e us

eful

exa

mpl

e fo

r thi

s ter

min

al

and

war

rant

stu

dy d

urin

g th

e cr

eatio

n of

the

term

inal

arc

hite

ctur

e.

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43

Co

nc

ep

tua

l S

ite

Pla

nn

ing

Stu

dy

2 |

site

cha

ract

eris

tics

& c

onst

rain

ts

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44

Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

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45

Co

nc

ep

tua

l S

ite

Pla

nn

ing

Stu

dy

The

goal

of

the

Pier

27

crui

se t

erm

inal

pla

nnin

g pr

oces

s is

to d

evel

op a

pro

ject

that

mee

ts m

ariti

me

need

s, w

hile

als

o be

ing

succ

essf

ully

ent

itled

and

fu

nded

. Th

is s

ite p

lann

ing

exer

cise

has

ide

ntifi

ed

the

chal

leng

es f

or a

new

, pri

mar

y cr

uise

ter

min

al

and

has

deta

iled

the

com

petin

g co

ncer

ns. C

lear

ly,

not

all o

f th

e is

sues

hav

e be

en r

esol

ved.

As

note

d ea

rlie

r, Po

rt s

taff

inte

nds

to s

olic

it co

mm

unity

and

re

gula

tory

resp

onse

to th

e cru

ise t

erm

inal

site

pla

ns.

Base

d on

that

inpu

t, Po

rt st

aff w

ill re

turn

to th

e Po

rt

Com

mis

sion

with

eith

er a

pre

ferr

ed s

ite p

lan

or a

m

ore

deta

iled

set o

f dev

elop

men

t cri

teri

a. P

ort s

taff

wou

ld th

en r

ecom

men

d in

itiat

ing

the

next

sta

ge o

f th

e de

sign

pro

cess

, dev

elop

ing

mor

e de

taile

d pl

ans

at a

larg

er s

cale

.

Base

d on

em

ergi

ng d

evel

opm

ent

crite

ria,

det

aile

d pl

ans

will

ulti

mat

ely

have

to

addr

ess:

fi r

stly

, th

e ap

pear

ance

, opt

imal

func

tiona

lity

and

adap

tabi

lity

of P

ier

27 t

o be

com

e th

e pr

imar

y cr

uise

ter

min

al

faci

lity;

sec

ondl

y, w

hich

Lea

ders

hip

in E

nerg

y an

d En

viro

nmen

tal

Des

ign

(LEE

D)

reco

mm

enda

tions

can

be i

nclu

ded

to a

chie

ve a

sus

tain

able

, gr

een

proj

ect;

and,

thi

rdly

, how

to

crea

te a

n op

en s

pace

ar

ea t

hat

give

s it

a “s

ense

of

plac

e” y

et s

uppo

rts

the

func

tiona

l ne

eds

of a

cru

ise

term

inal

fac

ility

. In

add

ition

, th

e si

te p

lann

ing

proc

ess

coul

d be

ex

pand

ed t

o in

clud

e th

e Pi

er 2

9 sh

ed, a

nd h

ow it

m

ight

eve

ntua

lly b

e in

tegr

ated

int

o th

e Pi

er 2

7 cr

uise

term

inal

pro

ject

.

Succ

essf

ul r

esol

utio

n of

thes

e de

sign

ele

men

ts w

ill

be d

epen

dent

on

proj

ect

fund

ing.

Cur

rent

ly,

the

Port

has

fund

ing

of a

ppro

xim

atel

y $1

9.3

mill

ion

for

this

pro

ject

. Thi

s am

ount

incl

udes

fun

ds f

rom

the

W

ater

mar

k de

ferr

ed la

nd s

ale

proc

eeds

, the

Por

t’s

shar

e of p

rofi t

s fro

m in

divi

dual

cond

omin

ium

sale

s,

and

accr

ued

inte

rest

ear

ning

s. D

urin

g th

e C

ruis

e Te

rmin

al A

dvis

ory

Pane

l pro

cess

, Por

t staff

prep

ared

an

ext

rem

ely

prel

imin

ary

proj

ect

cost

est

imat

e of

ap

prox

imat

ely

$60

mill

ion

to d

evel

op t

his

proj

ect.

How

ever

, de

taile

d de

sign

and

eng

inee

ring

pla

ns

are

need

ed t

o de

term

ine

a m

ore

real

istic

pro

ject

co

st.

The

Port

Com

mis

sion

will

hav

e to

pro

vide

4 |

NE

XT

ST

EP

S

dire

ctio

n w

heth

er th

e cru

ise t

erm

inal

pro

ject

bud

get

is li

mite

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the

amou

nt o

f fun

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rren

tly a

vaila

ble

or w

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er a

dditi

onal

fund

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n be

bud

gete

d.

conc

lusi

ons

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Pie

r 2

7 C

ruis

e T

erm

ina

l

Con

sult

ant

Team

:Ba

y Ar

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cono

mic

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AW/A

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d M

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ting

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