so, you are not going to be able to see this very well, but at pier 27, the area between pier 19 and copier 27 is an old bird -- pier 19 and copier 27 is an open water plaza. the plaza is supposed to overlook the open water basin. the burgeoning activity in the open water basin would significantly impact the character of the water basin. our planned amendment proposal would be to shift the base into the area between pier 29 and 31. also the area off of pier 23 in the half. it is a shallow area between pier 43 and pier 45 that has a great views of the bay and is adjacent to the park. the america's cup also proposes to remove the entirety of the pier 27 shed and a portion of the 29 shed that intersects with 27. that removal is a greater level of removal than the proposed pier 23 removal by and the special area planned. we would propose that that removal would be a trade-off for pier 23, allowing us to keep that historic resources. it will allow us to keep the potential to acre plaza at the end appeared 27 and 29 that needs to be used for cruise ship provisioning when there are cruise s

35 and pier 38. as units, they have different and definable needs. but we found that almost across the board, people do not like trying to plan amendments in the context of projects. they prefer some plan level you before you pursue amendments. another theme that emerged is, not surprisingly, that the port as an enterprise agency looks to our development projects as the primary vehicle to deliver public benefit. i think that we at the staff level often view this as a given, that the way that we improve the waterfront is we attract private investment. that is what yields open space and public access and all the things that the public wants to see -- historic rehabilitation. for stakeholders, and to view us as being development-driven. i think that we had some public education work to do about how much we have been doing over the past couple of years to attract public dollars. with respect to the role of bcdc, i think that stakeholders previously viewed it as a strong defender of the special area plan

the pier comes out of the water. but it goes out of revenue service. that has an impact on the economic impact and jobs that we can provide to the city as a whole. and so just briefly about that i apologize. the handout, something happened to the verbage at the bottom of the slide. but in 2006 we commissioned an economic impact report. that was back when our operating budge eliminate was about -- budget was about $58 million. the results were that we would provide approximately 9,500 jobs throughout our 21 million square feet. our operating budge eliminate has grown. so that would mean the amount of jobs -- if you just did a straight line map which is probably inaccurate -- nonetheless, if you were to do some straight line map, it would grow that number to about 11,300. and so we think that these are very important jobs. they're obviously, as you know with the adoption of the eastern neighborhoods plan, the port is where the city's p.d.r., production distribution repair businesses are located, as well as of the 400 t

that portion of the pier 29 shed, the non-historic portion, as well as the pier 27 office annex building, which is the -- i do not have a pointer with me, but the small building along the embarcadero next to pier 27. that will be, if all goes well, miraculously developed into the new cruise terminal project, and per the host city and the new agreement, the event of authority is required to demolish pier 27, pier 29, as well as relocate the short side power equipment. this allows the port to come in as what we're calling this one in 2012, to build or construct the shell building, which is noted here. the event authority is then given exclusive use during 2013 for their races. in 2014, the site is returned to the port so that we can finish the phase two construction, and that relates solely towards the -- making it an operable cruise terminal facility as well as competing improvements. as i was mentioning, the funding for this budget really relates to what the cost art. -- what the costs are. the prevailing costs are what has been estimated four phase one as $65.7 million. that includes th

the boats would be lifted of groundwater and there would be a device between our round pier 32 end pier 36. dredging would happen to a depth of 15 feet. this would be just off of the wharf. so, again, this amendment proposal would be for the temporary use of anything like was contemplating the rate in the area so that we potentially have the same issues here that we have to work through with ac/dc as we do in the 24.5 area. all three of these amendment requests have been submitted. i would like to go over the next steps that we are facing in this process. the first step is that bcdc staff brings a subscription notice of the application. the commission says whether or not to go forward with processing the application. this has already happened with the cruise terminal in the early commission. that application is in process and would have its public hearing in october of this year with possible action on the amendment itself in the early 2012. the america's cup related amendment proposals have not done in the brief description of this form yet. we expect that that what happened in june. a

we have run and piles at pier 64. looking at how to remove those blighted areas from the waterfront was another issue that prompted this. i am going to go over the major findings at a pretty high level. we are going to drill into these issues in further detail as we go into next steps, but we talked with the participants about how they would like to see the agency's approach planning on the waterfront. what has been done in the past is really to look at the entire stretch of waterfront. it took seven years for the land use plan and three years to approve a special area plan, so i think we walked in thinking we have that base of information, and planning could be more site- specific. that view was not necessarily shared by our stakeholders.

piers morgan starts now. see you tomorrow. >>> tonight, the picture that shows the extraordinary power of a tornado. a tractor trailer ripped apart. the driver survives and captures the whole thing on his cell phone. all this as tornado alley braces for yet more storms. and hope fades as 1,500 people are still missing in joplin, missouri. i talk to desperate relatives racing against time to find their loved ones. also tonight, remember him, the notorious john edwards, is he on the verge of being indicted? i'll ask legal eagle dan abrams what happens now. plus, my all-star tribute to the woman who changed television forever. >> i would vote oprah for president. >> who wouldn't want to be oprah winfrey? are you kidding? >> i'll talk to some of the people who knew her best. >> piers morgan. >> including her best friend gayle king, suzy e orman and lisa ling. this is "piers morgan tonight." this is the video that stopped viewers around the world dead in their tracks. twister versus tractor trailer. you saw it her

i say that it is next to pier 40. they make the assumption that it is next to pier 39, but we know that is not true. the numbering is bob and even. it -- the numbering is odd and even. then north of the ferry building we have pier one. >> 1, 3, and 5 have been redeveloped into a combination of office space and restaurants. they are in the process of leasing those out and it is also listed on the national register of historic places being a sailor, you are familiar with the public wants that sits behind us. >> usually, i sailed out of south harbor pier 40. there are very few places along the whole bay waterfront or there is public access. right up the street at pier 1 1/2 is a brand new public launch or you can pull in a boat up to 40 feet, spend hours, and it is a wonderful thing. whoever did that, thank you. >> it is a public/private partnership that was done with the port redevelopment. we hope to be putting in more of that type of facility up and down the waterfront as part of a collection of smaller facilities tha

the project area extends from pier 1 to pier 14 and on the bay side of the embarcadero and looks at all the improvements in the area. just a little recap. since the freeway came down, there have been a whole series of improvements, so this project builds on the history of what has happened here and the major efforts that the port and city have undertaken. if you look at this orange area, a significant amount of the area has already been improved, but there are other improvements that are still needed. one of the major components of those earlier efforts undertaken by the port was the construction of gate b, e, and the breakwater at pier 14. this was the first phase of very building improvement. it was done to meet the needs of the ferry terminal but also to enhance the qualities of the area so that future redevelopment of the ferry building and public spaces could also be undertaken. quickly, the map showing you the improvements that were made at the time, what it looks like today. these were all completed in [inaudible] currently, we have vallejo and to broaden at agte b. oakland, alam

the pier is 1,300 feet long, long enough for post-panama ships. it is ideal for a gang way and provisioning with ample space between the areas. it will allow for efficient drop-off and pick-up areas that beget a vehicular traffic off of the embarcadero. in 2009 the board asked dtw to help with the project and a team was hired, architects working in association with cruise terminal design consultants. working to decide appear to be designed appeared 27 cruise terminal and public plaza. there are also provisions to allow it to be used in meeting in special event usage. the design team has recently completed schematic design and development is currently under way. next slide? december 31 of last year, the city may bid to host the america's cup and it was accepted by the event authority, including the use appears 27 and 29. this use provides funding and support from the event the authority for the overall project costs and provides a viewing experience for the event occurring in 2013. as a result of this additional usage, the cruise terminal project i

>> reporter: good evening, piers. the tension in joplin is just incredible, because we are all watching this line of storms develop from dallas-ft. worth, all the way through oklahoma city. tulsa's involved in this as well, as you guys were just report, well up into witchta, kansas. these are big-time powerful thunderstorms. all the ingredients are right. the national weather service issued that pds, particularly dangerous situation. it's not something they do frequently. so when that happened just west of here, everyone here perked up and was ready. as you can see around me, we still have so much debris around the area, and the knowledge that even if these storms weaken a little bit, as they move from oklahoma into missouri, which isn't that likely, we'll have straight line winds of probably 30 and 40 miles per hour, at the very least with these storms. this debris will be airborne and flying everywhere. a lot of the, kind of the idea of searching for people today, people were just out everywhere. because yesterday's

i'm sure it's going to be very fun -- >> no, you know what's so -- piers, piers, piers, this is the thing, i'm doing 9:00 and 11:00 in the morning on own and 9:00 and 11:00 at night on own. my special guest, you couldn't get him, is stedman, because he doesn't talk to anybody. stedman tomorrow. hugh jack man. diane sawyer. the most important thing is the viewers. i really want viewers to call in with -- i'd like to hear what they thought about the finale. i'm getting amazing e-mails from people who say, boy, she ended it on such the perfect note and she did. >> have a great show, gayle. >> thank you, piers. >> send my love to oprah. she's a class act. >> i will, i will. she is. thank you, piers. >> thank you. >> when we come back, suze orman and lisa ling on what it was like to work with oprah winfrey. first, here's a moment from the oprah winfrey show. it's number two on my viewers list of top oprah moments. you know this one. it's when everybody got a car. thing under the gas cap, thing... do you even have a name? well, it doesn't matter. because it's about to change. there's a cheaper,

>> reporter: sadly, piers, i really want folks to have hope. if they have not been able to contact a loved one, there is such a scene of chaos here i would like for them to still have hope they may see that loved one alive. when we tour the damage and just on that side down the hill, there is nothing there. we are told that when you look there you can see the horizon for miles. we're told that they were giant homes and big apartment complexes and big shopping centers. that number at 116 about doesn't surprise me and do i believe it might be higher? personally, piers, i think it really might be. >> sam, we can see the weather conditions with you now are atrocious. we hear there's a 45% chance of another tornado hitting joplin, which would be an appalling new blow for them but we hear there are threats of tornadoes in wider area to dallas and other cities, kansas, i'm hearing. what are you picking up or what do you think will happen over the next few hours? >> reporter: what we've seen is there's a stationary front really. it's an incredible setu

pier 96 is not. the reason is when we got the permission to use pier 96 for the purpose of recycling our traditional recyclables -- paper, bottles, cans -- we committed to the citizens of the bayview that this was going to be recycling only. we told them, we committed that we would not bring garbage into the bayview district. that was important to them an important to us. our facility, pier 96 sits right below the hunters point housing project. while we did not have to do it, we committed and have been voluntarily for the last -- i guess it has been eight or nine years now that pier 96 has been there and processing the city's recyclables -- we voluntarily offered, long before anybody was talking about local hire ordinances in the city -- we voluntarily offered all new jobs to people who live in two zip codes that are impacted in the bayview, and we have hired somewhere around 175 people who come from that zip code -- those two zip codes to work for us. what we heard a week or two ago from the port th

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we have a plan to do that at pier 19 or 23. we have bond proceeds we have borrowed to do planning for that. to enter your question a different way, we tend to think that there are eight years in the plan that we will not be able to rescue, instead we are trying to maximize investments in the ones that we can bring up revenue on as quickly as possible. supervisor chiu: for those that you can not? they are simply fellow? >> unique things do come up. you're 26 and 28 are both in and as you know, they are potential candidates for development and we are still hopeful that that could happen. in your district, pier 33 is one that we look that nell. it is functioning and actually quite full. of long-term horizon, it is difficult to see where it could go. in the time that i have been port director, out of the blue new ideas will show up. right now we have no plans. supervisor chiu: i do your love creative ideas from constituents to use them for other types of recreational facilities. what sometimes where you see a place that would be pe

"piers morgan tonight." marie -- >> it's donny and marie. >> knew. >> i just want to say welcome to the flamingo. >> i love this. >> do you know when you call the hotel, that's what they say, welcome to the flamingo, home of donny and marie. >> it's so great for you guys to have your own very classy old-style theater in vegas. your name in lights on the strip. i walked down this morning, there you are on huge billboards. it must give you a buzz. >> it's an ego builder, let me tell you. if you feel bad about yourself, just drive down and see the biggest billboard. >> did you ever imagine here you'd be 40 years later doing this in vegas? >> no, i mean, you think about a career. and especially being a woman in the entertainment business, you're lucky to get seven, eight years and we're going on what -- >> 48 years. >> 48 years now. >> incredible. >> and it's consistent, too. even in the show, i say, how grateful can i be. i know we're both so grateful. we always knew we would do something together again. >> if

we have a substandard dilapidated conditions, according off half of pier 1. we are looking at removal there and improvements to accommodate the new gate a and b, providing circulation directly to these areas and also adequate space for queuing and waiting without obstructing public access to the surrounding buildings and open space resources. thank you. we also have a responsibility at weta to accommodate for emergency response. one of the critical elements in terms of providing the capability to evacuate, if that becomes a necessity, or two and a greater numbers of passengers, if a major element of the transportation system is down, is to make sure we have adequate space on the land size to accommodate that. we have checked carefully. we can accommodate that additional responsibility. one of the other aspects is that queuing and whether protection today is not readily available for passengers. you can see people lining up on the vallejo ferry. we think it would be a good idea to create some sort of alamance, a canopy, that would provide a modest amount of pr

>> this is not your moment, piers. >> thank you! >> that was, of course, "america's got talent," and of course, it was my moment. i was taking it. >> man, you just -- see, they think that our banter is like made up. we really get frustrated with piers on the show, because every minute he can take, it's all about him. >> this is your ultimate nightmare. >> the lion's den. >> tell me about "america's got talent," because you came in -- obviously, i've been on since the start, you came in a couple of seasons ago. as you've immersed yourself in the show, what have you found that you love about it? because it becomes very contagious, doesn't it? >> yeah, it's the greatest summer job ever. i mean, i go to work every day happy. and just to see -- i mean, today, these are people that are striving for their dreams, ordinary people with extraordinary talent. and it is cliche and as catchy as it sounds, it's like, no, you get to see these people turn into stars overnight. and i have a ball doing it. i get to have fun. i mean it's a stand-up co

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mission bay is building out, sales force acquired a number of those parcels at pier 70. it is off and running. there is an uptick in interest in this site and is part of town, in general. we are involved with interacting with potential tenants and are it excited that things are turning around but are still cautious about this challenging environment. so our objective is to meet the deadlines and exceed them. we will be back in front of you into timber with lots of new work -- september with lots of new work, hopefully to reach a new term sheet agreement. we are hopeful to meet the ena deadline by next september to have a complete term sheet endorsement, and we are hoping to be able to get to that by the beginning of next year so that we can move this project more rapidly thanthe ena guidelines suggest. i am up here to answer questions. we are excited about moving forward. you will see a lot of activity coming in many ways, the next tranche of time is the most important on the project. a lot of things get done and exposed to the public, reactions from the public, formal r

that was the -- piers. that was the work we did for the city and port to leave a legacy for the city of san francisco. we don't want to leave buildings with no use, but how do we create something that has a legacy for the city. >> the economic development comes from the host, from us, from the event authority investing in piers to bring them up to snuff. >> the city of san francisco doesn't have to put all the money out? >> yes. and we are separately raising money for the event. we are raising $303 million to run the event. we are doing that through local sponsors, the organizing committee to raise the money, so there isn't a burden on the city. >>> >> a couple of nuts and bolts. the average joe or jane that does not own a yacht, is there a place to stand? is it free? is there costs, ticket in the. >> yes. it is access. if it is educating people about sailing, getting them to come down or provide great t.v. access. it is 95% free to come down. we will probably have grand stands for people that want to have