All decisions
about 150 Board decisions about Ferry Building, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- State Harbor Commissioners propose a bridge from the Ferry Building to East Street at Market; referred to committee.
- Resolution proposing a foot bridge over East Street at Market Street to the Ferry Building was passed for printing.
- The Board moved to fund one-third of a foot passenger bridge over East Street at Market Street, built by the State Harbor Board.
- Hotel runners and newsboys would be barred near the Ferry Building
- Oakland Chamber of Commerce asked harbor commissioners to move Ferry Building exhibits to more visible spots; referred to them.
- Oakland Chamber of Commerce asked that exhibits in the Ferry Building be moved; the request was referred to the State Harbor Commissioners.
- Plan for a Market Street railway to the Ferry Building
- San Francisco Woman's Civic Club asked for an all-night woman's rest room at the Ferry Building; referred to committee.
- The Board requested Bay Cities Home Telephone Company install a telephone in the Police Department bureau room at the Ferry Building.
- Bay Cities Home Telephone Company asked to install official telephones in two schools and the Ferry Building police bureau.
- Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company asked to install official telephones in two schools and the Ferry Building police bureau.
- Supervisor Hayden proposed a resolution to sort and distribute mail from the Ferry Building; the vote is not on this page.
- A $15,000 San Francisco exhibit in the Ferry Building nave was proposed and referred to the Finance Committee.
- Passed for printing an ordinance ordering plans and erection of a structure within the Ferry Building nave.
- Board of Public Works authorized to contract for an exhibition structure within the nave of the Ferry Building.
- Resolution proposed to set aside $16,389 from the General Fund for an exhibition structure in the Ferry Building nave.
- Board appropriated $16,389 from the General Fund for an exhibition structure in the Ferry Building nave, contracted to Louis J. Cohen.
- Louis J. Cohn is to receive a final payment of $4,220.40 for exhibition structure work at the Ferry Building.
- The Board asked the State Harbor Commissioners to build a viaduct on the south side of the Ferry Building.
- Board of Public Works invited supervisors to the inauguration of Embarcadero bus service at the Ferry Building.
- Capital Decorating and Manufacturing Company is paid $850 to decorate Market Street from the Ferry Building to Ninth Street.
- California Development Association asked to rearrange exhibit space in the Ferry Building; the request was referred to the Public Welfare Committee.
- Board consents to California Development Association altering its Ferry Building exhibit at no cost to the City.
- California Development Assn. was paid $1,000 to maintain a map and information bureau at the Ferry Building.
- California Development Association was paid $1,000 for a San Francisco map and an information bureau at the Ferry Building.
- The city paid California Development Association $2,000 to run a San Francisco information bureau in the Ferry Building.
- California Development Association is paid $1,000 to run the San Francisco exhibit at the Ferry Building.
- California Development Association is claimed $1,000 for running the San Francisco exhibit at the Ferry Building in December.
- Payment of $1,000 approved to California Development Association for the San Francisco Exhibit at the Ferry Building.
- California Development Association claim of $1,000 to maintain a San Francisco exhibit at Ferry Building listed for payment.
- Board appropriated $1,750 to the State Harbor Commission for brighter lighting in front of the Ferry Building.
- Board unanimously went on record commending the Annual Exhibit of San Francisco Art Colony at the Ferry Building.
- Automatic traffic signals approved for 9th and Folsom Streets and on The Embarcadero near the Ferry Building.
- Ordinance appropriating $4,000 passed to fund a United Service Organizations dormitory in the Ferry Building for servicemen on leave.
- Resolution proposes $4,000 in City funds and State civilian defense aid for a Ferry Building dormitory housing servicemen.
- Resolution proposed to certify to the State Director of Finance that Ferry Building dormitory invoices are supported by proper vouchers.
- Supervisor Lewis's resolution favours a joint state survey and appropriation to improve the Ferry Building as a central embarkation terminal.
- Proposed ordinance changing jitney bus fares from the Ferry Building to Mission Street points passed for second reading.
- Fares from the Ferry Building set at fifteen and twenty-five cents
- For-hire vehicle permits may pause for sickness, death or hardship
- The Board urged keeping a California relief map at the Ferry Building in San Francisco, and sent the resolution to committee.
- The Board urged that the relief map of California now shown in the Ferry Building remain in San Francisco.
- Supervisor Christopher's request to keep the state relief map in the Ferry Building was referred to the Chief Administrative Officer.
- Relief map of California stays in the Ferry Building; no action taken after discussion of possible sites in the city.
- A resolution asking the State Commission on Beaches and Parks to study a state park at the Ferry Building was referred to committee.
- Supervisor Lewis's request to study helicopter ramps over unused Ferry Building piers was referred to the Public Utilities Committee.
- Resolution adopted asking the State Commission on Beaches and Parks to study a Ferry Building state park.
- Board approved state bill AB 2008, as amended, designating the Ferry Building and adjoining area as a historical monument.
- Board adopted, as amended, a resolution on a plan to beautify the Ferry Building area, after striking a whereas clause.
- Board endorsed in principle a plan to beautify the Ferry Building and adjoining area as a historical monument.
- [name withheld] asking the state to allocate $2,000,000 for a park at the Ferry Building; no vote shown.
- A proposed $2,500,000 bond for a park opposite the Ferry Building was sent back to the Finance Committee.
- Public Works yard to be rebuilt at Army and Kansas Streets
- Ferry Building Park bond of $2,785,000 tabled
- Clerk directed to ask the State Division of Highways why the Ferry Building underpass on The Embarcadero was filled in.
- Finance Committee recommends a $7,775,000 bond to rehabilitate the Civic Center Auditorium, amended before final action.
- Ferry Building pier space leased for a heliport
- Supervisor Blake's proposal to study a Ferry Park and Embarcadero traffic routing was referred to the Streets Committee.
- Board approved reassigning interest in redevelopment-area lands near the Ferry Building from the Port Authority to a parking operator.
- City leases pier space by the Ferry Building for a heliport
- Northern waterfront building rules postponed to April 6.
- Ferry Building area height limits put off.
- Taller building rules near Ferry Building sent back to planning commission.
- Taller building rules near Ferry Building sent back to planning commission.
- Ferry Building height plan sent back; air-rights questions added.
- Supervisor Boas raised a plan for developing Port Commission lands south of the Ferry Building, which was referred to committee.
- A request to close The Embarcadero between Pier 26 and the Ferry Building to traffic for a Sunday community walk was referred to committee.
- Taller building limits near Ferry Building considered; delayed.
- Sub-sidewalk space permits on Market Street between Ferry Building and Steuart Street would be barred, passed for second reading.
- Ferry Building height-limit change turned down
- A proposal to expand the Ferry Building height district was refused, and consideration was moved to March 1, 1971.
- Request for a hearing on Port plans for an office building on a Bay platform south of the Ferry Building was referred to committee.
- Supervisor Molinari asked the Port Commission to clarify the cost and funding source of new Ferry Building chimes.
- Ferry Building carillon to replace siren, funded by $1,500 gift proposed.
- Ferry Building proposed as city landmark; first vote only.
- Ferry Building made a city landmark
- Hearing requested on a Golden Gate Bridge district holiday shuttle bus from Ferry Building to Union Square; referred to committee.
- Former Downtown Heliport by the Ferry Building on The Embarcadero moved from Airports Commission to Port Commission.
- A Golden Gate Transit shopper bus from the Ferry Building to Union Square during the 1981 holidays was sent to committee.
- Resolution adopted finding janitorial services at the Ferry Building, Pier 35 and Fisherman's Wharf can be done cheaper privately.
- Supervisor Hongisto asked for a review of parking meter enforcement on the Embarcadero from Ferry Building to Broadway; referred to committee.
- The Board adopted a resolution letting private contractors take over janitorial work at the Ferry Building, Agricultural Building and several piers.
- Supervisor Silver asked for review of the Ferry Building renovation and its low-rent leases; referred to Planning Committee.
- Port Commission's proposal to contract out Ferry Building and pier janitorial services was continued to April 15, 1985.
- Controller certified that a private contractor can clean the Ferry Building, Agricultural Building and Piers 9, 35, 45 and 80 more cheaply; resolution adopted.
- Supervisors adopted a resolution letting a private contractor do janitorial work at the Ferry Building and Port piers, which the Controller certified as cheaper.
- Resolution 471-86 approved the Controller's finding that private contractors can clean the Ferry Building, Agricultural Building and Port piers more cheaply.
- Ordinance appropriating $50,933 from the Port Commission for Ferry Building door renovation passed for second reading.
- The Board adopted a resolution concurring that janitorial work at Port sites, including the Ferry Building, can be contracted out cheaper.
- Board adopted a resolution finding that Port janitorial work at the Ferry Building and nearby piers can be done by a private contractor more cheaply.
- Proposed concurrence that private contractors could clean the Ferry Building and other Port sites more cheaply; referred to Finance Committee.
- Resolution finds private contractors could clean the Ferry Building, Agricultural Building and Port piers more cheaply than city staff.
- Port seeks $2.5 million federal funds for planning and environmental studies of Ferry Building renovation; sent to committee.
- Proposed Port application for a $1.2M federal ferry grant to design Ferry Building improvements was referred to committee.
- $1.2M federal grant accepted for Ferry Building design work
- Port janitorial work at the Ferry Building and piers proposed for a private contractor, per the Controller's certification.
- Resolution concurring that private contractors can clean the Ferry Building and other Port sites more cheaply was adopted.
- $1 million sought to restore the Ferry Building concourse
- $1 million sought to restore the Ferry Building concourse
- Voters cleared the way to restore the Ferry Building
- Proposed $35,000 emergency roof repair at the Ferry Building, referred to Budget Committee.
- Port emergency contract of $41,790 approved to repair the Ferry Building roof deck surfacing.
- Mid-block crosswalks added on The Embarcadero near the Ferry Building
- Appropriation of $6,434,954 from the Harbor Operating Fund for Port capital projects, including Ferry Building work, was passed on first reading.
- Port Commission appropriated $6,434,954 from harbor funds for capital projects, including the Ferry Building and China Basin shoreline; finally passed.
- Attachment A sets a $69,899,980 construction budget for the Ferry Building lease and development agreement.
- Board asked Public Works to repair and clean defacement of the Herb Caen plaque south of the Ferry Building.
- Ferry Building rehabilitation lease put off to November 17
- Port proposes a 66-year Ferry Building lease to Ferry Building Investors
- Ferry Building rebuild costed at about $70 million by the developer
- Ferry Building plaza naming for Harry Bridges proposed; final vote not shown.
- Port proposes a lease to Ferry Building Investors LLC to rehabilitate the Ferry Building as mixed-use; assigned under 30-day rule.
- Ferry Building leased for rebuilding by Ferry Building Investors
- Ferry Building developer also building the Gap headquarters at Folsom
- Community court fines plan put off to a later date.
- Port proposes a 66-year Ferry Building lease to Ferry Building Investors
- Public Transportation Commission proposed to accept $1,594,500 in federal funds for a Port ferry project at the Ferry Building, referred to committee.
- Ferry Building lease amended to require written reports from the Port
- Ferry Building lease recommended once Port reports were added
- Ferry Building rebuild costed at about $70 million by the developer
- Port offices may move to Pier 1 beside Ferry Building.
- Port proposes a 66-year Ferry Building lease to Ferry Building Investors
- Port answers questions on the Ferry Building lease before the hearing
- Supervisor Leno's hearing request on Port plans to relocate Ferry Building tenants was sent to the Small Business committee.
- Resolution proposes taking the World Trade Club's interests in the Ferry Building by eminent domain; public hearing set for December 11, 2000.
- Supervisor Bierman's motion to set a December 11, 2000 hearing on taking World Trade Club interests in the Ferry Building was referred.
- Supervisor Sandoval's hearing request on the [name withheld] murals at the Ferry Building was sent to a committee.
- Supervisor Sandoval's hearing on the [name withheld] murals at the Ferry Building was assigned to the Economic Vitality Committee.
- Committee heard concerns about [name withheld] murals at the Ferry Building during construction, then filed the hearing.
- Proposed sublease of Port Commission hearing room in the Ferry Building was sent to Finance Committee.
- Ferry Building Associates sublease of the Ferry Building hearing room to the Port Commission was sent to Finance Committee.
- Port Commission sublease of Ferry Building hearing room from Ferry Building Associates approved by resolution.
- Board adopted a resolution approving a Port Commission sublease of a hearing room in the Ferry Building, after a motion to continue failed.
- I Preferiti Di Boriana gets Ferry Building beer and wine licences
- BART allowed to install security barriers at Ferry Plaza for 66 years
- A cooperative agreement letting BART install security barriers at the Ferry Plaza platform for 66 years was sent to committee.
- BART allowed security barriers at the Ferry Building for sixty-six years
- Port gets $551,552 grant for Ferry Building emergency alert upgrades.
- Ferry Building gets $551,552 federal grant for emergency alert upgrades.
- The Port of San Francisco would accept and spend a $551,552 federal grant for mass notification upgrades at the Ferry Building; sent to Public Safety Committee.
- PG&E settlement over Ferry Building power sent to committee
- PG&E settlement over Ferry Building power passed on first reading
- PG&E settlement over Ferry Building power proposed for the City
- Shack15 at Ferry Building cleared for beer, wine and spirits sales
- Liquor sales license approved for Ferry Building food shop