Francisco mayor ed lee. clapping. and next, we welcome our retiring be airport director john martin. clapping. and please welcome our newly appointed director art. clapping. all right. Were also going to invite a couple members of the gail Labor Council please welcome shelly kessler. clapping. representing the sgerm broadly from oregon jeff and tina smith. clapping. representing the terminal one c project terminal one central john and pencil phelps. clapping. from the new broadly the design belt ralph. clapping. from construction management. Okay. Well pause for a moment to take photos and let those gentlemen take us away. yeah . All right. Ed come on down. Yeah. clapping. yeah. There we go. Yeah. All right. clapping. tin in a. Come john all right. clapping. there we go there we go. Yeah. clapping. all right. I need to get the range and the colors so sorry i see it down here you know, before we get started it is just a appropriate to recognize the suffering that is going on from the terrorist attack yesterday ami id like to offer a moment of silence for the victims and families before we start the program silence thanks so thank you for everyone being here with us today and i particularly like to acknowledge special guests first linda linda our Vice President of the Airport Commission so glad to you have you with us today. clapping. and we have representatives from congresswoman Jackie Spiers office thank you for being here raise your hand glad to have you here. clapping. and welcome the members of the san mateo Labor Council we share a Strong Partnership in all say programs and representatives from the any design and construction firms that is will guarantee the successful delivery this project and so god to have you here as well so i think this is an exciting time this is an excited project and it is signals a trofrpgs and is perfect opportunity to talk about the trofrpgs that happens over the past 20 years as you may know our director john martin is retiring on 21 years as airport director a big round of applause for john, please. clapping. and you know talk about transformers that airport over the past 21 years has seen essentially redevelopment of every facility under johns leadership a tremendous thing for the airport and the traffic light public as well as the city and county of San Francisco and you know, i think about the 1990s and the transformers that occurred in the 90s and john lead a 3 billion dollars renovation a master plan expansion for the rim and a new International Train system and bart to sfo new cargo facilities we also have a new rental car center you think the transformers of the 90s and impactful to the customer dmrerns a positive way and the revenues of this airport i think about after 9 11 and john and his leadership through the progress of the leadership following 9 11 and his determination to continue to deliver the exceptional deliveries and the terminal two an amazing project that set so many new standards for the airport standards for passerby commerce or experience and excellence in sustainability, in fact, did first terminal in the year to get lead gold certification and setting the standards standard for future projects at the airport you know and then i think about the most recent 4 years under johns watchful eye the tremendous amount of work with the growth weve experienced a new air Traffic Controller tower for this are airport a new icon for the city and county of San Francisco and have a renovated terminal 3 delivering an exceptional passerby experience and i think about the future of this airport and this terminal one program and again an opportunity for that transformation and all of the preparation that it has taken under johns leadership to get us here this is an exist day and ill excited to Carry Forward the vision that john establishes for the airport and you know were standing in the intern broadly facilities b some facts it is a temporary facilities that allows set west to continue to operate were offering 9 gates out of this facility and essentially building a 24 gate operation around this operation is a challenging and requires just most of our project team it will create a new lobby and consolidated checkpoint and improve the passerby experiences and the shopping and dining serving both broadly areas b and c to that leading edge of terminal experience worldwide a worldwide facility so interesting i think a key part of broadly b project the capacity to deal with international as well as domestic operations and so thats a tremendous benefit to give us the flexibility to continue to allow for the focusing efficient use of facilities and maximizing new flight and new aircraft types of that is part of our success over the recent past and also provide for post security cocaine activity between 4 of the broadly areas of the airport and in the near future well build between t2 and 1940 t3 that allows us assess through the broadly areas a tremendous thing for the passersby i think about the Terminal Program the benefit that provides for the communities and to our Small Businesses were focused on local business participation a goal of 25 percent small local business participation and 300 million of the benefits through the contract wear estimating that will go to local and Small Businesses in the community and been so successful with the project approach and continue to use a pales in comparison approach with our teams we are in the midst feel having and have conceded 2 billion of work without a single claim and continues to deliver some such exceptional projects and lastly to turn back to sustainability if we will achieve lead gold certification and will make it zero ready so as we develop the Renewables Program given that leverage of a net zero facility with that, i want to thank the Terminal One Team and thank you all for being here. clapping. thank you now, please welcome the head of San Mateo Council shelly csa letter. clapping. shelly labor coincidental represents one and 10 units and 75 thousand workers here in the san mateo and bay area it is really an exciting time at the sfo with the groundbreaking of term one great opportunities that that will provide thousands of new jobs with local labor getting fair wages to construct and create and populate this state of the art the positive result of this a no small measure due to the cooperation between director john martin and our Labor Community as your last Major Construction project you can be so proud it will be done right with our construction and Building Trades represents by james of the Building Trades council and many members here today and john martin has provided credible leadership so the workers in key one will be compensated fairly as they take care of the traveling public that a professional experience is held from pilots to janitors and sfo folks take pride in the work the fact it john marthas understands and appreciates the fact we work hard on behalf of this airport with one of the reasons well honor him july 29th and grateful for the partnerships are this airport and really developed that aspirin with that community that is different and unique to any other airport in the United StatesUnited States of america and for that were proud of you john and for the team lead by the folks that will continue to have the mature respective youve developed over the years on behalf of the Labor Community thank you and all of you at the airport that are doing this work and in partnership with us who are here serve all of you thank you. clapping. thank you shelly and new please welcome the San Francisco mileanhour ed lee. clapping. well, everybody thank you for being here this morning at our sfo im in deep appreciation for what is going on at our air Traffic Controller for a number of reasons you know 201550 Million People came through the airport a records setting number if all indications john and i will exceed that number this year and when they came in we get the compliments i have often international viefrlts shaking their heads how is that like an arent like a hotel lobby and it is really the thought process the planning that is going on, i as i mentioned that john came from a financial world before we became the airport director and led the airport by kind of i think traded the mindset i got the pleasure of really having this new leadership take on but want to say thank you to the commissioners some of whom have been at the air Traffic Controller as long and john and the leadership of the commission and the staff, the vendors that are out here, of course, the airlines that are really have a lot of Investor Confidence in the airport weve done it right you look at what terminal one means by the 2. 1 Million Investment that is about to happen a four and a half billion dollars Capital Improvement plan that compliments the kind of planning our city has always been supportive and nurturing every seats like the airport to make long term planning at the center because when you do that planning then you can satisfy 75 thousand people as part of Labor Council shelly i want to say shelly ive got to say this im looking at did Unemployment Rate and every time San Francisco is goes down san mateo unemployments goes down further it has got to be that airport shelly and in great part were glad to do that we dont know and im always youve seen my announcement im having the plan time after time for any cause case in chief economic downturn thats why we have the incredible infrastructure planning for the city i get to be in charge of a 10 year plan and four and a half billion dollars of an infrastructure 10 year Capital Improvement plan for all the city departments as we plan those things out and make the proper investment and get the projects on time and on budget and celebrate the leads certification and the green and Green House Gas reduction that all those designs are part of we not only modernize the infrastructures like the airport by bring in more of our constituents to enjoy the airport and use it properly so i must say that im appreciative of everyone involved in the engineers to the design firms the ones on the financial part and the management and, of course, the incredible work that the commission is doing to make sure that everyone is included this airport is for everyone and contributor to the entire Northern California economic such a center of industrial and of job creation and helping people out we also are appreciative that in march of this year our airport received what we called the level 3 accreditation reducing the Green House Gas emissions it is a very, very high award in fact, i think that were the only airport in california to received that level 3 recognitions and the second airport in the United States to receive it so again another accolade that the new tower the aviation tower maybe a less than a year away from opening is receiving engineering recognition time after time i love when people say im he hotel lobby at the aircraft that gives everyone a feeling of being in a comfortable place not only the routine are reflective of the diversities of bay area but the worldclass we have a museum at the airport with a lot of people shake their heads you have an museum at the air Traffic Controller i have my name saying ed lee welcomes you to San Francisco im proud of that as well and this entire staff as we need to be congratulated an economic engine when we dont know what will happen in the future i want 24 to be the shining example of Group Candidates and a strong Investor Confidence and the contractors those times and substances are working in pales in comparison want to thank you all for opening your doors and making sure that people go to work that number one thing that people says get to work were eager to what go to work here just a moment i want to say again to john martin who will go into a quiet life im looking at those videos and im sure im saying i want to make sure my yogurt stand is proilt place john will say and yoga place were anticipating how had terminal one will turnout 2024 will be shortly here and complimenting all the other things the airport is doing in the infrastructure so john, i want to say again i know ive going to be a great, great airport director with the team 150e7b8d assembled but we take a moment and thank those who catered the way for over 21 years i know you want a quieted life i want you to be back with me in maybe ill put in a yoga uniform and stand with the open on the ground of that great term one thank you, john for your wonderful years anticipate leadership and been a star amongst all the Department Heads we gridlock appreciate that and everybody lets go to work, huh . clapping. thank you, mayor ed lee. Now a please help me welcome his final appearance retired airport director john martin. clapping. thank you first want to acknowledge a staff person that justice arrived thank you for being here and your support and also mr. Mayor a gentleman whispered in my ear this building will be opened in 2019 while your mayor and complete in 6 or seven years 17 dates is that right. 17 gates in 2019 so just a little bit of reminiscing i came to San Francisco for the very first time a little bit over 95 years and graduated schools for a Job Interview for sfo on this building for World Airways i looked around this broadly airport and thought that is the worst broadly area laughter and it looked a bus terminal so in that time ive been here 35 years a lot of improvements are made to this boarding area but ptz to see it replaced in the last 20 years we rebuilt the whole airport a new international terminal, bart to the airport, train system and new parking garages and terminal 2 that set a standard for arntsdz worldwide and being improvements in terminal 3 but to demolish boarding area b it was a great pleasure to lift this sledgehammer and tear that place down that was built in 1962 as a temporary structure so 74 years later getting to taking it down so we had to take a projects in a unique way strong finances Steering Wheel strong concession sales sfta from the San Francisco concessions and that allows us to finance our own facilities we dont need third partys developers or ask the airlines to build facilities we insure the highest quality and maximize flexibility and maximize the gates and have new carriers to welcome virgin american and insuring they have the gates and able to welcome jet blue and southwest and had an extraordinarily highlevel of k350e78s one of the highest exception levels in the country that means low fairs much lower fairs is more nights in the hotels in San Francisco keeping this airport competitive is very important in our philosophy how and finance and control the airport is a key part an 1250er8d team in delivering the projects that i have been a leader on for 20 years delivering projects on schedule within budget not had a construction latitude over 20 years the envy of the public segment nationally and they look at our model how they should follow as well our model is based on partnering we embrace partnering and partnering with a Construction Industry and contractor, architecture e architect and engineers and Construction Managers and pales in comparison with the airlines our concession folks and other city departments and labor a key partner and that partnering is one of transparency, setting time and goals and insuring clear open consumption and thats what allows us to deliver exceptional projects not just projects on schedule and within budget but projects exceptional from a point of view we aim to surprise the passersby with a level of amenities and services that we deliver we did that in terminal two and confident the team will that here our im a review lose and get better im confident when i could be four years from now as as peering ill have an steroid experience thank you all for being here today and really very satisfying for me as airport director after 35 years seeing this old building torn down and starting a new boarding area and new terminal one thank im your host of culturewire, and today, here at electric works in San Francisco. Nice to see you today. Thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. My pleasure. How long has electric works been around . Electric works has been in San Francisco since the beginning of 2007. We moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. We do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. We will look at all of that as we walk around. It is incredible to me how many Different Things you do. How is it you identify that San Francisco was in need of all these Different Services . It came from stepping out of graduate school in 1972. I wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how our world should work. It should have printmaking, archiving, a gallery. It should have a retail store. In 1972, i wanted to have art sales, pointofsale at the grocery store. So you go through the manifesto. With the bay area should have. You are making art incredibly accessible in so many different ways, so that is a good segue. Lets take a walk around the facilities. Here we are in your gallery space. Can you tell me about the current show . The current show is jeff chadsey. He is working on mylar velum, a smooth, beautiful drawing surface. I do not know anyone that draws as well as he does. It is perfect, following the contours and making the shape of the body. Your gallery represents artists from all over, not just the bay area, an artist that work in a lot of different media. How to use some of what you look for in artists you represent . It is dependent on people are confident with their materials. That is a really important thing. There is enough stuff in the world already. You also have in his current show an artist who makes sculpture out of some really interesting types of materials. Lets go over and take a look at that. Here we are in a smaller space. Project gallery. Artists used the parameters of this space to find relationships between the work that is not out in the big gallery. I noticed a lot of artists doing really sitespecific work. This is a pile of balloons, something that is so familiar, like a childs balloon. In this proportion, suddenly, it becomes something out of a dream. Or a nightmare. May be a nightmare. This one over here is even harder to figure out what the initial material is. This is made out of puffy paint. Often, kids use it to decorate their clothes. She has made all these lines of paint. For the pieces we are looking at, is there a core of foam or something in the middle of these pieces that she built on top of . Im not telling. Ah, a secret. This silver is aluminum foil, crumbled of aluminum foil. Her aesthetic is very much that quiet, japanese spatial thing that i really admire. Their attention to the materiality of the things of the world. This is a nice juxtaposition you have going on right now. You have a more established artists alongside and emerging artists. Is that something important to you as well . Very important in this space, to have artists who really have not shown much. Now lets look at other aspects of electric works operation. Lets go to the bookstore. Ok. In all seriousness, here we are in your store. This is the first space you encounter when you come in off the street. It has evolved since you open here into the most amazingly curious selection of things. This was the project for the berkeley art museum. It was this is from william wileys retrospective, when he got up onstage to sing a song, 270 people put on the cat. It is not just a bookstore. It is a store. Can you talk us through some of your favorites . These are made in china, but they are made out of cattails. These pieces of here, you have a whale head and various animals and their health over there, and they are jewelry. We do fund raisers for nonprofits, so we are doing a project for the magic theater, so there are some pretty funny cartoons. They are probably not for prime time. You sort of have a kind of holistic relationship where you might do merchandise in the store that promotes their work and practice, and also, prince for them. Maybe we should go back and look at the print operation now. Lets go. Before we go into the print shop, i noticed some incredible items you have talked back here. What are we standing in front of . This is william wiley, only one earth. This is a print edition. There are only eight total, and what we wanted to do was expand the idea of printmaking. This is really an art object. There we go. Besides the punball machine, what do you produce in limited edition . There is the slot machine. If you win the super jackpot, you have saved the world. What about work . The right design, it was three volumes with lithographs in each volume. The cab of count dracula with 20 lithographs inside and lined with beaver fur. Really special. Lets move on to the print shop. Ok. The core of what we do is making things. This is an example. This is a print project that will be a fundraiser for the contemporary music players. We decided to put it in the portfolio so you could either frame at or have it on your bookshelf. So nonprofits can come to you, not just visual are nonprofits, but just nonprofits can come to you, and you will produce prints for them to sell, and the profits, they can keep. The return on investment is usually four times to 10 times the amount of investment. This is for the bio reserve in mexico, and this is one of the artists we represent. You also make prints for the artists that you represent. Over here are some large prints by a phenomenal artist. He writes these beautiful things. Anyone who has told you paradise is a book of rules is has only appeared through the windows. This is from all over coffee. We are contract printers for all kinds of organizations all across the country. Thank you very much for showing us around today. I really appreciate you taking the time to let me get better acquainted with the operation and also to share with our culturewire team. Hello, my name is jamie harper. In this episode, we are featuring the park locations in your very own backyard. This is your chance to find your heart in San Francisco with someone special. Golden gate parks largest body of water is this lake, a popular spot for strolling and paddling around in boats, which can be rented. Created in 1893, it was designed foreboding and for boating. It is named for the wild strawberries that once flores. A pleasant trail follows the perimeter past huntington falls, 110 foot waterfall. Two bridges connect the trail to the island. The climb to the hills summit, the highest point in Golden Gate Park at more than four hundred feet. 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