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Among Otis Reddings collection, the new braniff street wharf is a jewel among the ports park open space collection, and we are so amazingly proud of it. It has taken a very long time and hundreds of people. The transformation of this kind of a waterfront doesnt come easy. For those of you who know it keenly, it was a thousand feet of failing edge, dilapidated pier and a tried but true seawall. And today as you look around, it is a thousand feet of public space, a place where we can walk along an...

Development of the waterfront and the Commission Works very hard with the port staff. In the ports waterfront land use plan, our blueprint for the 71 2 miles of waterfront, we make a conscious effort to plan and maintain open access for the benefit of our residents and our visitors. And the port now has 86 acres of open space which is about 10 of the port property. And our ongoing plan can youxv for increasing this amount to 28 acres within the next eight years. So, this is not the beginning or ...

Space. It takes a village for us to build a park and i want to very much add the thanks to the so many city staff that came together who monique and mayor lee have already mentioned, but i want to thank in particular the port for your leadership over the many years, all the departments, mayor lee. I also want to thank an agency that i had the pleasure of serving on that many members of the public dont know much about, the bcdc, the bacon Certification Development commission. applause thank you, ...

History of our city and particularly the hard history of our waterfront labor struggles. And that International Long shore and work house union, yes, very important part of our citys history. applause are reflected in these wonderful artistic and historic panels. And that will just give us even much more of a deeper sense of appreciation for what our city does with this. Then this opens up a viewpoint that i know you know that i personally share because its not just the history. Were also going ...

The port, its commission and the staff, because this is in fact 150 years of celebration of our port. And what a way to celebrate with all these wonderful things that are happening here. Its taken 15 years for this project to get done, 15 years. Thats a 10th of the history of the port of San Francisco. And theres a lot of people to thank and moniques already thanked them, but its worth repeating. I think the big Conservation Development commission, the Port Commission, our port staff, public wor...

Thank you again to mayor lee and mayors newsom and brown before him for making this possible and best wishes for memorable celebration. Best regards, nancy pelosi, democratic leader. Thank you. applause thank you, dan, very much. And please take our best and most gracious respects back to congresswoman pelosi, your colleagues in your San Francisco office and of course in the capital. They are just fabulous for all of us. Another group that needs recognition is the Port Commissioners themselves, ...

Here at head park, 22 acres of open space. Were literally honoring our open space obligations and doing it the right way. This particular project is impressive not only for its beauty and opening up more space, but it does in a seismically safe way and in a Sustainable Way accommodate some 75 years of projected sea level lies for our city. And thats incredible because we always are having to Pay Attention to all of our environment around our city. Were three quarters the bay. And, so, thats a re...

The waterfront has needs. And we look forward to a long future with him in that role. Please join me in welcoming president chiu. applause thank you, monique, and good morning. So, when i was invited to come and participate at this event, i suggested that the elected officials, mayor lee and supervisor kim, that the three of us do a rendition of sitting on the dock by the bay. [laughter] and i just want to say thank you, otis redding, for sparing us of that. One of the things so special about th...

He left his wife zelma and his wonderful children, four of whom are still with us. And this is otis redding iii also known as a genius. applause and he came all the way from los angeles to help us christen this wharf with that tremendous song. So, please, join me in welcoming otis redding, jr. applause thank you so much. Id like to say thanks. This is a really beautiful thing. And our family, my mother sends her love, my sister carla and dexter, my sister deedee. We all send our love here. We re...

Maritime history of the waterfront, it will also talk about the history of asian immigration and the challenges of a certain Family Member who lived through generations of the history here. Ill talk about that family. It will talk about the labor history of our city and particularly the hard history of our waterfront labor struggles. And that International Long shore and work house union, yes, very important part of our citys history. applause are reflected in these wonderful artistic and histor...