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Creek. And importantly, we are thinking that our recommendation today, is that leasing historic piers for more than 35 years, without a Sea Level Rise strategy is no longer advisable. So, this is the last of our recommendations, and it really goes to what we suggest for planning Going Forward. We think that in order to balance state and local interests, in the water front, where there is planning Going Forward, we need to invite bcdc and the state lands to participate in the process. Much in the...

Next . Item 8 c, informational presentation and water taxi landing opportunities in San Francisco. Good afternoon, planning and development staff, we are going to switch gears a little bit and talk about the water taxi, something that is relatively new to us all here in San Francisco. The one on the left that you have not seen is the boat belonging to the San Francisco water taxi and you know, you could see it in action there, and in that the other one on the right is or belongs to our other, an...

Thank you very much madam president. It is an honor for me to call upon a very distinguished guest visiting from mexico, omero ortiz. Is he here . If i may ask him to come on up. And hes here there will be an event tonight Panel Discussion on something i will be introducing a resolution on today which is the disappearance of the 43 students in mexico but its my pleasure to honor and welcome the renown mexican poet and activist here. I want to acknowledge him for his outstanding contributions to ...

Support in with recommendation well take that without objection. And madam clerk, any other business before this committee . Theres no further business. Then we are adjourned. Call the meeting to order. Katz. Brandon. Here. Woo ho. Here. Approval of minutes. So moved. Second. All in favor, aye. Minute approved. Okay, the pledge of allegiance . Please be advising that the ringing of cell phones and pagers and similar sound prodaoutioning Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting, the chai...

Way through the bcdc port working through the process which we have briefed you on previously. In the north east water front, and we have quite a bit of improvement just through the directors announcement on opening of the herm an cruise terminal, the plaza, and clearly the explore torium has been a game changer for the north east water front and it is hard to imagine the change if you were not here then, but pier 27 was a news print terminal, when the plan was adopted. When a cotton warehouse a...

There has been broad acceptance, of the projects that have been built, and some neighborhoods have had problems, with height. And particularly in the northern water front and other neighborhoods have welcomed the height and the water mark is example in the south beach neighborhood, and as we moved forward. In terms of looking in terms of prop b with we need to open the die long and how to formulate, the proposals that do need to go to the vote and hers what does that process look like in the fut...

Right, it happens, if we get a king tide and a few things that you have already seen, some of those effects and rather dramatic photos that are out there. And we have been working on the highlighting the importance of that issue, and again, i am going to reiterate on september 9th. We have a special presentation, at a time certain 4 00, and from an expert in Sea Level Rise. And John Englander and your predecessor will travis and they will be speaking on that issue, and widely but it is also spec...

Port commission at the time included all of the ports properties in the plan and didnt thifrpg that it made since to look at only the piers per proposition h. The plan identifies acceptable uses for every port facility on a long term basis as well as setting, leasing guidelines for the interim uses that take place in the port facilities. And there was a water front land use, water front plan Advisory Board that was set up by the mayor and the board of supervisors, and the Port Commissioners at t...

Tenants that provide the materials to one another. And in a way that he minimizes the truck trips in the area. And then, norical invested about 30 Million Dollars, in pier 96 to create the recycle central. And so, we have seen over 300 Million Dollars invested just through the real estate projects alone. There is an increasing focus on sustainability and environmental improvement along the port, and each of the ports divisions have profession alien vier mental staff who lead these projects. And ...

And it seems like there is an issue and you are the one that can set the standard and lets just agree that we need to work on this together, and Work Together because we cant just address the 7 and a half miles and everybody else address its differently, you ever the unifying thread and i think that is really, really important and i am glad to hear that is what you are doing and you can affirm that is what you are doing with the Sea Level Rise and i am glad to hear from what your purpose is, in ...