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San francisco planning departments consider flood risk in the ceqa evaluations and flood plane areas are identified in the general plan. The state of california Sea Level Rise guidance document was just updated in march of 2013 and provide similar projections that we have in our guidelines. The California Coastal Commission Just released a draft sea level brie guidance policy document that when we prioritize to land in the coastal zone. In addition, the bay Area Conservation and Development Comm...

Challenges that we would have to contemplate in looking at retrofitting and other pier for that use. So, i dont know if thats what you meant by kind of the waterfront Land Use Plan backdrop, but thats sort of my take on how we where weve been and how we can move forward. Thank you. Mark, thank you for your presentation and whats gone into this. Im going to start on the left. Commissioner woo ho, any comments . This is an informational presentation. I think were kind of interested in hearing Goin...

Where can active recreation use is still an open question and were going to be, you know, open to having some further conversationses about that. But i do think that the type of facilities that that use requires ~, large freestand spaces that dont have structural supports [speaker not understood] is one of the challenges that we would have to contemplate in looking at retrofitting and other pier for that use. So, i dont know if thats what you meant by kind of the waterfront Land Use Plan backdro...

It. Feedback is always amazement. They dont believe that its in San Francisco. We have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and im a native San Franciscoan. They wonder how long its been here. When i tell them next year well get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park, we can call the Commission Meeting to order. Roll call. Commissioner leslie katz . Here. Commissioner willie adam . Here. Commissioner Kimberly Brandon . Here. Commissioner murphy . Here. Commissioner door woo h...

To ensure continued resilience. So, that summarizes the actual process that we recommend for going through the Risk Assessment and an adaptation planning for both assets as well as areas within the city. Further, some of the guidelines that are currently being used by project [speaker not understood] in the city what San Francisco planning departments consider flood risk in the ceqa evaluations and flood plane areas are identified in the general plan. The state of california Sea Level Rise guida...

Found to be sure that they are safe and clean and persist in the future. So finally, third, we need to listen and we need to understand what it needs, but with that working group that has been terribly productive and has will be participants who have rolled up their sleeves in a messy way, and the depend upon us to follow through, with them on our commitment to them and which is to understand what they are doing, and analyze what they are doing and come up with our best way of implementing that ...

The past 17 years, and a Productive Partnership with the port of San Francisco, and that is incredibly necessary and so now what we need to do is exploit it, and we need to think far in the future and we need to think about not only the next five to ten years but the next 25 to 30 and we need to make the water front better for San Francisco. And because, the more that we make it better for San Francisco, is the more that it will be better for region and for the rest of the world and that is what...

With the wrong word and it really is the appropriate word, really because, we do deal with each other and we like each other and we do a good job with each and you should be congratulations with the kind of staff that you hire because they are good. Thank you for saying that. And i often say that the support staff is the best in the city. And i started to stop because i am afraid. , and truly we have extraordinary staff and you have singled out just a few but they are supported by Extraordinary ...

Short time that i have been on the commission i am stunned at the number of things that have gone forward and the projects from parks to museums and to all sorts of things and i still think that pier 70 is one of the most exciting things to happen to the city and the kutos that are come ng and it is a testament to the Lessons Learned being played out. And the commissioner helped to point it out and we dont have that many areas where the projects can go forward. We have seen a lot of things come ...

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...