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 along and those Lessons Learned were anraid to one of the largest projects and i think that the people are feeling good about what is happening in that area. And i, i appreciate also, as brad pointed out we did do the capitol planning annually and that plays into a lot of things and i think that we have got, such an obligation really to take how that has played out here and this is a chance to really, have that overlay, in a very concrete way of our capitol planning with the project and our visions, and how we develop those and that vision Going Forward. These are just sort of some of my comments but not quite in any particular level, but, i think that more than anything, tha
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, and our second operator, and tide line marine group and you can see it there, and docked at pier 1 and a half here in the fair building area. And i am going to be talking a little bit more about both of those operators in a moment. And just to go through kind of what i am going to be covering, in this presentation. I will talk about the purpose of this work in this presentation, and a little bit of background, about the current operators, and their operations. I tell you about some Research Efforts that we have been doing to kind of inform ourselves, about water taxi in other places.
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 along and those Lessons Learned were anraid to one of the largest projects and i think that the people are feeling good about what is happening in that area. And i, i appreciate also, as brad pointed out we did do the capitol planning annually and that plays into a lot of things and i think that we have got, such an obligation really to take how that has played out here and this is a chance to really, have that overlay, in a very concrete way of our capitol planning with the project and our visions, and how we develop those and that vision Going Forward. These are just sort of some of my comments but not quite in any particular level, but, i think that more than anything, that the incredible work that has been done and the focus on the water front an
Executive session conference with legal please stand by meeting in closed session wed like to reconvene in open session. Second. All in favor . Aye. Move to not disclose anything discussed in closed session . Second. Second. Sea all in favor . Aye. Well now have the the pledge of allegiance. ~ i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pager and similar sound producing devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager or other similar sound producing electronic device. Please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent Public Comment on each agenda item unless the Port Commission adopts a shorter period on any item. Ite
And then a mentioned before, the National Research Council Published a document entitled Sea Level Rise from the coast of california, oregon and washington past, present and future which provides the Science Behind some of those guidelines. In addition, as you can see by this list on the screen, there are at least a dozen other efforts underway by different city agencies to address Sea Level Rise and flooding in the city. And these are just a small portion of a myriad of other efforts that are underway [speaker not understood] to address Sea Level Rise. What is the port doing about it . We actually are ahead in some areas. We have taken the steps to assess Sea Level Rise and build understanding of the issue. The report submitted to you last year, stephens has talked to you about the seawall seismic evaluation and the scoping thats underway for the seawall retrofits. In addition, we are seeking assistance from the army core of engineers for flood [speaker not understood] projects. ~ we