Legal assistant im im Cynthia Goldstein the boards executive director. Were going to be joined as by were joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. Sitting in the front right now is amanda representing the bureau of mapping and shes joined by her colleague raul shaw i believe chris buck is here in the front right now with the bureau of urban forestry and Scott Sanchez will be here shortly and representing his office and the Planning Department and Planning Commission Electronic Devices are prohibited. Please carry on conversations out in the hallway. Permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. Have up to 3 minutes no rebuttal. To assist the board in the accurate preparation of the minutes, members of the public are asked, not required to submit a speaker card or Business Card to the clerk. Speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the podium. If you have a question about the
Hon. Commissioners director forbes and port seven thank you for allowing me the opportunity to tell you about pier 39 birthday celebration. In the late 1970s savvy San Francisco businessman Warren Simmons dreams of building an urban park along the citys underdeveloped waterfront. October 4, 1978 simmons dream became a reality. When he transformed his dilapidated cargo pier into pier 39 and eclectic collection of Specialty Shops restaurants and attractions. The First Public Private Partnership project built along the embarcadero since world war ii pier 30 on pave the way for future development on alongside the bait. In the beginning the property was built in controversy and various legal battles. After opening to the public it was evident that tenant sales were much lower than anticipated. Due to these issues and only three years after opening to the public pier 30 or so to warren souths forte was to take undervalued and underperforming Retail Properties and bring them to their full pot
Report good afternoon members of the commission. Members of the public and port simon lake forbes or director. The first item is to congratulate pier 30 on august 30 ninth birthday. It was october of 1978 that pier 39 opened on schedule i here to here in San Francisco. At its opening pier 39 had 50 stores, 23 restaurants, a diving pool and street performers. Today it is a twolevel open air festival marketplace which owes 60 Specialty Retail shops 20 attractions 14 restaurants including the rock cafe and bubblegum shrimp cold pier 30 on offers breathtaking views of the bait out because Golden Gate Bay bridge and the 300 berth marina and live daily entertainment. One in three visitors to San Francisco goes to pier 39. Today we have kept the paper here. Shes the Senior Vice President of marketing for pier 39 and shes come here to talk to us about the yearlong celebration that pier 39 is kicking off an Senior Vice President she is responsible for the continued development and implementatio
Transition. In new york lauren blanchard, fox 13 news. Many of you just listened to Hillary Clinton tell an audience of her supporters in entire country really, that she feels pride and gratitude for her campaign. She said she called donald trump last night conceded offered to work wim has saying we owe him an open mind and chance to lead. Heres more of what she had to say. Our campaign was never about one person or even one election. It was love. And about building an america thats hopeful, inclusive and big hearted. We have seen that our nation is more deeply divided than we thought. But i still believe in america. And i always will. And if you do, then we must accept this result and then look to the future. Donald trump is going to be our president. Chance to lead. Our constitution up democracy enshrines the peaceful transfer of power. And we dont just respect that, we cherish it. It also enshrines other things. The rule of law, the principle that we are all equal in rights and dign
Hours we are seeing protests from on donald trump, see how long the line is in San Francisco also similar events unfolding in los angeles, phoenix and times square in new york. The question of course will this be the last day and the last night of the protests, there may be a Group Gathering in downtown tampa in two hours. Last night it was peaceful in one of were some problems in california and a shooting in pennsylvania. You might be thinking how did these protests get so big so quickly . Well, social media and we will dive into that later on, first our new and current president showing the country they can work together. Meeting in person for the First Time Ever brandnew pictures from right after the private president obama calling it excellent. Saying that he and trumped talked about everything from foreign to domestic policy. My number one priority in the coming two months is to try to facilitate a transition that ensures our president elect is successful. I very much look forward