Your commissioners for really helping to see this through. And i want to take a moment and thank the community. So many of you here are our merchants, are our members of labor, are our neighborhood leaders who have really come together. We see representatives from our hotels, folks who represent every type of business along in waterfront big and small. But for your support over the years, we wouldnt be here today. When i came in office four years ago, i was told by the constituents of these neighborhoods that we needed to invest in our waterfront. And four years later were on the eve of cutting the ribbon for the explore atorium. We just passed a bond measure that will bring two waterfront parks a few blocks from here. This won be possible but for the vision and the foresight that we all have about what we want a 21st Century Waterfront to look like. I want to thank you for that. I dont see any of my colleagues here. Im going to say the following. I think this may be the most beautiful
Craft hours. And you can see here that San Francisco labor still continues to hold at 20 throughout the project. These are just counting the utility hours and Transit Center construction hours. And again, there is that number, over a thousand craft jobs over the course of the start of the Transit Center work and utility work. If i can answer any questions . All right. Thank you. Thank you, directors, that concludes my report. Thank you. Can we move on to the next item, please . Yes item 6 is Public Comment, can which an opportunity for members of public to address the authority on matters that are not on todays calendar and gilbert deanza would like to address you. If there are any other members who wish to speak, if you could stand and speak after gilbert, thank you. Good morning. Madame chairman, board, maria, i am here to talk about the carpenters agreement with John Oconnell. We recently signed an mou stating that the Carpenters Union will hire students graduating from the John Oco
It goes back to the 18 50s Fishermans Wharf, megs wharf which was the place in San Francisco to enjoy yourself. Eventually Fishermans Wharf moved into youctionv to where the explore or yum is and it moved back up here. But in the 1950s, the port was coming out of world war ii, was trying to understand what container station was going to look like, and they commissioned a study that looked at the Economic Impact of the port to the city. That sounds familiar, does continue, mr. Mayor . And particularly to how the port could participate in the citys tour and commercial industries as well as their cargo industry, and specifically that report found that this area, since we were moving into containerization, were no longer really needed for cargo, that cargo would be better off being in the southern waterfront. And we would have this area devoted to more commercial activities, entertainment, dining, et cetera. And, so, in the early 1950s, the port moved forward and had the franciscan restaur
That will bring two waterfront parks a few blocks from here. This won be possible but for the vision and the foresight that we all have about what we want a 21st Century Waterfront to look like. I want to thank you for that. I dont see any of my colleagues here. Im going to say the following. I think this may be the most beautiful vista vantage points not just in San Francisco, but in the entire world. And thank you for being part of it. applause thank you very much, president chiu. And now it is my honor to introduce the president of our Port Commission. Here today with former supervisor and current Port Commissioner leslie katz, president doreen has been a great inspiration for our port. She sits on a number of very important boards in the city, and yet has worked tirelessly on our behalf. And, so, please join me in welcoming president doreen wuho. applause hello, good afternoon. And im really here to thank everybody on behalf of the Port Commission. I havent been on the commission t
Bring your families. Bring your friends. Were proud to have another new space for all of the residents and our favorite dogs who walk along here, as well as the many visitors. As youve heard mentioned today, it has taken a Huge Community of people to get this done. Im very pleased to see representatives of the Fishermans Wharf Community Benefit district, the Fishermans Wharf restaurant association, all three of our ferry excursion operators, red and white, blue and gold horn blower, colleagues from the u. S. Coast guard, [speaker not understood] colleague, many of the restaurateurs, hoteliers, could you bev, i could go on and on and on. Council i do want to say a very special thank you, though, to the Fishermans Wharf group who spent years and years and years thinking about what this might be, which included our very own ann and many of our port staff. It also included the late port commissioner sue beer man, commissioner denise mccarthy, and members of our planning, engineering, and m