Call the meeting to order roll call commissioner president katz commissioner adams commissioner brandon approval of the minutes for october 22nd. So moved second. All in favor, say i. I. Item 3 Public Comment in executive session seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Item 4 executive session so moved. Second. All in favor, say i. I. Council of legal matter negotiator. Open session. Second. All in favor, say i. I. I move to not disclosure anything in closed session. All in favor, say i. I. Next item pledge of allegiance 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 the ringing of and use of cell phones, phones, please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room meeting room responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar soundproducing electronic devices. Please be advised that a member of the public has up to 3 minutes important item 8 items not listed on the agenda. Any Public Comment . Lee radner. And after that we have Thomas Jensen and thats it so. Thank you, commissioners for the stay that i think im back in the Pacific Islands with the weather today but if so nice and cool in here im lee radner the chairs of golden gate fog for the last 13 years thats not been dull over 27 hundred supporters that have any diverse opinions and thoughts i wonder hundred percent that is maintaining of the Outdoor RecreationalCommunity Center on the socalled broosh property i understand that john and others were here so im doing the clean up for whats going on we noted i nodded in our conference the executive session your covering just about every issue coagulate through to the public and in the court we recognize what the decision by both the voters and the courts so im hoping that your settling down and working towards some mutual agreement to focus on developing Proper Development on those properties i know were going into the waterfront phase right now of updating and im hoping that after 13 years we can come together and work particularly as our concern on sea level lot 351 some thoughts and ideas well to keep this open to the public by rue but at the same time providing revenues to the port not built in expensive condo for a few rich people that wont live here those radio my thoughts i was hoping youll expressed some ideas what went on in our executive committee i didnt believe that would happen thank you very much anyway. Thank you next Thomas Jensen. Good afternoon commissioners thank you for allowing me to speak sinbads wants to point out were acting as best we can to resolve all the litigations weve been in contact with our Council Working out everything and Commission Discussion is required before anything can be finalized were hopefully and can be scheduled on our agenda late october 27th thank you for your time. Public comment seeing none, Public Comment is closed next item. Item 9 executive director report. Good afternoon, commissioners and members of the public board staff thank you for joining us coming 2, 3, 4 from the heat as mr. Radner pointed out this is an oxymoron to report back on our el 99 precipitation commissioners at a previous meeting discussing our new business i requested an update on the activity in preparation for el nino as you may know there is a el 99 weather parented forecasted by the National Services to hesitate Northern California this winter the port is such as the port could experience storms and related gage damage by wind and rain to flooding and power out oxens to facilities and surface flooding that would impact the embarcadero roadway or the promenade or cause details to infer services depending on the wind to plan for in the port is the clerk will take the roll with agencies to prepare our contingency plan anticipated in the plan of a savior storm the city Operation Manager will operate for the during of an event or events plural the port will open an operation city administrators to manager the activities to date port homelands working to identify concerns and responses so as far we have been addressing our resource making sure that our generators and generate our equipment are serviced and anticipated deployment were stockpiling and staging other resources such as a boom and electrical hearts and barricades and plywood and mapping our Communication Systems to get to outreach to our tenants in needed whats the matter. Go ahead. And were choshg with the Public Utilities commission and making sure our catch baseline and drains are cleared and cleaned if you would on our own place of residence and in addition a concrete barrier other than or around the sewer pump that are fragile we are in the process of preparing the city in the preparation and anticipating the worse and hoping for the best next id like to report ones the mission rock Farmers Market as you recall as part of outreach pop up at mission rock a faefrmz was anticipated and launched on september 27th it is mostly through the end of the year a Farmers Market on september 7th the next one is october and the one is in front of 22 and the one after that will be december 20th from 10 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. They do a terrific job the pop up is the harvest and holiday it got 25 veterans with one thousand teentsdz between 10 00 a. M. And 2 00 p. M. We got coverage in the San Francisco website San Francisco gate the giants have been actively prompting the market and looking to see if this is sustainable for the term of pop up lease so well see how the next 3 events october 25th and november 22nd and faefrmz added sea level lot at the mission rock pop up site so those i think Everybody Knows a tremendous week the last full on week and actually began a week ago monday and end yesterday this was the 33 fleet week in 1981 pie mayor denying feinstein for the services weve only missed one year because the Second Degree striation it occurs during the lighting week with the significant events of its kind in the nation and faefrnlz Education Programs that bring together seven and military to share the historian assistance and emergency and Disaster Response it is ukly recognized by the defendant as a model of fleet week so kudos to the committee for their hard work and general mit and moving up the standard and hard to honor armdz and as i said to advance the historian this fleet week began a week dont on october 5th and concluded october 12th we saw the uss transport dock peer pier 30 32 the destroyer a gilded mills and the uss coronado a combat ship and all into pier the cal great at pier in 29 thousand people boarded the ship an absolutely read from thursday through monday. How many. 29 thousand. Wow. So kudos to everyone for their great work in that and many events i want to mention the first was the kickoff last monday the first of october which was an experience at pier 50 a tour britsz the department of emergency to work on the ability to bring in resources to respond in the event of a cat traffic earthquake the scenario is the response to pier 50 board the hudson that went well, you may have seen press coverage the mexico was the annual Senior Leadership seminar and memorial the seminar on top specific as to the humanitarian assistance with the earthquake that was quite interesting and dramatic actually to say the at least as well as the types of responds and Technology Communications and energy recession the keynote speakers were general the general of Medicaid Medical Services from the army and dr. Ernest the u. S. Secretary of energy was fantastic and the annual prayed of chips by the Golden Gate Bridge and with the blue angels and this year was the noggin pier feast for housing for the tours also had concerts and 8 tranquilizes and beer garden and so well over 10 thousand visitors to pier 80 alone pretty expressive i want to give my special thanks to detraffic with others john and, sidney, michael and denise i know im anythings joe reilly and keep going i know a whole aaron a whole host of others including real estate and maintenance staff that kept the waterfront operational and clean there was a lot of people to for the weekend so really terrific any kudos to all great part and parcel from the Mayors Office, from the department of emergency, from the San FranciscoMunicipal Transportation Agency and all kinds of agencies very, very gratifying so next id like to congratulate our architecture resources on their three anniversary on october 22nd our architecture resources was funded in 1980 they were a textural firm it specialize in renovation they have a belief that Historical Building have a man and woman so theyre a full Services Architecture firm from the San Francisco and pasadena and portland, oregon theyre a port a9 housed since 1983 and nationally recognized experts received over one hundred 50 awards and award the governors award for the coit tower and pier one with ab in 1998 with horn blower and pier 3 that helped us with the pier 28 crews terminal and another underway and working on this at the coffee park in 1996 named the firm of year so id like to congratulate them on again on their 35 anniversary and thank them for their tremendous partnership on an saturday october 31st the third work festive a free festival and he would say on the embarcadero running north and powell street in the parking lot at James Weldon Johnson and taylor there the photographers sign hosted by the Fishermans Wharf benefit district to celebrate the San Francisco waterfront district gives a chance for boyer folks to visit and while the weather is good this years festival a Cross Country competition by the hard rock cafeteria and activities and entertainment next id like to sate with great proud pride our own john davis the harvest master of the year john was named the harvest of the year clapping. by the California Association of hash masters and port captain the ward was on october 7th at the association 67 training conference the criteria for the award is awarded to someone that action and deeds epitomize the extraordinary efforts of association and to provide combrierld heroic services and john has an integral in all things maritime but most notably the success the terminal a fabulous game ways that function and as well as keeping the Ferry Service running in light of many dan on the service over the last couple of years and fishing fleet and newcomers other objectives so kudos for you john for being named the state master of year hope you enjoy it. Now the last thing to talk about is the resignation of our jim mellone working with us at the port for 8 years singles 1998 of 7 performed a lot of work and over the cry much of the world prompting our pier and over the bay area prompting our Foreign Trade bill youll hear this afternoon as well as prompting our cargo business gym is a fabulous to work with i know you already know and i think gym when we met you, you testified on behalf of the uss iowa he brought all those things his job as is maritime marketing generator he is among the colleagues amongst the state and with a heavy heart were wishing him well and off whatever for him but we are very in depth for all the work youve brought and want to say a deep, deep thank you to you bon voyage but not good by please join me in thanking mr. Mellone for his services clapping. want to also comment on jims resignation so i think ive known jim longer than many of you many of you may not royals it we were freshmen together no college i remember jim as one of the nicer guys on campus we transferred after that we didnt see each other for a number of years and connected in San Francisco but when i came to the Port Commission i was thrilled that jim was here and had the pleasure to work with him ive talked to countless people a variety of different programs from the cap trade and the efforts to additional trade i cant count the number of times jims name came up interested in the port and to approach them what a fabulous person a terrific embodiment of all that the port stand for and great representative for the port so i know you wouldnt be too far away i know well continue to be friends i guess i can say i was married to him twice sort of performed the ceremony anyone for him twice i know ill continue to feel i will certainly miss you representing the port from our colleagues to people extraordinarily and be able to work with you at the port but jim thank you for your your incredible time and service here and if so certainly with sadness we see you go but continue to do great things and colleagues. Definitely going to miss you jim it is just been such a pleasure working with you your passion and commission and your knowledge of all the cargo industry and so passion youve shown in trying to bring in more business its a pleasure to work with you im jealous of our travels coming up so but im sure youre very deserving. I want to say when i heard that jim was leaving i was really same day ive gotten to know jim hes a friend comes from the industry and i kind of consider him any additional ego it was my travel partner to china and jim was ma tickers very, very detailed i was also hoping he would step up but hes moving forward a class act and i know once before jim was going to leave and stated i appreciated that i didnt call you once you made up our mind you were shoving off i wish you the best success and hope that peter or whoever comes brown behind you were like docking holiday and finishing not okay coral i hope well continue our friendship and in our honor a clearing we have a desire to bring more maritime to pier 96 dont think because youre leaving our dream about fall by the way side ill work with peter or whoever and hope youll come back and see youve laid out the ground work weve provided and do the heavy lifting you were the inspiration and hopefully, you guys get the last leg so good luck with your journey youll do something you want to get in life i understand life is short so do what you got to do i wish you the best. On behalf of the Port Commission thank you for all youve done for the port and for all the hard work and i think can speak on behalf of the port staff youll be mibsz missed we know youll be back hopefully visiting and working on projects that come before us if were lucky but tutor the time and dedication youve put in to chief Financial Officer things here in San Francisco best of luck. Is there Public Comment . Commissioners peter daily maritime director i echo the sentiments jim its a professional loss for the port and city and personal loss as mentioned over traveling buddy i want to mention tomorrow at 5 oclock a reception for jim and everyone to come to send jim off in a maritime manner but jimmy appreciate everything youve done and your friendship and integrity and save travels to you and andy have a great time and good packers. Maybe a few others feel free to line up. Thank you if i may access the day im in the Advisory Committee when i heard the news i said off my word were really losing an important person for the port he was the first time one that took me by the arm and said ellen i want you to lead the Maritime Committee with others and i want you to know your dream as said will continue in the 96 well continue to support that and do we we can for the maritime port thank you jim and well keep looking for you thank you. Well, good afternoon commission Brad Benson Jimmy want to say what an extreme pleasure that work with you this last 8 years when peter came to say he have is hiring you he was so enthusiastic about bringing you on board and he was right you know youve those past 8 years shown incredible ethics in the way you approach our work and great optimism youre one the few people when frustrated you were kind and patient and worked through it your ex particular employee i hope youll stay in touch with our after our amazing trip thank you for your time. Dining with the recent or ports Management Division layer on jim youre the intent professional so patient and kind and knowledgeable weve been advanced by everything youve done at port and going to miss you so much i know your job is very difficult to try to move heavy industrial shipping with so many changes what youve forged in the publics understanding about the Port Commission it is price else it is your legacy and i hope youll always come back every fleet week to really joy wasnt youve done for us all those years so thank you. Good afternoon david with the planning and development i want to tolling to jim ive enjoyed working with him for the last 8 years jim has helped us what the outreach to the committee to a number of meeting providing updates to the community to bring in cargo in addition a real plea