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Lee brandon, commissioner willie adams, and commissioner murphy. And our former port commissioners. applause fx crowley, rodney fong who is here, Mike Halstead [speaker not understood], and Dennis Mccarthy and brian williams. They worked hard to make this day possible. And i have to recognize you again, mimi, for all the work that you have done. Monique moyer and her staff have been very active in development of the brannan street wharf and i want to especially mention again on behalf of the commission the work of dan hodaf and stephen reid, and our neighbors and friends here in south beach. A...

Maritime history of the waterfront, it will also talk about the history of asian immigration and the challenges of a certain Family Member who lived through generations of the history here. Ill talk about that family. It will talk about the labor history of our city and particularly the hard history of our waterfront labor struggles. And that International Long shore and work house union, yes, very important part of our citys history. applause are reflected in these wonderful artistic and historic panels. And that will just give us even much more of a deeper sense of appreciation for what our ...

Thank you so much. applause thank you very much, president chiu. I really appreciate your kind words on behalf of all of us at the port and the other city departments. You know, this work was scheduled to be done by 2020. Its 2013. Its a really good thing. And it could not have come as quickly or frankly as inspirationally without the work of all of our partners at the Community Advisory committees and our neighbors. And i want to say a special thank you to all of the volunteers who have dedicated themselves so tirelessly. I want to start by thanking our friend mimi for her leadership and tena...

Lee have already mentioned, but i want to thank in particular the port for your leadership over the many years, all the departments, mayor lee. I also want to thank an agency that i had the pleasure of serving on that many members of the public dont know much about, the bcdc, the bacon Certification Development commission. applause thank you, bcdc. So, those of you who dont know, bcdc is the commission that is responsible for protecting the bay, protecting the access of the public to the bay, protecting the fact that our bay had for many decades until bcdc came along, been encroached by develo...

Were already starting to enjoy an event that everyone has been working on very hard for quite sometime, and i know i have with the board. And that is our 34th americas cup. And the jobs and benefits are starting to materialize even more deliberately and were celebrating again more open space. That event has allowed us and caused us to accelerate. This project was worth every dollar of the 26. 1 million that was spent on this project. Its worth it. Projects along the waterfront are not inexpensive. As everyone here behind me can attest to, because they have to do with the challenges of water, d...