Transcripts For SFGTV Mayors 20240703

Through policy, investment, significant change and im so excited and glad that San Francisco has been an environmental leader. Dp pushing for transformtive change in climate policies, in fact. When i served on the board of sprierdzs when we first finally got clean power sf through the board the single most important thing we could do to impact climate change. Where almost 4 huh human,000 customers and started our advocacy using equity in Climate Action plan in the Bayview Community saw 90 percent. Folks stay in the program. Manning sty row foam, that was a challenge we did it it is making a difference now. Work that we did to ban straws and to find reusability options. I have been you are not happy about those reusable options but the fact is San Francisco was generating a million straws a day that were impacting our waste. One other things we are work hard on is to get rid of single use items you order food and put the forks and i bunch of ketchup you dont use in your bag xu put them in a pile and you still never use them . We gotta change that. We gotta deal with the challenges around upon waste. We are so grateful to be here with a number of our leaders including our City Attorney david chew. Our puc director and formy City Attorney Dennis Herrera the head of the d. Environment. And the department of public healing doctor grant colfax i see a lot of Council Generals here today. Thank you so much because it is not just about San Francisco it is about the entire world and how we combat the climate. We appreciate your partnership and taking our Climate Actions plan to your countries and and bringing us the information on the things you are doing to impact the climate. We have many of our commissioners from the d. Environment. Some of our i dontee elected leaders yet. They will come rolling in sooner or later. I want to thank the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition for being here. The San Francisco council of district merchants. Hotel council, avenue green light. The San Francisco chamber of commerce. Thank you, friends of the urban forest and the association of the ramaytush ohlone. Thank you all so much for being partners on the efforts to really impact the environment in a positive way. I want to also recognize, i think aaron from clean tech is here. Somewhere. He is where. Upon hey, aaron now believe it or not. Aaron created new technology to repurpose water to make beer. And i think you will try it today. Is it good . Is it clean, for real . Okay. We will try it today. Im it is when . Okay. Im a wine person myself. When in rome. And we want to recognize buy right they have been a San Francisco clean business since 2009. We are glad and we have divisidero in my neighborhood im a fan of the work that they do. To talk about San Francisco a bit i touched upon temperature muni is one of the greenest floats in north america. 25 years ago we implemented the first states largest combustible program and it really stinks but it it is good for the environment. Today we have 900 businesses including oracle park and chase centerful marriott and the st. Regis that are cert for identification under the San Francisco Green Business program. And our airport is the cleanest, greenest in the country. And as i said we launched clean power and we are continuing to do all we can to really support and protect the environment. And as a the result of all of you being here today, we then and there is manage this you care about. In addition to the incredible women we are honoring today and no, we are not honoring women during march, during womens History Month we are choose to be intentional about uplifting so many incredible women who have done Amazing Things around environmental sustainability. With that i want to introduce to talk a bit about what you can expect for Climate Action week. How you can make a difference and how can you make so many of the things a per of your life. I want to introduce just and i know morgan of climate base. Who will talk a bit about all of the things we have scheduled this week and more for Climate Action week in San Francisco. Thank you all for being here today. [applause]. Thank you. Sxefrn another round for mayor breed. That was amazing thank you for being a leader in the state. So, im justin harden im a bay area native and with climate base. Founded on the premise that our brightest minds looking for work can be difficult to find the roles that have the most impact. Our platform from a lack of job opportunity for people eatingtory tackle tasks for the climate. Our mission is to mobilize tality tonight accelerate Climate Solutions. Through efforts connections with individual negligence Mission Driven opportunitiful cultivated a community and launched the fellowship to support the transition in the climate space and this spring close to 1800 graduates. We see San Francisco as a hub. Technology and leadership. Citys enthusiasm inspired us to organize sf climate week events show casing solutions spearhead by our director i will hand the mooishg over to morgan campbell. [applause] thanks, justin. Last year we set tout to plant the seed for the first San Francisco climate week. We announced intention 6 weeks before earth day and were over everoverwhelmed by the response. Our first year over 350 organizations came together to run over 100 events engaging 7,000 in discussions about Climate Solutions tapped in the passion of the Climate Community and the building sprint culture of San Francisco and the result was the learningest climate garthings it was built by the community for the community. This year we are excited scale our impact with the support of the city of San Francisco and partners at most financial. Sales force and the initiative. We are anticipating 15,000 atendsees across 200 events show case how san franciscans forefront of Climate Development of technologies to funding models that accelerate development the forging of partnerships. We are shining a spotlight on businesses making businesses sustainable. And doing this throughout food. Hospitality per ins supporting events throughout the week. So, come out and join us on april 2127 to celebrate work in our community. And learn about the new path ways we are forging for our future. [applause] all right. Thank you both just and i know morgan. I want to also at this time recognize the rec and park director phil ginsburg. [applause] for those of you who grew up in San Francisco you remember what the parks used to be. Im sure. Well, the parks are extraordinary. And every person lives within a 10 minute walk from a park and open space this they can enjoy in San Francisco. And it is Nothing Better than a Beautiful Day like today. Sitting out on delores park or Golden Gate Park or any park amazon any park in San Francisco is extraordinary. We appreciate you being here phil ginsburg. [applause] now the next personim ask to speak was not necessary low on the program but i do think he should speak and many should know him. He has been working with the department of environment for many years and now he is the leader of the department. Helping to implement our equity focus Climate Action plan in San Francisco. Welcome tyrone jew. [applause] mayor breed, throwing a curve ball in the agenda putting me on the spot. Truly, i am up here as one you see my fellow Department Heads here the leadership of the mayor. My commission and the leadership of all of you. And thats what earth month dpa sf climate week is truly all about. About all of us working together. On our united mission. Make this city more equal, just city and this planet equal, just plan and he get there if we are working together. And so thanks to the leadership of the mayor when we put forward our 21 Climate Action plan. Mayor breed likes to say, 5 years ahead of the state of california. We will be net zero by 2040. [applause] we get there by working together with all of the hard work of representatives here and the mayor and all of us. There are so many strategies we have to employ and innovation and new ideas we have to generate if we will reach our goal and the planets goal of peculiar sustainable. Thats why sf climate week is an important mile stone for this city we are scaling and up bringing community. Bring up the best in brightest minds our city has to offer this is the ai capitol of the world and also the sustainability Climate Technology capitol of the world as well. This is how we get there. To reach our city genome our planet goals and community goal. Again, mayor said when we put forward the action plan did in the say we will set this goal of net zero by 2040 it is how we get there. And if we dont get there with community, together walking hand in hand how this works; to support and grow and empower the communities it is not sustainable transition. Im excited to be here as the director of the Environment Department. Joined by an amation team a hand to my Environment Department staff. Because well get there we will get there as a city. I know we will get there has a nation, thanks to the leadership of president biden. Pel lose and he the reduction act all of this energy and attention as it should have been for a long time is paid attention to as far as where we need to go on this crisis. Im optimistic thifrngs to mayor breed and awful us here today and thank you so much. Thank you. Tyrone and thank you and your entire team for the work do you to continue to push the envelope. And make sure this we are leaders in Climate Action. Because the affects of the decisions we make have an impact on the rest of the count row often times i am being contacted by other mayors throughout the United States who want to look at our dliement action plan and want to understand how we were able to infuse equity net equation and also i should mention the work we have doornld housing and how we talk about housing as a climate issue. Making sure that housing is a longer transit corridors and create an environment in the just for people who are within a 10 minute walk of a park but how about those who are able to hop on muni or walk to work in San Francisco. It is what we need to do to continue to make sure that we are building more housing, providing opportunity and really meeting our climate goals using every option that we have available. We are grateful that each you as leaders in your communities and throughout San Francisco are joining us here today. Now to the good stuff. We get to honor extraordinary women who are just dog when they dom this is when we do we do what we do. Doing what they do. And as a result of what they have done and continue to do, they are making real impacts on helping to support and uplift the environment in their various ways. First i will start with ms. Julia collins. Julia believes if you want to change the world you need to start with our food system. She is a trail blaze in tech and climate sectors and called the queen bee of climate. I like that. Like beyonce. But a climate. Made history the first black woman to cofound a Unicorn Company and leads Planet Forward. And ai powered decarbonization platform that helps companies reduce their Green House Gas e missions. With that, ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to recognize ms. Julia collins. That may be the first and last time im beyonce are mentioned in the same sentence. Im holding that to my heart. Thank you so much. Mayor breed. Thank you so much to the city of San Francisco and to everyone who is garthed here to recognize the contributions that many of us are making in service to a healthy planet. I have been working for the last 16 years of food and technology and i have been trying to solve the same problem reimagine mag food systems so they work better for everyone on the planet. The ceo of Planet Forward im proud we are using ai to decarbonize Global Supply chains. Im the coceo of my household. Family of 4. As the coceo i hold a belief to be true which is every person has the right to be a part of the solution to climate change. And it starts with something simpleace changing what and how we each whether shifting to plant forward men use or growing food at home or in our communities or reducing that waste this is per of the way we live. The most radical things we can do is shift our food choices. And you one person cant do it alone. One solution alone will not be the silver beaut bullet if we combine 8 billion on the planet many in San Francisco we do have a shot at this. And i will close by saying we are live nothing a narrow winnow of time when it is still possible to stave the worse of what will happen as our planet begins to rise. The begins to continue to warm. I wake up every day often sick with the belief that we can and will get the job done. Lets get the job done together. Thank you. [applause]. All right. Queen bee. And also jewel whys dad is one of our Arts Commissioners the president of the Arts Commission here in San Francisco. Thank you so much Chuck Collins for your service at this time city of san frap i know you are proud papa now. Our next honoree is francis yee. Thanks to francis leadership, bb boutique this is year the first ever San Francisco certified Green Business in china town. Not just that but francis worked to achieve the program highest level of cert ifkdz for going above to implement water conversation, energy and waste operations at the boutique to minimize their carbon affordability. Make sure you check it out and make sure it is role and purchase something and prosecute motes bike to work days the staff appreciated. She is justice done i number of things to make sure it is incorporate in the the work she does and also making sure this she makes San Francisco more beautiful with her amazing fashions and what she is able to sell. Again. Take a trip to china town to visit. Dd boutiques. Ladies and gentlemen, francis lee. [applause] im going to invite my husband to say a few remarks. Thank you. Yea. We run a business, dd boutiques. It was started by francis mother over 35 years ago in San Francisco. And since taking over the operations francisments to offer the business in environmentally friendly and responsible manner to do what little we can do not add to the pollution already there. In the process of being certified Green Business, not only it reflects her value of being environmentally friendly and that adds to negative consequences for businesses it teaches us of how to make those things sxhap how to minimize waste. So thank you. And thank you the city of San Francisco. [applause] all right. Our next honoree is claire. Claire joined us last week in front of the steps of city hall to commemorate the 10 years of vision zero and how important it is that the city do more. Since our time on the Youth Commission claire a voice for safe streets, access to Public Transit and sustainable transportation. Born and raised in the tenderloin claire leads advocacy at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. There, she is hyper focused bridge the gap with the historically under served communities special transportation equity. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome claire. [laughter] wow. Thank you so much mayor breed for your leadership and the award and to all of the folk who is nominated me for temperature i grew up in the densest neighborhood in the city where i walkd and took muni every day. I lived the transit first policy before i knew it existed. Because i walked, biked and took the bus i developed a deep connection to my neighborhood, neighbors and city at large. A transportation continues to a mix 20 of Green House Gases it is important we dot w to encourage people to use modes of transportation like walking, biking and taking muni. Not only are the modes better for the environment but for our neighborhoods. Local economy and personal health. That is why as director of advocacy for the Bicycle Coalition im so excite body the citys biking and rolling plan. We envision a city interconnected net w of occur free and people prioritized corridors will allow everyone in any part of the city to leave their home. Get on a bike and within minutes be on the net w that connected them to another neighborhoods. Now is the time to be bold and visionary about how we as a city combat Climate Crisis and change. And to do that work with equity at the forefront. I have a lot of thank yous, bear with me. Thank you mayor breed, thank you to the city staff that worked with me and my team every tail to redesign streets that prioritize people power modes of transportation. Thank you to the incredible staff of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition who believe in our mission to promote the bicycle for every day transportation. Thank you to my family who showed up. Very heavily today my partner and friends for being an amazing support system and most important low thank you to my parents for giving me everything and for showing mote joy of biking at a young age on San Franciscos most treacherous streets. [applause] thank you. And claire had it bike to workday . May 16th. I want to see all of you on bike to workday in San Francisco who knows may be i will be debuting my new electric bike. Because my current bike does not get up the hills well. Anyway. Last but not least, Vanessa Carter is our final honoree. Im inspired by her ability to empower her fellow educators and youth year after year and equip them with tools to worn day become climate heros of their own. Areut author of, is it yellow let it mellow . Thats not you . Thats. Okay. Thats what my teach are taught mow in fourth grade a member of the School District vanessa over seen Environmental Programs for students. To build their environmental literacy. She launch said San Franciscos first Climate Action fellowship for High School Students across the district. Giving youth an opportunity to engage with our city departments. Gaining college and career exposure and the change makers of our time. So with this i like to recognize and honor Vanessa Carter. [applause] hi. Everyone. It is good to be here and i will wrap it up, it is lovely to be in the presence of other amazing women doing incredible work i look forward to following up with you and wanted thank everyone for doing all of the work you do every day. I know you are all like me you get up every day and wonder, am i doing enough. And in my case, will i be able to look in my sons eye in 10 years and say, i did everything i could . To design a Just Transition . And unfortunately most days i dont feel i have can. And i dont feel im doing enough. Part of that was the birth of this Climate Action fellowship you will meet on april 25 the youth summit the incredible High School Students who will be the leaders in the Business World and City Government soon. I know there are a lot graduates here that is whale woor doing is continuing the tradition of supporting our under any circumstances stereos to be the change makers we need. Thank you all. [applause]. Well, you guys look like you are hung row for more excitement or are you hungry for our environmental beer . Um i want to take this opportunity since we have our City Attorney here, who has been an environmental champion. Before he was City Attorney on the state assembly as well as a member of the board of supervisors. I want to before we close to give him an opportunity to say a few words. Listen i will say this, i have the honor every day to manage an office our attorneys are advising Dennis Herrera, tie robe with department of departmentful phil with rec and park. Grant ajainicloe fax or mayor and commissioners the policy this is we need so that San Francisco leads. Because as was said, we dont know how much time we have. I think about the fact that when i take my kid to school every morning at that key remembers the orange sky. That he knows the urgency of this time his generation of second graders worry. About whether they will have a planet to live in when they are our age. We have an obligation at this moment and this is why our San Francisco City Attorneys office we have sued polluters and sued folk who is have been spewing industrial dust in the bayview and have been illegally dump nothing Treasure Island our office has been in litigation and they say this against pg and e because what they have don block our ability to finally have clean power in San Francisco. I want to give predecessor credit we have been litigating for 6 years. Against the 5 Largest Companies in the World Oil Company this is have been responsible for Sea Level Rise costing san franciscans billions when it come to our infrastructure. Like our amazing teach and awardees everyone in this room singling what can we do every day to make sure that by the time i think your sister or who . Im pointing to this indreadiblely cute student. How old are you . You are 8. My sons age. By the time you are an adult we have to make sure San Francisco put ourselves in the map. Of continuing to have the cleanest and greenest city in the world and ensuring we have a 100 renewable city. Thank you for being here thank you for your leadership. Not bad for put on the spot. Thats what im talking about, San Francisco we making it happen and another note, the drug take back legislation this we passed when we were on the board of supervisors we kept 140 poundses of expired and unused medication out of the bay and landfill. We just doing it, doing it. So thank all of you for being stewards and thank all of you for the w that you continue to do. As we have said, there is always more work to do. San francisco can be a Global Leader and we cant stop. We will not stop. We will get it done and continue to push the envelope and make changes in the city and the country and in this world. Thank you all so much. [applause] good morning. And welcome. It is a glorious day here in San Francisco. My name is mia, Meeting Place manager San Francisco. I am thrilled to be here today as we welcome part of our Meeting Place here at San Francisco. This is a really special moment for all of us. I coulden be more excited to be here together with all of you. At inca centers we are committed to transform this beautiful beautiful building into a Meeting Place, a place tobring people together to meet and eat, to shop and have fun. Our journey began last august, and many of you were actually here that day, when the ikea city store opened for the public. And then in january, we welcomed industerous or flexible coworking space on the 5th floor. Today we are here, this is our next big milestone to celebrate opening of the hall. This incredible space really showcase the hard work, the dedication, the commitment from so many of you, and i want to take this special moment to thank each and every one of you who have been supporting, helping, contributing, driving, sometimes even pushing this through and making this day happen become possible. As we stand here today, i am really excited for the future, and what the future holds for us and im really looking forward working with together with you to make this hall concept be successful here in our Meeting Place and in San Francisco. Lets make today the beginning of something truly remarkable. Thank you. [applause] the city of San Francisco has been a great partner to us throughout, and mayor breed, you and your team have been amazing support along the journey that we had. And now, we want to of course thank you from bottom of our hearts. Im excited welcome, mayor breed. [applause] thank you so much. It is so great to be here finally. This is really a Long Time Coming and it goes back to 2018 when i had a chance to meet with the leadership of inca to talk about this empty mall space and a opportunity to do something extraordinary. Something that they have not done before here in the u. S. In fact, it was when we hosted the global Climate Action summit in San Francisco where we had leaders from all over the world, companies, mayors, it was amazing. San francisco was on the global stage and San Francisco has been an environmental leader in sustainability and so many things. So, it was a perfect fit to make Something Like this happen, and look at how far weve come. We opened ikea, coworking space and now the thing that brings all of it together, food. Food and drinks. Opportunities to come together to socialize in the midmarket area. We are excited about the plant based options with so many great restaurants that are upstairs. We are excited about the bars and coworking spaces even within the hall footprint. We are excited what this will do to bring people together and an opportunity for the workforce, for the hotel and folks who are in this neighborhood to be a part of this. I also want to express my appreciation for working with our office of economic and Workforce Development and making sure people who live in this community received opportunities to work in this community. That was a big deal for us, so we are very appreciative of what that entails, and being so very intentional about the different cuisines, the restaurants and people who establish the first porta rican cuisine in the state of california, and not only that, it is plant based. We have a Award Winning vegan tacos upstairs. We have all kind of great cuisine, because that what San Francisco is known for. Diversity and incredible cuisine. You dont need to travel around the world to get any kind of food from around the world, all you have to do is come to San Francisco and salu hall will provide that opportunity. If you want a cooking demonstration or if you is a small apartment and want to host a bunch of friends, come to the hall. If you want to have drinks after work and you want to hang out with friends, come to salu hall. If you want a party or experience in a private room where dollar there is a bar and you are order food and baked goods, come to salu hall. It has everything is more. This is why im really excited and in fact, if you want to host meetings i know supervisor dorsey said this is going to be his new office. Why work in city hall, when you can work at salu hall . That is my goal. [applause] from baked goods to eat yourself or take back to the office, from food you want to purchase and eat at lunch or take home later for your family, and then if you want to go shop at ikea and pick up a few items, maybe couple glasses after breaking all your glasses because you are clumpsy, whatever the case is, the options are here and the options are endless. Im excited about being here today and i really want to thank inca for just really believing in San Francisco. For investing in San Francisco. [applause] and for bringing joy to San Francisco. People are trying to write a different story of our city and yes, like any major city, we have challenges, who doesnt have challenges . Had just like our family, we have challenges, but you know what we see outside, clean streets. You know what we see outside, urban alchemy and others we see safe streets, we see opportunities, we see change and sunshineing and it is shining bright on San Francisco today because salu hall is open for the city to enjoy and the people who visit will have a opportunity to experience it as well. Thank you so much for being here. [applause] thank you mayor breed. The opening of salu hall in the San Francisco Meeting Place is definitely a big milestone for us in inca center and our journey in nort american market. Today happy to have Cindy Anderson ceo with inca center here with the wonderful celebration. Welcome cindy. Thank you. Thank you mayor breed. Yes, this is a very very special day for us at inca center. Thank you so much for welcoming us to this fantastic city of San Francisco. We are so thrilled that we can bring salu here. This is our absolutely First Development of salu hall and it will take place here in San Francisco in our first Meeting Place in the u. S. [applause] and, the whole goal is we want to be an integral part of the rich food culture that we know and that we can experience here in San Francisco. I always had a deep admiration for San Francisco and community spirit. I have been here several times with business travels and also brought my husband and my kids. For me personally it feels extra special standing here today. For inca center, we believe that it is so important when we come to a place that we are also really integrating into the community and being a part of the location where we are at and that is what we also feel we will do with this amazing location here in San Francisco. And, what we have done is we also believe that food is one of the most important drivers also for our business. This is the reason why people want to come together, socialize, share memory and laughter and also spend time. And, therefore it makes it very natural that we launch our own food concept together with amazing partners. So, thats why we partner with curb, who are world class with new food businesses. As well as the culinary entrepreneur [indiscernible] also helping and advising us to create this amazing place. And we also upstairs, we also fantastic local food businesses and entrepreneurs that really represent the bay area in this beautiful city. And, we have worked together with ambition to build a place that is really offering a great experience around food. We not only calling this anything place, for us this is a true Meeting Place. What we hope is that this brings something new also to the midmarket district. So, this is a fantastic day for us. It is really embarking on a milestone of our journey here in San Francisco, and also several mentioned before, we opened ikea store fall last year and earlier this year launched inca center here. Now having also salu hall openinged to, it marks the time when we will have a complete Meeting Place and destination so we are feeling extremely excited about that. What the openings for us represent is we are creating content not just about offering space, it is about offering rel vens for people and the community. We think also with what you mentioned here mayor breed, in terms of the culinary experience, the culture, i think this is the perfect scene also for us to start this concept for first time. And, we dont believe in a one size fits all. Wherever we go in the world when we create Meeting Places we believe it is important to blend into the local commune ity and respect the local customs. For us, therefore it is important every Meeting Place is really really reflecting the people that are living and working nearby to our destination and why i feel extremely proud the majority of everyone working and fantastic team we have are also locally. And, none of this of course would have been possible without the dedication of so many people that have been con tributing on the journey to get to this point and there is so many. Sometimes you are not there to list some because im afraid i would exclude so many contribute. It includes the amazing team at the inca group, inca center, ikea retail who has been contributing into the work and the development what we see today and overall Meeting Place. It is also includes curb and fantastic team here at salu hall and partner with [indiscernible] and many many more contributesing to this. And then also of course specifically i like to thank the city of San Francisco and of course also mayor breed, because without your help, this wouldnt have been possible and we felt a really strong support on our journey. So, i cant wait now to see this place really busting with people. People coming in in the morning and afternoon in the evening and then not only that creating a experiences. So, i hope that you will love this place as much as i already love it. I fell in love already when i flew in from europe monday, and when i tried the food i fell in love a second time. Dont tell my husband, but im completely loving so i hope you will share thefullying when me also. You not only experience the venue and trying the amazing food. So, with that said, big thank you to everyone who has been part of making this possible and now i hope that all of you will also join me for a bit of a bite to eat. Thank you. [applause] thank you cindy. Our next guest speaker here is supervisor dorsey. He is the district 6 supervisor and district covers most of the downtown area, the south of market and of course our neighborhood in midmarket. Supervisor dorsey, welcome. [applause] thanks so much. I want to express my gratitude for believing in San Francisco and bringing something to my district and my neighborhood because i only live a few blocks away. A place i alreadya regular shopper here at ikea and as i mentioned as i was coming in, i said im supervisor matt dorsey and here for my new midmarket district office. I im surprised the signage doesnt reflect that. I wont need the wifi password and access to a printer. But you will be seeing a lot of me because i like to be in the district on my laptop especially on the weekends. On the way before i got here this morning, i went to another part of my district because there was a opening for a coffee shop, and yesterday in another part of my district there was a restaurant opening there. Izy and wooks the first restaurants to open since the pandemic and i have a couple other things opening and one thing i want to say the mayor touched on, there is a lot of negative press played out, the doom loop, that narrative is so 2023. In 2024 San Francisco has come back is underway and this is proof of it, and i want to express my gratitude to mayor breed for the leadership you are bringing and especially here. Mayor breed went out and was the best sales woman for San Francisco to get this happening in midmarket. It means the world to my district, it means the world to me, so thank you mayor breed for your leadership on leading the comeback and thank you ikea for everything. Really looking forward being a regular here. You will see a lot of me. Bye. [applause] thank you supervisor dorsey. And now, it is time to invite it the managing director of salu hall and partner in operating this unique food destination. Ellyse, welcome. [applause] thank you. Thank you. Thank you all speakers and thank you so much for being here, a part of the opening it here at salu hall. My name is ellyse, the managing director at salu hall leading the operation for curb. Welcome to our hub for celebrating food cultures and connecting with each other. There are so many layers here which i believe the mayor literally read my speech. There is a lot that is the same. We have so many aspirations to the space. What does place making mean for salu hall sphis in we are proud to hire from the community. We play a active role in midmarket surrounding districts. We share with you the richness and the aspirations of this community. Giving everyone a feeling of ownership is literally being a part of our success. Hiring and training for salu hall is a ongoing brauj r project so we are grateful for the work the community of San Francisco offered for economic and Workforce Development. Thank you so much for taking that [applause] it is really really important. Our good will partners. We will always be on the lookout for people to join our team who are eager, passionate about learning and open to new experiences here. Empathy is at the heart of hospitality. The people are thoughtful, attentive, and bringing energy to the hall. How else do we create a sense of place and belonging here . That is everyones question im sure. Salu hall is a commitment to culinary invasion and human connection. We are the center of joy and dining. We invite guests to indulge their senses and saver the pleasures for good company and good food and drink. Salu hall is designed to have fabulous food experiences, most simply put, salu hall offers something for everybody. We have 11 Food Concepts explore breakfast lunch and dinner from locate roasted coffee and fresh pastry to whole grain danish style open face sandwiches to mushroom, tacos, noodles with specialty tofu. Sip craft beer and local spirits while you learn how to bake up in the cooking school. Like we are saying, there is something for everyone at all the times. We are proud to be a partner of the curb family and operating partner with inca centers. Curb has a outstanding track record in recording activating pubic spaces and surrounding the world with good food and drink. We are thrilled to open our door s and what we worked so hard for. On behalf of our chefs, our bartenders, local restaurants, and front of house chain, welcome to salu hall. [applause] thank you ellyse. So, without further delay, this is now the moment we are all waiting for. Mayor breed, cindy, ellyse, please get into your positions and lets open the doors to salu hall. San francisco is surrounded on three sides by water, the fire boat station is intergal to maritime rescue and preparedness, not only for San Francisco, but for all of the bay area. [sirens] fire station 35 was built in 1915. So it is over 100 years old. And helped it, were going to build fire boat station 35. So the finished Capital Planning committee, i think about three years ago, issued a guidance that all city facilities must exist on Sea Level Rise. The station 35, Construction Cost is approximately 30 million. And the schedule was complicated because of what you call a float. It is being fabricated in china, and will be brought to Treasure Island, where the building site efficient will be constructed on top of it, and then brought to pier 22 and a half for installation. Were looking at late 2020 for final completion of the fire boat float. The historic firehouse will remain on the embarcadero, and we will still respond out of the historic firehouse with our fire engine, and respond to medical calls and other incidences in the district. This totally has to incorporate between three to six feet of Sea Level Rise over the next 100 years. Thats what the citys guidance is requiring. It is built on the float, that can move up and down as the water level rises, and sits on four fixed guide piles. So if the seas go up, it can move up and down with that. It does have a full range of travel, from low tide to high tide of about 16 feet. So that allows for current tidal movements and sea lisle rises in the coming decades. The fire boat station float will also incorporate a ramp for ambulance deployment and access. The access ramp is rigidly connected to the land side, with more of a pivot or hinge connection, and then it is sliding over the top of the float. In that way the ramp can flex up and down like a hinge, and also allow for a slight few inches of lateral motion of the float. Both the access ramps, which there is two, and the utilitys only flexible connection connecting from the float to the back of the building. So electrical power, water, sewage, it all has flexible connection to the boat. High boat station number 35 will provide mooring for three fire boats and one rescue boat. Currently were staffed with Seven Members per day, but the Fire Department would like to establish a new dedicated marine unit that would be able to respond to multiple incidences. Looking into the future, we have not only at t park, where we have a lot of kayakers, but we have a lot of developments in the southeast side, including the stadium, and we want to have the ability to respond to any marine or maritime incident along these new developments. There are very few designs for people sleeping on the water. Were looking at cruiseships, which are larger structures, several times the size of harbor station 35, but theyre the only good reference point. We look to the cruiseship industry who has kind of an index for how much acceleration they were accommodate. It is very unique. I dont know that any other fire station built on the water is in the United States. The fire boat is a regional asset that can be used for water rescue, but we also do environmental cleanup. We have special rigging that we carry that will contain oil spills until an environmental unit can come out. This is a job for us, but it is also a way of life and a lifestyle. Were proud to serve our community. And were willing to help people in any way we can