were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had to convince male voters that having the vote would not change anything. that woman would still be devoted to the home, the family, that they would remain pure and innocent, that having the vote would not corrupt them. >> support gradually grew in state and local campaigns. >> leaders like ellen clark sgt come repeatedly stopping these meetings -- , repeatedly stopping these meetings as a politically active figure. doing everything they could to ground the campaign in domesticity. >> despite their efforts, the link made it tough whenever voters were in the big city. a specialist in francisco. >> the problem with san francisco is that women's suffrage as an idea was associated. >> susan b. anthony joined the provision party. a deadly idea in san francisco. liquor was the foundation of the economy. and >> anything that touched on the possibility of prohibition was greatly and popular. >> the first campaign was a great effort, but not a success. >> the war was not over. less than one decade later, a graphic protests brought new life to the movement. >> women's suffrage, the republican convention in oakland, this time it was the private sector response. 300 marched down the streets of the convention center. women were entitled to be here. >> joining together for another campaign. >> women opened a club in san francisco. it was called the votes for women club. if she could get the shopkeepers to have lunch, she could get them to be heard literature. the lunch room was a tremendous success. >> it was the way that people thought about women willing to fight for a successful campaign. what happened was, the social transformation increase the boundary of what was possible, out word. >> there were parades and rallies, door to door candidacies, reaching every voter in the state. >> the eyes of the nation were on california in 1911, when we all voted. it was the sixth and largest state in the nation to approve this. one decade later, we have full voting rights in the united states. helping newly enfranchised women, a new political movement was founded. >> starting in the 1920's, it was a movement created by the suffragettes moving forward to getting the right to vote. all of the suffragettes were interested in educating the new voters. >> non-partisan, not endorsing candidates >> -- endorsing candidates, getting the right to vote and one they have their voice heard. >> the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage is taking place throughout the state. bancroft library is having an exhibit that highlights the women's suffrage movement, chronicling what happened in california, bringing women the right to vote. >> how long does this mean going on? >> the week of the 20th. people do not realize that women were allowed to vote as early as the 1920's. in the library collection we have a manuscript from the end of december, possibly longer. >> in commemoration of 100 years of voting in california. 100 years ago this year, we won the right to vote. around 1911, this is how it would have addressed. and here we are, dressed the same. [chanting] >> we have the right to vote. >> whether you are marching for a cause or voting in the next election, make your voice heard. thank you for watching. >> this is one of the museum's longest art interest groups. it was founded by art lovers who wanted the museum to reflect new directions in contemporary art. it has been focused on artists in this region with an eye toward emerging artists. ♪ it is often at the early stage of their career, often the first major presentation of their work in a museum. it is very competitive. only a few artists per year receive the award. it is to showcase their work to have a gallery and publication dedicated to their work. ♪ i have been working with them on the last two years on the award and the exhibitions. the book looks at the full scope of the awards they have sponsored. ♪ it has been important to understand the different shifts within the award program and how that is nearing what else is going on in the bay area. -- how that is mirror beiing wht else is going on in the bay area. ♪ there are artists from different generations sometimes approaching the same theme or subject matter in different ways. they're artists looking at the history of landscape and later artists that are unsettling the history and looking at the history of conquests of nature. ♪ artists speak of what it means to have their work scene. often you are in the studio and do not have a sense of who is really seeing your work. seeing your own work at the institution have gone to for many years and has an international audience is getting the word out to a much larger community. ♪ >> roll-call. [roll-call] item number two, approved the meeting minutes for the january 2012 meeting. >> so moved. >> second. >> any public comment? any public comment on the executive session -- on the minutes. >> item #4, executive ses >> i move that we reconvene an open session. >> second. >> all in favor? i move that we not disclose anything discussed in executive session. >> second. >> all in favor? >> item 6a, b advise the use of self phones, pagers, and electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. be advised the chair may you remove anyone in the room responsible for the ringing of a cell phone, pager, or other electronic device. be advised to member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent public comments on each agenda item unless the commission adopts a shorter time on any item. the executive director's report. >> good afternoon, and happy valentine's day, commissioners. thank you for sharing your love with us and thank you to the public as joined us today and the plethora of ports staff here as well. we have a very robust agenda today and just have a few items to talk about in my executive directors report. the first one is to tell you about this great new book called "a negotiated landscape." i am about half way through it and it is quite interesting. to tell you a little bit about the book, it really picks up on the port as we came out of world war two, the global logistics supply chain changed mots to containerization from bulk cargo which the port of san francisco was built for. the army and navy which occupied most of the ports properties left and the rebirth of the waterfront was upon us and it brings us all the way through until my tenure with the port, so it is a look at the factors that have driven development along the waterfront and the creation and import of the waterfront land use plan as a discussion point, but not necessarily a recipe for success or failure. some of the chapters are very well named, but it goes into what is called the absence of plans, the 1950's and 1960's. the pressures of the 1970's, which would be when fishermans wharf came into being the way we know it today, and questionable results, the 1970's and 1980's and then the waterfront plan of the 1990's and the new millennium. a lot of the names that you will know as leadership in the city or of the port are featured in the book. the book itself is written by a man named jasper written who is a assistant professor at san francisco state university and is in the department of urban studies he was formally an employee of the san francisco planning department where he served as a lead it planner in the central waterfront plan, and his knowledge of the waterfront which was adopted in 2007. he is a current member of the central waterfront advisory committee. what ended up happening is he prepared his dissertation on the development of the port of san francisco from the 1950's to the present that worked at that time and subsequently with a bunch of different parts staff to look at numerous proposals. prior attempts to build cruise ship terminals are in the book as an example. the world trade center was opposed the 30 story tower is featured in the book. this is a book that we hope to be able to help distribute on his behalf and the stores will be carrying it sent including the bookstores here in at the ferry billion building. -- here in the ferry building. very happy to be part of that, if we can. next on my report is a really interesting to evening of entertainment at the aquarium in the northern waterfront. they are preventing the next friday night, friday, february 24th. they will be showing a variety of different shots, animations, and full-length feature films by both foreign and domestic film makers. there will be breathtaking footage of cruising journeys across the seven c's by adventure seekers and explorers of all ages. it sounds like a very fun event. i wish them great success and we're really happy to see something that is so focused on a sporting in the day. another thing to report on is the pier 45 improvement project, we are calling it a resounding success and we are quite happy about this. this is the clean beaches and initiative which we have called the drainage improvement project which was grant funded with money from the american recovery and reinvestment act also known as the stimulus bill. we have recalled $1.5 million and we have used these to construct processed water and storm management improvement. this is to capture and treat the washed down water from the areas at the fish processing center. the project was completed, the construction projects were completed a short time ago but then we monitored what equality for one year in the vicinity of pier 45. they are very healthy levels of oxygen and the decline in concentration of bacterial contaminants. we are pleased with the results of this project and our ability to have secure stimulus funding to do it. this is a big win for everyone. i will add one item to the report their parents had part project will begin construction as early as next week. you might recall that this is part of the greenway and received some funding from the 2008 general-obligation fund measure and those new park improvements will include contained dog run and a sensitive lighting, picnic and seating areas, as well as other amenities. construction will start next week and cause a little bit of inconvenience for park users but the result will be worth it. that concludes my report. thank you. >> is there any public comment on the executive director's report? hearing none, we will move on. >> we are on item 8f, with your permission, will be taken off of the calendar. this is to provide the sub they construction project and authorization for the contract contingency fund of 10% to the contract amount for a total opposition not to exceed $1,467,000. authorization to advertise for competitive bids for a much as the power and modifications project. and request authorization to award construction contracts, brannon street construction project. authorization for the contingency fund, 10% of the contract amount for an anticipated contingencies for a total authorization of up to $14,891,000. authorization to award the urban economics inc. to the economic and planning systems at, a contract as needed for economics related consulting services each an amount not to exceed $500,000. approval of a resolution supporting the high-speed rail project and pledging to work with the california high speed rail authority and other regional governing entities to promptly implement this project. this will make it compatible with high-speed rail well- designed it to be compatible. request approval of the amended at least number, with intelligent transportation inc. for a 10-year lease and the process space in. in the horsemen of the executive director to the intelligent transportation inc. dated january 30th, 2012, which commits not to facilitate the exercise of its rights under section 4.2a before july 30th, 2015. >> so moved. >> second. >> any public comment? >> madame president, members of the board. speaking on behalf of the pilots. i just want to congratulate the staff and for lending the wharf and to this wonderful point of construction and we have been waiting for a long time for this. special kudos to dan who made this his passion. we have had a very successful history of working with construction on another project and other projects and we would hope that they would contract with a good union employers. you have a tenant here at the port of san francisco. although that decision on which it tugboat company to use has yet to be made, we are looking for captain's that have an aptitude to operate the tugboat's on this job. we congratulate the port for bringing this project to this point. >> any questions or comments? all in favor. >> resolutions 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209, 1210 have been approved. >> restricting the sale, use, and distribution of certain plastic bags, plastic water bottles, plastic food where. >> good afternoon, commissioners. this was a consent item and we found a mistake in the policy today. the resolution that you received a restricted the sale of single use plastic bottles that contained carbonated water or soda is or sports drinks and intent was to have water only put to the exemption was those that had the soda and carbonated water. the national park service developed a similar ban in the grand canyon. with that, i will take any questions that you have. >> we're thrilled about the policy. thank you for that. we appreciate the question. this is more practical for people. i want to take this opportunity to note that there are these reusable baggies that can be clipped to belt loops or whatever and it could include the port logo and make that available to people. it would be very easy for people to carry these new versions of renewable bottles. >> not to try to push the city further about why don't we to say the prohibition only applies to single use plastic bottles that are used for water? >> i think we might have had that. there was a request for clarification. >> i can see someone else figuring out some other beverage that somehow is excluded or included or whatever. >> you were saying that you would take that correction. >> so moved. >> could you restate it for non carbonated water? >> know. this prohibition only applies to single use plastic bottles used for water. >> you will get into the issue of carbonated versus non carbonated water i would make a friendly amendment that it is bottles that used for non carbonated water. does