Aye. Ok. Pledge of allegiance. I pledge of allegiance to the flag, 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 that the ringing of and use of cell phones and other Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager or other similar soundproducing electronic device. Please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Port Commission adopts a shorter period on any item. Item eight, Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda. Is there any Public Comment . Ok. Item nine, executive directors report. Good afternoon, president brandon, Vice President adams, members of the commission, members of the public and port staff. Im Elaine Forbes, t
[ light laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] the senate reached a deal this afternoon to reopen the government. Though its a little like when theres a power outage and then the lights come back on and you see how crappy your apartment is. [ laughter ] yay oh right. The senate reached a deal this afternoon to reopen the government, after Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell promised to take up an immigration bill that included protections for daca recipients. I dont know, is that a face you can trust . I dont even trust that to be a face. [ laughter ] it looks looks like bill gates tried to paint a selfportrait with a blindfold on. To try to avoid the Government Shutdown, President Trump sat down with Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer on friday over cheeseburgers. Are you gonna finish that, said schumer about trumps first term. [ laughter and applause ] over over the weekend, the white house released a photo showing President Trump working during the Government Shutdown. Heres the ph
Aye. Ok. Pledge of allegiance. I pledge of allegiance to the flag, 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 that the ringing of and use of cell phones and other Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager or other similar soundproducing electronic device. Please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Port Commission adopts a shorter period on any item. Item eight, Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda. Is there any Public Comment . Ok. Item nine, executive directors report. Good afternoon, president brandon, Vice President adams, members of the commission, members of the public and port staff. Im Elaine Forbes, t
Business plan is that right now for new facilities, distribution, stuff that we cant fund through Revenue Bonds, we have to pay cash. And so this gives us a vehicle to debt finance using our revenue. And so we are unable to do that on any new facilities. So, that was the thinking of trying to make the power enterprise. We always had the ability for clean power, not cleanpowersf, but clean power, we have that authority already. But as barbara and they have said, we are separating the business units, or we have hechi and we want clean power to stand on its own. So we started having clean power, you know, at a really relied on the power enterprise and initiation or the start, but now we have it where its true and not codependent, so we want to continue that. Right. I understand that. I just was surprised to first learn about the power Revenue Bonds charter amendment, you know, at a board meeting, frankly. This is the first ive had it explained. I approach appreciate it. I have a number of
For the continued development for the first group and also for the second group a partner to ask questions to and get advice from and, you know, just have somebody whos already gone through the same process that theyre about to go through themselves. So were definitely looking forward to the next steps and trying to continue to build on the success that we had the first time around. I also brought son with us. He is one of graduates from the first class. When i was in thidi and taking classes, it was interesting because ive done Building Maintenance and welding and electrical. This is a league of its own. Thidi has offered me opportunities to actually reshape my life. Coming from the background that ive come from. They give me the opportunity to excel myself, i guess if you would, in my life. To be more responsible. To be dependent. Their cohesive we coebay is just like i would say coffee and creamer go together. They have been very grateful. The staff at thidi is super, super helpful.