Negative to tourism. Bob has served as as ceo for about of 12 years dating back to 2,000, he is trying to retire at the end of this month he managed to get 2 feet out of door in august and have been consulting back to the pier ever since and he has been an icon of the water front. Someone who has represented the interest of the water front all over the city bob has been a board member of San Francisco travel the fishermans whofer Community Benefit district the San Francisco chamber and California Travel Association and under bobs guidance he has changed check out the restaurants and retaining the best of the best and has driven peer 39 into its current world renown amazing number of visitors every year and its reputation for being a Family Friendly location. I love a number of things about bob, but his own stated key to success tells you why he has been so successful at the water front and that is his belief that people like to be on or close to the bay and that they are drawn from the
To speak . Go ahead susan. While you are completing all your hugs, Susan Reynolds again director of real estate. Bob i want to wish you well in requirement, but dont be a stranger and thank you for all your support and everything that you have done including leaving pier 39 in very compatible hands capable hands and that is important if you are going to leave leave a good structure behind and he has done that and on behalf of real estate, i want to thank you four making our lives so much easier thank you very much. applause . Good afternoon im joe from San Francisco travel and i would like to add my commends about mob macintosh and what he has done for pier 39 and ill not going to sing but offer to share sparkling wine with him after this ameliorating. Bob has made pier 39 one of the main attractionings for San Francisco. He has given to board and San Francisco a better place to live and visit and we have had some great memories from working with bottom from hosting International Powwo
And to sail boats and kayaker and is the sea loin sanctuary that has come under his rain and the draw of fresh fresh that we take for freehand here on the water front. As i was no oned as port director bob sent out an email to me right away and he said we are your biggest client and we are her here to serve and you bob has helped to mike this water front the success that it is and attracted all of the great new business that is have followed and its hard to imagine a future without him but fortunatelily he only moved up the street and bob is going to be helping us and we are trying to hook him to be on the 150th Anniversary Committee of the port and so bob i see you have a tons of friend here in the audience that are going to say a ton you have wonderful thing about you but i want to say that we all admire what you have accomplishing accomplishmented and thank you for setting the bar very rehigh and please come back here and tell us how to do it all the time. Thank you. applause . If t
Economic meltdown he helped us process per keeping pier 39 a clean friendly place to visit and under bobs direction it became the most visited pier and total sales have grown to Million Dollars of dollars till today. Bob bobs legacies to pier 39, fishermans whof and to the city thank you bob. For he is a jolly good fellow. And nobody can deny,. applause . So is anyone he will going to speak . Go ahead susan. While you are completing all your hugs, Susan Reynolds again director of real estate. Bob i want to wish you well in requirement, but dont be a stranger and thank you for all your support and everything that you have done including leaving pier 39 in very compatible hands capable hands and that is important if you are going to leave leave a good structure behind and he has done that and on behalf of real estate, i want to thank you four making our lives so much easier thank you very much. applause . Good afternoon im joe from San Francisco travel and i would like to add my commends
Artist since 1974 most artists like the jefferson street made into a policewoman 98 and the widened sidewalks provide space for our three by 4foot booth and is we used to have more than five spaces on the street but due to construction we have only about 15 left. Even though most artists dont work there due to lack of Spaces Available we circulated a pigs this last weekend and over 225 artists signed it requesting that these few spaces remain part of our program i sent you a copy of this possession last week. The petition reads for most of those years we have had handmaid wears between hide and jones street and the construction project will begins in 2013 ask will revitalize the area and open a new pedestrian mall and we feel we add to the colorful ambiance of however we feel fear father fear our space may be limit and had so we petition you to give us the same number of spaces we have had and we have yet to hear a definitive yes that we will clueinged in the plan. On the Port Commissi