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. And as i like to say and in closing, one of the things id love to talk about in the waterfront when people ask me about it is we do have a conscious policy that every five to seven minutes youre going to come across an open space so you can enjoy the beauty of this bay. Thank you. applause thank you very much, president wuho. It means a lot to us youre here with commissioner katz and former commiss
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 city does with this. Then this opens up a viewpoint that i know you know that i personally share because its not just the history. Were also going to be opening up this area for even more people as we establish and get going on piers 3032 and transform what has historically been dying piers into the hopeful new entertainment and waterfront arena. I know in less than five years, an additional 13 ac
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 tenacity on this. applause Michael Sweet who i saw in the crowd somewhere. [speaker not understood], and ellen in particular. Karin woods, isabelle wade, [speaker not understood], and redmond. They have passed on but they left us something really beautiful and were pleased about that. I just want to say a special word of thanks to all of the community that live here. Thank you so much for your dedicat
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 developments that not everyone thought was appropriate. And i think its so special that we are focused today on making sure that this very spot and spots around the entire bay are protected. One of the interesting design aspects of what we stand on right now is that this is built to withstand Sea Level Rise because we know over the next 50 years, its estimated anywhere from 18 to 55 inches worth of sea
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, dying piers, and all our infrastructure work that has to go with it. And, so, it is not only appropriate. We are blessed with four very contributing great resources that we use to fund this 26. 1 million. The federal Water Resources Development Act of 2007, you have to recognize that. The California Coastal conservancy. Federal appropriations. And, danielle, again, thank our leader pelosi for her w