Along San Franciscos magnificent embarcadaro. The open spaces and plazas will provide a safe and healthy environment for San Franciscos families and children to gather and the interpretive exhibits including the beautiful portrait of wong fu yen will help visitors and residents learn about San Franciscos rich labor and maritime history and vibrant immigrant communities. Thank you again to mayor lee and mayors newsom and brown before him for making this possible and best wishes for memorable celebration. Best regards, nancy pelosi, democratic leader. Thank you. applause thank you, dan, very much. And please take our best and most gracious respects back to congresswoman pelosi, your colleagues in your San Francisco office and of course in the capital. They are just fabulous for all of us. Another group that needs recognition is the Port Commissioners themselves, present and past. They have been with us for this project along the way. They have worked hard to marshal scarce resources to m
The wii. Not only will we demonstrate how to use it, but we will doe demonstrate adaptive devices so that it can be an inclusive activity for all adults and children. My name is dr. Chris thompson from the university of San Francisco. Go, dons. 1855. I have not been there that long. I am in the department of exercise and sports science. I think it is a good match for me to be demonstrating the wii, which is a good physical activity. I am joined on the stage by a student, not from usf, but from San Francisco state. We actually talk to each other. This is mackenna. Good morning. Finally, i am joined by alicia from the Independent Living Center in San Francisco. It is great for all of you to be here today. People will be trickling in over the next half hour. We will give you a taste of what wii is like. We have set up the game. I will start by playing mackeena in a game of tennis. The interesting thing about wii is we use this little remote. Just by moving our arms, we can control movemen
Is we use this little remote. Just by moving our arms, we can control movement on the screen. You will be watching up on the big screen as we play a game of tennis. Are you ready . All right. We will select two players. That is me. Does that look like me . It kind of those of does. Does that look like mackenna . That is not by chance. You can make the person look like anything you want. They can even look like aliens. Interesting. We are going to play some great tennis today. Ok. One thing to tell you, there is a little bar on top of the el it picks up the movement of our arms. Were going to face the television as we play. Here we go. How many of you are cheering for me . How many of you are cheering for her . What is up with that . [laughter] that is it. You are going down. Were going to play a single game of wii tennis. Are you ready . All right. Here we go. Were going to get intense. [applause] eco dash 15. 015. [applause] 030. She is currently destroying me. I will make a comeback.
Development of the waterfront and the Commission Works very hard with the port staff. In the ports waterfront land use plan, our blueprint for the 71 2 miles of waterfront, we make a conscious effort to plan and maintain open access for the benefit of our residents and our visitors. And the port now has 86 acres of open space which is about 10 of the port property. And our ongoing plan can youxv for increasing this amount to 28 acres within the next eight years. So, this is not the beginning or the end, but were in the midst of what were trying to do. But as you know, you heard from all the other speakers, providing open space is a very expensive undertaking. In the past 13 years, the port has spent approximately 109 million on public spaces. And weve been able to do this, as you heard various sources of funding, but we want to acknowledge in particular today the tax payers of San Francisco that have passed the two general Obligation Bonds in 2008 and 2012 that have made our open Space
We will select two players. That is me. Does that look like me . It kind of those of does. Does that look like mackenna . That is not by chance. You can make the person look like anything you want. They can even look like aliens. Interesting. We are going to play some great tennis today. Ok. One thing to tell you, there is a little bar on top of the television. It picks up the movement of our arms. Were going to face the television as we play. Here we go. How many of you are cheering for me . How many of you are cheering for her . What is up with that . [laughter] that is it. You are going down. Were going to play a single game of wii tennis. Are you ready . All right. Here we go. Were going to get intense. [applause] eco dash 15. 015. [applause] 030. She is currently destroying me. I will make a comeback. [applause] 040. This is not good. She has triple match point on me. Match point. Ok, i am ready. [applause] i just got destroyed. There we go. I lost badly. Lets hear it for mackenna