Board and our staff and we would like to very much continue that practice to the extent possible. And as you know, our practices in the place currently are that the travel goes through approvals informally by myself as executive director and the Commission President just to insure that it is within the realm of the ports business and accordingly, and it also needs to insure that we have available budget, and we have been insurancing that such travel and the reimbursement for travel expenses conform with the controllers guidelines for Business Travel and we also take an additional step by the Port Commission, which is the Port Commission and votes to ratify the travel of any commissioner, which is an unusual step in the city but one that i think that the commissioner has shown great leadership on. And some summarizing the written policy, we have added one more step which would be to request that the traveling commissioner fill out a travel authorization form, this is in keeping with the
I think that we are ready to proceed. Roll call, wo o, he. Here. Brandon. Here. Katz. Amoval for the december 12, 2013 meeting. Move approval. All in favor . Aye. Okay. Pledge of allegiance. Please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound producing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Be advised that the chair may remove from the meeting room any person responsible for the ringing of or use of the cell phone, pager or other sound producing advise. A member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Court Commissioner has a shorter period on any item. Item five, Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda. We have item five. Woods . Good afternoon commissioners happy new year. My name is corine woods. And i am a water front rat. I follow Port Development and other projects for many, many years. By now, you have either seen the letter that the state Lands Commission wrote
Item five, Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda. We have item five. Woods . Good afternoon commissioners happy new year. My name is corine woods. And i am a water front rat. I follow Port Development and other projects for many, many years. By now, you have either seen the letter that the state Lands Commission wrote to the city attorney, or you have probably at least seen the chronicle article about that letter. I think what upset me most about this very simplistic water Front Initiative is that it basically trivializes though sapeds of hours of community involvement, in planning. And not to mention the ousands of hours of staff and Commission Time in long range planning. It ignores the very difficult balance between the public trust, obligations that the port has, and the economic viability of trying to fill a two billion dollar capitol gap. Even worse is the fact that what these 15 seconds sound bites, of a Political Campaign the people most directly affected, the port,
And if you bear with me it is worth mention s what all has transspired in the two years that you two have served so generously and it is obviously has been an marque period in the celebration of the 150th anniversary and the 2013 and the long awaited cruise ship terminal and the warf and as well as the public realm on jefferson street, they are all achievements which were lost for generations and we also have been the beneficiaries of the bay lights on the bay bridge and the new floor up here and 16, and 17, and as well as some of the other really cool things that have happened. In the last two years, there have been more people at the water front than probably the last decade combined and as you may recall, in 2012 we were fortunate to celebrate with the world series, champion giants and in 2013 we got to celebrate again with the World Champion usa and so, we, of course are the envy of the ports around the world and that could not have happened without incredible dedication with all o
Be advised that the chair may remove from the meeting room any person responsible for the ringing of or use of the cell phone, pager or other sound producing advise. A member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Court Commissioner has a shorter period on any item. Item five, Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda. We have item five. Woods . Good afternoon commissioners happy new year. My name is corine woods. And i am a water front rat. I follow Port Development and other projects for many, many years. By now, you have either seen the letter that the state Lands Commission wrote to the city attorney, or you have probably at least seen the chronicle article about that letter. I think what upset me most about this very simplistic water Front Initiative is that it basically trivializes though sapeds of hours of community involvement, in planning. And not to mention the thousands of hours of staff and Commission Ti