Commissioner . I am in favor, you know, and i appreciate the comments from commissioner woo ho. But just reading here, the zone schedule was last revised in december, 2011. 16th would be a fact so i think that it is good that we update it and continue to grow it. And i do agree that we have to watch our cents, but also this is an opportunity for us to continue to establish the Economic Development in communities and that is what the port is all about. Right. The more that we can bring on and it will be beneficial for the International Training for our community and that is what we need to be and i am clearly in support of this, thank you. Thank you. That is really how we are trying to position it and sell it as an Economic Development tool for the whole region. And it is an opportunity, not only to help the existing businesses get stronger and be more competitive but also to attract new businesses into our area that are looking for, locations where they want to. And i think that it is
, all of growth that does set a slower, more sustainable trajectory is in the u. S. Interest, and i say that for several reasons. One is i do agree with the fundamental assessment that the current strategy has played itself out. The implications for social and political stability, and stability in the domestic context is certainly in our interest. I think also they are projecting that the vision includes a more integrated china with the world economy. I think certainly that is an americas longterm interest. So i think bottom line is we have a national interesting, ber interests, the leadershipses is assessment that they need to change that ever economic model. Now, chris had reverended some new considerations with respect to xi zhengping and the current leadership. I think one very significant change, structurally in the decisionmaking process is been the reemerge ends, not that it was ever dormant, but the party under xi, as he projects it will play a much larger role than it has in t
Im not saying theyre bad people but some really bad decisions were made in six months leading up. Two other big ones were made i think it was a 16 person Security Team led by colonel wood who said we wanted to stay in country and they were not allowed to stay in country. Is also a request for a plane. Apparently that evening or a dc3 that was denied earlier, maybe about six month before the attack. That plane wouldve been important. There was a struggle that evening to get permission to get a plan. I think the c. 30 they were trying to get on with a libyan plane. There were some bad decisions made, and this doesnt make the people who made the decisions bad people but they were bad decisions that were made. There was request for security that were turned down throughout the six months preceding the attack on benghazi though a lot of money was spent on things that i think most americans would say are frivolous and maybe not part of the Immediate Mission of the state department. Ill give
And we figured that we have the similar, business, you know, the business mix in our, overlapping in our area as we are trying to find, the different types of businesses, like hightech companies, or green tech, clean tech, and medical device, manufacturers, and you name it, and apparel manufacturers and we are trying to find the early adopters in each of these industries that we can get on board and from there, we can go to the other industries in the same or the other businesses in the same industry and encourage them to have a closer look at it as well. So we are trying to come up with all different ways of marketing to the zone and even doing the collaborativive effort in the bay area as one of the ways that we are trying to brain storm on that in that regard. Thank you. Any other comments . Seeing, none, could i call for a vote . All in favor . Aye. Opposed . Item carries. Thank you very much. Thank you. Item 9 a, request approval of ports physical year 2014, 15, and 15, 16 biennia
They try stea r them our direction and they contacted me to ask how far the jurisdiction goes because they have companies that are looking at specific sites within our service area and so, but we are looking for ideas, and we are intending to issue the press releases when the expediters and phillip 66 sites go active so just that we can get the word out in the media, that the sites are activated. And then, we are trying to get early adopters and different industry as one of the reasons that we are talking to oakland and we figured that we have the similar, business, you know, the business mix in our, overlapping in our area as we are trying to find, the different types of businesses, like hightech companies, or green tech, clean tech, and medical device, manufacturers, and you name it, and apparel manufacturers and we are trying to find the early adopters in each of these industries that we can get on board and from there, we can go to the other industries in the same or the other busi