A new public space that welcomes the city to the bay. And thanks to the hard work and diligence of many people. I just want to reiterate, open space is a very important component of the ports planning process for the 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,
Among Otis Reddings collection, the new braniff street wharf is a jewel among the ports park open space collection, and we are so amazingly proud of it. It has taken a very long time and hundreds of people. The transformation of this kind of a waterfront doesnt come easy. For those of you who know it keenly, it was a thousand feet of failing edge, dilapidated pier and a tried but true seawall. And today as you look around, it is a thousand feet of public space, a place where we can walk along and experience the bay peacefully, playfully, we can gather here, we can work here, we can recreate here and we can celebrate here. And i am so pleased and thankful to all of you who have made this moment possible. I want to take a short second to recognize some truly deserving port staff. First and foremost, Planning Project manager dan hodep with byron red, dianne, linda, several interns and a whole planning division. applause engineering project manager stephen real, lead architect wendy procto
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
Space. It takes a village for us to build a park and i want to very much add the thanks to the so many city staff that came together who monique and mayor 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 ri
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 acres of open space will had. More of that will be open more and more to the public. I want to see see gail hunter, viethv of the warriors here. I want to thank you for your commitment to working with the city to try to make this happen. ~ Vice Pres