The port, its commission and the staff, because this is in fact 150 years of celebration of our port. And what a way to celebrate with all these wonderful things that are happening here. Its taken 15 years for this project to get done, 15 years. Thats a 10th of the history of the port of San Francisco. And theres a lot of people to thank and moniques already thanked them, but its worth repeating. I think the big Conservation Development commission, the Port Commission, our port staff, public works, all our departments behind me, rec and park, our federal partners have certainly been extremely important. Thank you to everyone for getting to this point. And thank you for the contractors as well, because this has been one of the most visible projects where people along the waterfront have traversed this project for quite sometime and did not experience any Public Safety challenges along the way. So, i want to thank them for that high level of safety. 840 feet alongside our embarcadaro pro
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 make this project possible as the budget kept rising and the need to do more work kept rising with it. And to say a few words of gratitude on all of our behalf, please welcome Port Commission president doreen wuho. applause thank you, monique. And i will try to be brief. Youve had a lot of speeches. But im just as excited to be here and having heard that song, it really b
Here at head park, 22 acres of open space. Were literally honoring our open space obligations and doing it the right way. This particular project is impressive not only for its beauty and opening up more space, but it does in a seismically safe way and in a Sustainable Way accommodate some 75 years of projected sea level lies for our city. And thats incredible because we always are having to Pay Attention to all of our environment around our city. Were three quarters the bay. And, so, thats a respectful thing. We do it on ocean beach. We do it on the long golden gate. Our maritime. Of course, here in our waterfront. Its all also about history, not just with otis redding iii, not with the 150 years here, but the history thats represented by the panels you see, the interpretive art panels that are on display here. Eight panels in total, but they will run the gamut of explaining some important history not only for our waterfront, but our whole history of our city. When it talks about the
The waterfront has needs. And we look forward to a long future with him in that role. Please join me in welcoming president chiu. applause thank you, monique, and good morning. So, when i was invited to come and participate at this event, i suggested that the elected officials, mayor lee and supervisor kim, that the three of us do a rendition of sitting on the dock by the bay. [laughter] and i just want to say thank you, otis redding, for sparing us of that. One of the things so special about that song is it refers to otis redings experience of coming from thousands of miles away. I suspect it is true for all the officials here, we all came from other parts of the country to this very sacred space called San Francisco. And my guess is everyone here, you either came from somewhere else, or you are the child of the grandchild of someone who decided to pick up from another dock from another part of the world to be where we are today. And, in fact, over 160 years ago, this was the embarkat
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