That building bike facilities like this, ones that are connected and ones that are convenient and for people of all ages and abilities is important to increase bike mode share and that will help ensure the goal of having 20 trips by bike by the year 2020 so thank you very much. [applause] train horn . The port manages the seven and a half miles of waterfront, and for planning purposes the area is divided into a number of subareas. We are in the southern waterfront sub area and within each subarea we have a number of stakeholders but we always have an Advisory Committee that we work closely with, so the southern waterfront Advisory Committee has played a key role in the creation and development of a blue green way project, and has been an active participant in supporter of these two developments, the expansion of herons head and the bike way on cargo way and i want to introduce the long time chair of the southern waterfront Advisory Committee, karen pierce. [applause] good morning. Toda
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Only his wife, but actually with my other uncle chu mon lee who died in vietnam and is buried in Arlington Cemetery in washington, d. C. I want to thank supervisor cohen and the rest of this board and San Francisco ans for honoring my uncle kurt lee and to thank him for ~ setting a great example not only for chinese americans, but for all in living a life of courage and honor as we move forward with our lives. I have a couple of items. The first is a hearing request. Colleagues, all of us are faced with the challenge of keeping our various commercial corridors vibrant and filled with thriving businesses. I know on clement street and balboa and on geary in my district its a critical goal of my office. A commercial vacancy is problematic not just because it represents a failed business, but also because it can create the perception that an entire district is neglected and it creates blight as well. Much of city hall, according to many from our neighborhood, focuses recently on Large Comp
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Americans and other civil rights organizations felt that as a person of color he may not have kind of been credited with his amount of courage and valor and i hope the oca and other groups never give up on honoring people of color who served in the military to achieve their full props and honors. My hope is that my uncle kurt lee could be buried next to not only his wife, but actually with my other uncle chu mon lee who died in vietnam and is buried in Arlington Cemetery in washington, d. C. I want to thank supervisor cohen and the rest of this board and San Francisco ans for honoring my uncle kurt lee and to thank him for ~ setting a great example not only for chinese americans, but for all in living a life of courage and honor as we move forward with our lives. I have a couple of items. The first is a hearing request. Colleagues, all of us are faced with the challenge of keeping our various commercial corridors vibrant and filled with thriving businesses. I know on clement street and