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Lets see what an engineer can do. [laughter] its not a plugin issue. Okay, thats a relief. [off mic] apparently its a signal from there. Because we can show the whole room, but we just cannot show the powerpoint. [off mic] it looks like we are back in business. I apologize, commissioners and members of the public for the delay. David please take the way. Thank you elaine. Commissioners, president brandon im with real estate and development, here seeking authorization for the request to proposals for the south beach historic piers 38 and 40. A quick outline of the presentation ill be going through this afternoon, including how this aligns with the strategic applan, a little bit about the background the Development Context the input we received, the minimum qualifications scoring criteria, collection panel, review and Selection Process and then the economic benefits to the port and next steps. So the rerelease and Successful Development to the piers 38 and 40 project will touch on five o
Now of drafting the document. In fact in two or three weeks we will have an internal draft out. And then in about three weeks, three to four weeks well have a Public Comment draft that will be available. And then in december well be submitting it to fema. So that was a lot of information. I hope i didnt speak too quickly. But im happy to answer any questions you may have before passing onto adam who will talk about one of the big strategies that the hazard resilience plan is proposing and wants to see moved forward. Thank you. Good afternoon commissioners. Adam from the planning department. And im here to give an update on the Sea Level Rise vulnerability and consequences assessment. Its actually a good thing we had brian start because the hazard and Climate Resilience plan he presented is sort of looking broadly at the climaterelated hazards that are affecting the city. And this work, it started earlier because we were thinking about Sea Level Rise and we werent necessarily as aware o
Its not a plugin issue. Okay, thats a relief. [off mic] apparently its a signal from there. Because we can show the whole room, but we just cannot show the powerpoint. [off mic] it looks like we are back in business. I apologize, commissioners and members of the public for the delay. David please take the way. Thank you elaine. Commissioners, president brandon im with real estate and development, here seeking authorization for the request to proposals for the south beach historic piers 38 and 40. A quick outline of the presentation ill be going through this afternoon, including how this aligns with the strategic applan, a little bit about the background the Development Context the input we received, the minimum qualifications scoring criteria, collection panel, review and Selection Process and then the economic benefits to the port and next steps. So the rerelease and Successful Development to the piers 38 and 40 project will touch on five of the ports strategic objectives including pr