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 embarkation point for thousands of immigrants, particularly the first asian immigrants to this very spot. And i think its very, very special that w
Past year. Brannon street wharf today. Last june we had the privilege of opening up just up North Jefferson street promenade. February earlier this year, we did the james cruise ship terminal, the cruise ship terminal at pier 27. Of course, last november we all did a lot of great celebration just a little bit more south 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
Embarcadaro promenade, really blessed to have two beautiful acres of open space to welcome more people to enjoy our waterfront. That is what our city does, especially in these times along our waterfront. Youve seen all the things that weve done literally in the past year. Brannon street wharf today. Last june we had the privilege of opening up just up North Jefferson street promenade. February earlier this year, we did the james cruise ship terminal, the cruise ship terminal at pier 27. Of course, last november we all did a lot of great celebration just a little bit more south 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
Its a pleasure to be here. Id just like to say thanks to the city of San Francisco and the mayor and all of you great people for keeping the legacy of otis redding alive. And a quick thing about the song. My mother said my father was in california and done some shows in los angeles. And he came home and he told her he wanted to be a new otis redding, not the begging and pleading, he wanted to do something totally different. He came home and started putting bits and pieces of a song together. It goes like this. You can sing along if you want to. It goes like this. In the morning sun ill be sitting till the evening comes watching the ships roll in and then watch them roll away again yeah just gonna sit on the dock of the bay watching the tide roll away oohee sitting on the dock of the bay wasting time. Ime i left my home in georgia headed for the frisco bay i have nothing to live for and look like nothings gonna come my way so im just gonna sit on the dock of the bay watching the tide ro
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 right now is that this is built to withstand Sea Level Rise because we know over the next 50 years,