entrepreneurs and community leaders. he s the president of our board of supervisors and supervisor for this district 3. please welcome supervisor david chiu. the sun is shining on jefferson street. everyone excited to be here? let me say, we proved them wrong today. i came to san francisco as a tourist. i want to thank all of you who are part of this incredible community. mayor lee and i talk about how important it is for folks to come together. this is a project that for years has involved a lot of community conversations and some community debate but i really need to tip my hat to all of you from the fisherman s wharf, thank you and congratulations. [ applause ] of course, we have to thank all of our partners from city departments. i want to take a moment to single out from planning i want to thank neale, and david for planning for the vision of what this amazing street is going to be about and i of course want to thank mohammed and to his staff for getting this done on
neale really was very instrumental in making sure that we did the right outreach, putting together the project and the conceptual design and making sure that we had a document that got us here today. as you heard from the supervisor we are going to start finding ways to look at the next phase. thank you very much, neale for all of your leadership. [ applause ] the project has truly been built on teamwork, not only on city agencies but with the community down here at fisherman s wharf. finally the entire project would not have been possible without the vision and leadership of the merchants and restaurant owners and people here at fisherman s wharf and the community benefit district. a big hand for them. [ applause ] they came in existence 2005 and since then they have been working very hard with all the businesses here to build consensus and hone in and indeed needed improvements that the fisherman s wharf area need. they have been instrumental in organizing and pushing m
port, a number of deputy directors, tom carters, susan reynolds and elaine. and from dpw, our city engineers. next, we are honored to have a city representative who has given us a great deal of support to this project and many improvement projects that the city enjoys. he s also someone who values partnerships and works to seek out ideas from san francisco residents, business owners and entrepreneurs and community leaders. he s the president of our board of supervisors and supervisor for this district 3. please welcome supervisor david chiu. the sun is shining on jefferson street. everyone excited to be here? let me say, we proved them wrong today. i came to san francisco as a tourist. i want to thank all of you who are part of this incredible community. mayor lee and i talk about how important it is for folks to come together. this is a project that for years has involved a lot of community conversations and some community debate but i really need to tip my hat to all of y
would like to recognize some special guest here today to be with us. from the port commission, mell murphy is here with us, from the mayor s office of disability, carla johnson and her staff, from the port, a number of deputy directors, tom carters, susan reynolds and elaine. and from dpw, our city engineers. next, we are honored to have a city representative who has given us a great deal of support to this project and many improvement projects that the city enjoys. he s also someone who values partnerships and works to seek out ideas from san francisco residents, business owners and entrepreneurs and community leaders. he s the president of our board of supervisors and supervisor for this district 3. please welcome supervisor david chiu. the sun is shining on jefferson street. everyone excited to be here? let me say, we proved them wrong today. i came to san francisco as a tourist. i want to thank all of you who are part of this incredible community. mayor lee and i talk a
notch public space. these improvement were driven by the fisherman s wharf community. without the support of all the businesses here, we wouldn t be standing here today. today we have the opportunity to recognize the individuals and groups who played a part and then we ll officially reopen this beautiful vibrant new corridor. now, i would like to introduce our first speaker. you know, our mayor has earned a reputation as a leader who brings people together and gets things done. as a former city administrator, he gets it. all the city infrastructure is paramount in creating jobs. our mayor is a great coordinator of these complex projects. the dozens of departments and community groups and businesses that are lending their time to give input. when you have someone who cares that much and dedicated to fostering a collaborative networking environment, public spaces get done. they get done in a timely manner and the city gets to reap the benefits for many many years. we are glad h