Significant part of our treasured open space portfolio in San Francisco. But most of all, mark beale and i are here to thank the community, to thank all of you for supporting park bonds, the 2008 clean and safe neighborhoods park bonds provided almost all of the 10 million of investment in where we are standing today. And thanks to the 72 of san franciscans that voted yes in november of 12, we have another couple Million Dollars that will work on a little ways down the south area. You can see it. Well be able to renovate the next piece of this incredible vista and open space. So, we just want to celebrate our tremendous sister agency. Heres to open space and heres to recreation and heres to vistas and congrats, everybody. Thank you. applause thank you very much, phil. Now, keep an eye out behind me. The vessel has been out of range. Before you get too much of their competitive advantage. Also i notice the fire boat is going to be coming in to help us celebrate shortly. But next i would
The city is leading the way. It will be immediately recognizable and iconic from various parts of the city or even if you see a picture. Thats the sfpuc building. Its a wonderful building. It goes back to the 18 50s Fishermans Wharf, megs wharf which was the place in San Francisco to enjoy yourself. Eventually Fishermans Wharf moved into youctionv to where the explore or yum is and it moved back up here. But in the 1950s, the port was coming out of world war ii, was trying to understand what container station was going to look like, and they commissioned a study that looked at the Economic Impact of the port to the city. That sounds familiar, does continue, mr. Mayor . And particularly to how the port could participate in the citys tour and commercial industries as well as their cargo industry, and specifically that report found that this area, since we were moving into containerization, were no longer really needed for cargo, that cargo would be better off being in the southern waterf
Your commissioners for really helping to see this through. And i want to take a moment and thank the community. So many of you here are our merchants, are our members of labor, are our neighborhood leaders who have really come together. We see representatives from our hotels, folks who represent every type of business along in waterfront big and small. But for your support over the years, we wouldnt be here today. When i came in office four years ago, i was told by the constituents of these neighborhoods that we needed to invest in our waterfront. And four years later were on the eve of cutting the ribbon for the explore atorium. We just passed a bond measure that will bring two waterfront parks a few blocks from here. This won be possible but for the vision and the foresight that we all have about what we want a 21st Century Waterfront to look like. I want to thank you for that. I dont see any of my colleagues here. Im going to say the following. I think this may be the most beautiful
Craft hours. And you can see here that San Francisco labor still continues to hold at 20 throughout the project. These are just counting the utility hours and Transit Center construction hours. And again, there is that number, over a thousand craft jobs over the course of the start of the Transit Center work and utility work. If i can answer any questions . All right. Thank you. Thank you, directors, that concludes my report. Thank you. Can we move on to the next item, please . Yes item 6 is Public Comment, can which an opportunity for members of public to address the authority on matters that are not on todays calendar and gilbert deanza would like to address you. If there are any other members who wish to speak, if you could stand and speak after gilbert, thank you. Good morning. Madame chairman, board, maria, i am here to talk about the carpenters agreement with John Oconnell. We recently signed an mou stating that the Carpenters Union will hire students graduating from the John Oco
At thththtititi it goes back to the 18 50s Fishermans Wharf, megs wharf which was the place in San Francisco to enjoy yourself. Eventually Fishermans Wharf moved into youctionv to where the explore or yum is and it moved back up here. But in the 1950s, the port was coming out of world war ii, was trying to understand what container station was going to look like, and they commissioned a study that looked at the Economic Impact of the port to the city. That sounds familiar, does continue, mr. Mayor . And particularly to how the port could participate in the citys tour and commercial industries as well as their cargo industry, and specifically that report found that this area, since we were moving into containerization, were no longer really needed for cargo, that cargo would be better off being in the southern waterfront. And we would have this area devoted to more commercial activities, entertainment, dining, et cetera. And, so, in the early 1950s, the port moved forward and had the fr