The in memoriams. Madam president i believe that the individuals name is richard dick shaft yes. This meeting will be adjoined in memory of mr. Dick shaft. Colleagues this is the of the agenda madam clerk, is there any further business before this body . Theres no further business. Okay. Were madam secretary, call the roll, and commissioner willie adams, here. Brandon, here. Katz, here; approval of minutes for july 12, 2016 meeting. All in favor say aye. Next item. Pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Announcement of prohibition of sound producing Electronic Devices during the meeting please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar soundproducing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any personnss respon
Announcement of prohibition of sound producing Electronic Devices during the meeting please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar soundproducing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any personnss responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar soundproducing electronic device. Announcement of time allotment for Public Comments please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Port Commission adopts a shorter period on any item. Item 5, Public Comment on items not listed on thugenda. I dont have cards. Is there Public Comment on anything not on the agenda . 6 a, executive directors report good afternoon president adams and prez dependent adams. Im elaine forbes. My 1st report is a innovative project under development being spearheaded by tom esh
Return today, his children are as is his life partner janet pasha his wife is here today along with his children, george the forth, maureen, michael, jane, mary jane and john. Welcome home to San Francisco, we are so pleased to have you. [applause] the pasha group will build a import and export business that will include preferation of these automotive automobiles. The vehicles will be trucked from pier 80 to Northern California dealerships. The row off row on vessel facility will grow over 3 to 5 years. At full capacity mr. Pasha expects 96 vessel [inaudible] and that translated to about 150,000 vehicles. 50 long shorman [inaudible] and up to 150 additional employees detailing those automobiles so a real Economic Opportunity returning to pier 80. Thank you so much for being here to celebrate this partnership. I know there are pleny fathers and mothers and too many to name but i want to give a special shout out to mow neek moyer, our outgoing director. [applause]. Monique played a vita
Thank you, elaine. Good morning everybody port of San Francisco pier 80 this is where things are happening . You know, beforefirst thing i got to do is thank you the iow drill team. What a great performance thank you as soon as i saw these big hooks i ought to say it first because they can pull me off those hooks real fast. What a tradition. Iow and i learned a lot and learning more all the time, i engage with president willie adams and the commission. What a proud member he is and leader of the union. A lot of history with our city and that is partly why we are here and i know mayor willie brown and former supervisor sofy maxwell we always talk about the promises of the city. I always love saying, we aint making new promises, just keeping the old ones and this is what our Port Commission and education leaders here today and Community Based organizations, this is the what the port of San Francisco is revitalizing these places. Not too long ago we were designing americas cup boats right
[inaudible] initially it was strong but [inaudible] couldnt recover from the 1990s recession and many here remember those jobs that were here and saw the economic decline and the impact that it made to families. It was heart breaking. I see there are Many International long shoreman weir house Union Members here. Bob mu cell rath. Officers from local 10, 10, 34, 91 and 75. I see don marks from the master mason pilots. This is really a day to celebrate labor. [applause] thank you. It has known this is for industrial maritime. The city understands these type of opportunities keep our workforce and city diverse and it is something we need to be intentional bout and fight for. We need to fight for the workers and working families. The Port Commission is here today. I see president adams, the vise president brandon, lesley katz. The Port Commission has been fight toog bring back shipping to this pier and fighting hard. I also see members of the southern waterfront advisory committee. I see