The different agencies working together with environmental advocates to make sure we strike that right balance we can have the spaces used for the different use and it is enjoyment of the environment at the same time for the residents. Thank you for being here with this announcement. We get four things out of this. A dog run, herons head park with the landscape and wonderful access to it. We have the literacy for justice modernization here and of course we have the bi directional lines for the bicycles and thanks for being here and congratulations to everybody. It has been a great part of this collaboration. This Great Team Work and go giants and now go warriors. [applause] thank you mayor lee for your leadership for this development. I want to introduce also Monique Moyer director of the port. Who she began became director of the port she noticed how much energy and funds were being focused on the northern waterfront and requested whether or not we could do more in the southern waterf
Again. [applause] thank you monique. Thank you for those acknowledgments of the port and staff involved in this project but we want to ask a couple of key partners to speak on these project and their participation and particularly the parks and recreation department, the key partner with the port. As monique mentioned in 2008 they lead a campaign to get 185 million of park bonds, a portion was made available to the port and used for the blue green way projects. That partnership has lead to ongoing partnerships specifically to the eco center and like the mayor said we are working together in 2012 to get will additional park bonds and with they would like to introduce Phil Ginsburg director. [applause] good morning everybody. So i havent been able to let it go either. So yesterday our city celebrated a huge victory in the world of sports; right. And today were celebrating another victory and for the waterfront, for nature and you can feel it. Yesterday after the noise and the craziness b
Energy and funds were being focused on the northern waterfront and requested whether or not we could do more in the southern waterfront and i think these projects are an example of how we responded to that challenge, so Monique Moyer executive director. [applause] good morning and thank you. It is wonderful to see so many of our friends and supporters and hard workers here today. How many of you are here at herons head for the first time . A show of hands. Not many. That is terrific news. Well welcome back. This is one of the greatest places in the city i am fond of saying. Its visionary. You heard about that from the mayor already and part of it is San Francisco moving forward in a way that other cities just dont do. First and foremost other cities do not pass general Obligation Bonds of this type for a park and none for waterfront parks so we are already ahead of game that way, and we are proud of the generosity of the electoral for supporting that vision. Secondly we dont have many
That building bike facilities like this, ones that are connected and ones that are convenient and for people of all ages and abilities is important to increase bike mode share and that will help ensure the goal of having 20 trips by bike by the year 2020 so thank you very much. [applause] train horn . The port manages the seven and a half miles of waterfront, and for planning purposes the area is divided into a number of subareas. We are in the southern waterfront sub area and within each subarea we have a number of stakeholders but we always have an Advisory Committee that we work closely with, so the southern waterfront Advisory Committee has played a key role in the creation and development of a blue green way project, and has been an active participant in supporter of these two developments, the expansion of herons head and the bike way on cargo way and i want to introduce the long time chair of the southern waterfront Advisory Committee, karen pierce. [applause] good morning. Toda
Presentation we brought to you the two properers presented their highlights of their proposing proposals for operating the eco center and also, they convened a panel to equality the two respondents. That panel was comprised of four people with expertise in Environmental Education and Environmental Program funding and can we and recreational managed and community toichl in bayview hunters point. So the panel reviewed written proposals and interviewed both proposers. In a separate process port real estate and finance staff reviewed the applications. Or proposal im sorry. The equation of written proposals swufz interviews and Financial Capacity found the bay Constitution Foundation to be the higher ranked profer. We heard your direction in december regarding the benefits of a collaboration between the two proposers. The Bay Institute Aquarium Foundation the city and county of San Francisco was part of the first proposal have been working together to craft a collaboration. In january, the