and thank you so much for being here. [applause] [cheering] my name is ed harrington, and i m the interim chair of the board and i have spent a lot of time in this building before, for those of you i haven t met. i first heard of spur when i was nominated for this award, many, many years ago. and i didn t win, but i don t think of myself as a loser. i think of myself as tying for sixth place with a lot of other people. [laughter] and i ve kept in touch with spur because it is one of those places that thinks about big issues in the bay area. it pays attention to urban issues, and it pays attention to transportation, sustainability, and all of the things we care about in the city. so i would ask if you don t know much about spur, please look us up. but tonight really is about the awardees and the manageal awards. the departments are the ones who are supposed to set a vision for the city of san francisco. and then we have incredible staff that works the city of san francisco.
[laughter] and i ve kept in touch with spur because it is one of those places that thinks about big issues in the bay area. it pays attention to urban issues, and it pays attention to transportation, sustainability, and all of the things we care about in the city. so i would ask if you don t know much about spur, please look us up. but tonight really is about the awardees and the manageal awards. the departments are the ones who are supposed to set a vision for the city of san francisco. and then we have incredible staff that works the city of san francisco. so why are we celebrating the managers? because really good managers manage up and help create that vision. and after that vision is created, they take it and manage their staff, the processess, and they make sure that vision translates into a place that people who live here and people who visit here want to be. and so that s why we have these awards. that s why we honor these managers because they are the people who br
okay. rec reconvene in open session. i make a motion to reconvene in open session. second. okay. [pledge of allegiance] clerk: please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pager s and similar sound producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair my order from the meeting room any person responsible for the ringing of cell phone pager or similar sound producing advice. please be adviced that members of the public have two minutes to make public comment on each agenda item unless the commission adopts a shorter time limit on the item. item four, public comment on items not listed on the agenda. is there any public comment on items not listed on the agenda? seeing none. clerk: item 5-a, executive director s report. the first item i would like to report is that on july 25, we had a three star general, lieutenant todd semonite of the chief core of engineers visit the port. he was in town to attend the cha
okay. rec reconvene in open session. i make a motion to reconvene in open session. second. okay. [pledge of allegiance] clerk: please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pager s and similar sound producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair my order from the meeting room any person responsible for the ringing of cell phone pager or similar sound producing advice. please be adviced that members of the public have two minutes to make public comment on each agenda item unless the commission adopts a shorter time limit on the item. item four, public comment on items not listed on the agenda. is there any public comment on items not listed on the agenda? seeing none. clerk: item 5-a, executive director s report. the first item i would like to report is that on july 25, we had a three star general, lieutenant todd semonite of the chief core of engineers visit the port. he was in town to attend the cha
today. all right. any other comments or thoughts? if not, we can take a vote. clerk: [roll call vote] president tan: congratulations to both of you. we ll look forward to continuing to be on this commission, but not in this seat. all right. so we ll move on to item 9. commissioner comments and questions. our final item of the night. commissioner thomas? vice president thomas: i wanted to say, bryant, thank you for your years of service on this commission. it s been great to be vice president under you. i ve learned a lot. i really have appreciated the ways in which you engage with often contentious voices in conflict and helped all of us to figure out how to get people to better places and come to some compromise and shared understanding and it s really it s been an honor to serve with you and i ve really appreciated it and thank you. thank you for all of the time that you spent away from your family on behalf of the commission in particular and so thank you. presid