Actively to pursue revenue to meet these needs, and its not just to rely on taking one step or measure, but rather identify multiple actions that could be pursued over a period of time to meet these needs. So next recommendation, number three was probably one of the most contentious issues that was discussed, and that was what a major Revenue Source for 2018 might be. There were in the final vote, four measures that came out on top culled from a list of over 30, and probably the biggest debate was about looking to sales tax as a key revenue measure versus looking to some form of gross receipts tax. This wasnt a huge amount of disagreement between which form of gross receipts tax, you know, looking at certain types of taxes on businesses rather than on sales to consumers, but there were very strong opinions around both sides of those issues. But those broad types of revenue measures were what came out on top. So recommendation number four from the group, you know, this group was not jus
Generate in terms of trips. Chairman brinkman thank you. Vice chair heinicke, did you have any comments or questions . Vice chairman heinicke well, i find this project exciting on many levels, and my thanksz to everybody involved in the presentations and all the hard work. Keeping in mind about the limits on our jurisdiction, ill focus on the transportation part thank you, director torres. So very impressive program. Im definitely swayed by the fact that the giants have been such a wonderful planning partner. Compliments to you all there, and im just excited to see this come into play at a time when were going to be enhancing subway there, at a time when were going to have some more options, hopefully on Market Street to improve transit as a feeder artery to that subway and others, so i think thats a great project, and i really commend you as an organization for what youve done in organizing transit around the city and around the stadium in particular, and im really excited to see this
Weve been working with the Port Community leaders and many different city agencies for close to ten years on envisioning what the future of this part of the Central Waterfront will be. As you know, its a surface parking lot today, located in an area of the city which carly well described as being an investment in area Transportation Planning. We hope to built on that investment and create a really robust Transit Oriented Development with a wide mix of uses along this part of the waterfront. We have 28 acres total so ill talk you a little bit of what the different uses of that are. Eight acres are parks and open space. Thats a very important component to the port and our neighborhood, which has some of the lowest percapita ratio of parks to the city, so were contributing to our neighborhoods, park needs, in addition to the entire southern bay fronts park needs by actually over delivering with those eight acres of open space. The scale of the project has been brokendown substantially fro
Chairman brinkman thank you. Vice chair heinicke, did you have any comments or questions . Vice chairman heinicke well, i find this project exciting on many levels, and my thanksz to everybody involved in the presentations and all the hard work. Keeping in mind about the limits on our jurisdiction, ill focus on the transportation part thank you, director torres. So very impressive program. Im definitely swayed by the fact that the giants have been such a wonderful planning partner. Compliments to you all there, and im just excited to see this come into play at a time when were going to be enhancing subway there, at a time when were going to have some more options, hopefully on Market Street to improve transit as a feeder artery to that subway and others, so i think thats a great project, and i really commend you as an organization for what youve done in organizing transit around the city and around the stadium in particular, and im really excited to see this project roll forward and it
Things are sorted out and rarely does the majority gets things exactly their own way. Its where the stability can occur and most people dont think that. In the era in which everybody wants instant gratification if you are looking for instant gratification or perfection the senate would be a place for you. Host at the time that Many Americans are not optimistic what would you want those teachers tell their students about their future in this country . Guest i think because of our woeful ignorance of history, we always think the period that we are in is tougher than others. We have had nothing like the civil war. Have. We have and have a single instance where the congressman from South Carolina came over and almost beat to death the senator from massachusetts. They have money and tough challenges. World war, depression. This is a great country. We will deal with whatever our current problems are and move on to another level. I am just as optimistic as i ever was that this generation will