>> good morning. and welcome. it is a glorious day here in san francisco. my name is mia, meeting place manager san francisco. i am thrilled to be here today as we welcome part of our meeting place here at san francisco. this is a really special moment for all of us. i coulden be more excited to be here together with all of you. at inca centers we are committed to transform this beautiful beautiful building into a meeting place, a place tobring people together to meet and eat, to shop and have fun.

our journey began last august, and many of you were actually here that day, when the ikea city store opened for the public. and then in january, we welcomed industerous or flexible coworking space on the 5th floor. today we are here, this is our next big milestone to celebrate opening of the hall. this incredible space really showcase the hard work, the dedication, the commitment from so many of you, and i want to take this special moment to thank each and every one of you who have been supporting, helping, contributing, driving, sometimes even pushing this through and making this day happen become possible. as we stand here today, i am really excited for the future,

and what the future holds for us and i'm really looking forward working with together with you to make this hall concept be successful here in our meeting place and in san francisco. let's make today the beginning of something truly remarkable. thank you. [applause] >> the city of san francisco has been a great partner to us throughout, and mayor breed, you and your team have been amazing support along the journey that we had. and now, we want to of course thank you from bottom of our hearts. i'm excited welcome, mayor breed. [applause] >> thank you so much. it is so great to be here

finally. this is really a long time coming and it goes back to 2018 when i had a chance to meet with the leadership of inca to talk about this empty mall space and a opportunity to do something extraordinary. something that they have not done before here in the u.s. in fact, it was when we hosted the global climate action summit in san francisco where we had leaders from all over the world, companies, mayors, it was amazing. san francisco was on the global stage and san francisco has been an environmental leader in sustainability and so many things. so, it was a perfect fit to make something like this happen, and look at how far we've come. we opened ikea, coworking space and now the thing that brings all of it together, food.

food and drinks. opportunities to come together to socialize in the mid-market area. we are excited about the plant based options with so many great restaurants that are upstairs. we are excited about the bars and coworking spaces even within the hall footprint. we are excited what this will do to bring people together and an opportunity for the workforce, for the hotel and folks who are in this neighborhood to be a part of this. i also want to express my appreciation for working with our office of economic and workforce development and making sure people who live in this community received opportunities to work in this community. that was a big deal for us, so we are very appreciative of what that entails, and being so very intentional about the

different cuisines, the restaurants and people who establish the first porta rican cuisine in the state of california, and not only that, it is plant based. we have a award winning vegan tacos upstairs . we have all kind of great cuisine, because that what san francisco is known for. diversity and incredible cuisine. you don't need to travel around the world to get any kind of food from around the world, all you have to do is come to san francisco and salu hall will provide that opportunity. if you want a cooking demonstration or if you is a small apartment and want to host a bunch of friends, come to the hall. if you want to have drinks after work and you want to hang out with friends, come to salu hall. if you want a party or experience in a private room

where dollar there is a bar and you are order food and baked goods, come to salu hall. it has everything is more. this is why i'm really excited and in fact, if you want to host meetings i know supervisor dorsey said this is going to be his new office. why work in city hall, when you can work at salu hall? that is my goal. [applause] from baked goods to eat yourself or take back to the office, from food you want to purchase and eat at lunch or take home later for your family, and then if you want to go shop at ikea and pick up a few items, maybe couple glasses after breaking all your glasses because you are clumpsy, whatever the case is, the options are here and the options are endless. i'm excited about being here today and i really want to thank inca for just really believing in san francisco.

for investing in san francisco. [applause] and for bringing joy to san francisco. people are trying to write a different story of our city and yes, like any major city, we have challenges, who doesn't have challenges? had just like our family, we have challenges, but you know what we see outside, clean streets. you know what we see outside, urban alchemy and others we see safe streets, we see opportunities, we see change and sunshineing and it is shining bright on san francisco today because salu hall is open for the city to enjoy and the people who visit will have a opportunity to experience it as well. thank you so much for being here. [applause] >> thank you mayor breed. the opening of salu hall in the san francisco meeting place is definitely a big milestone for

us in inca center and our journey in nort american market. today happy to have cindy anderson ceo with inca center here with the wonderful celebration. welcome cindy. >> thank you. thank you mayor breed. yes, this is a very very special day for us at inca center. thank you so much for welcoming us to this fantastic city of san francisco. we are so thrilled that we can bring salu here. this is our absolutely first development of salu hall and it will take place here in san francisco in our first meeting place in the u.s. [applause] and, the whole goal is we want to be an integral part of the

rich food culture that we know and that we can experience here in san francisco. i always had a deep admiration for san francisco and community spirit. i have been here several times with business travels and also brought my husband and my kids. for me personally it feels extra special standing here today. for inca center, we believe that it is so important when we come to a place that we are also really integrating into the community and being a part of the location where we are at and that is what we also feel we will do with this amazing location here in san francisco. and, what we have done is we also believe that food is one of the most important drivers also for our business. this is the reason why people want to come together, socialize, share memory and laughter and also spend time. and, therefore it makes it very

natural that we launch our own food concept together with amazing partners. so, that's why we partner with curb, who are world class with new food businesses. as well as the culinary entrepreneur [indiscernible] also helping and advising us to create this amazing place. and we also upstairs, we also fantastic local food businesses and entrepreneurs that really represent the bay area in this beautiful city. and, we have worked together with ambition to build a place that is really offering a great experience around food. we not only calling this anything place, for us this is a true meeting place. what we hope is that this brings something new also to the mid-market district. so, this is a fantastic day for

us. it is really embarking on a milestone of our journey here in san francisco, and also several mentioned before, we opened ikea store fall last year and earlier this year launched inca center here. now having also salu hall openinged to, it marks the time when we will have a complete meeting place and destination so we are feeling extremely excited about that. what the openings for us represent is we are creating content not just about offering space, it is about offering rel vens for people and the community. we think also with what you mentioned here mayor breed, in terms of the culinary experience, the culture, i think this is the perfect scene also for us to start this concept for first time. and, we don't believe in a one size fits all. wherever we go in the world

when we create meeting places we believe it is important to blend into the local commune ity and respect the local customs. for us, therefore it is important every meeting place is really really reflecting the people that are living and working nearby to our destination and why i feel extremely proud the majority of everyone working and fantastic team we have are also locally. and, none of this of course would have been possible without the dedication of so many people that have been con tributing on the journey to get to this point and there is so many. sometimes you are not there to list some because i'm afraid i would exclude so many contribute. it includes the amazing team at the inca group, inca center, ikea retail who has been contributing into the work and

the development what we see today and overall meeting place. it is also includes curb and fantastic team here at salu hall and partner with [indiscernible] and many many more contributesing to this. and then also of course specifically i like to thank the city of san francisco and of course also mayor breed, because without your help, this wouldn't have been possible and we felt a really strong support on our journey. so, i can't wait now to see this place really busting with people. people coming in in the morning and afternoon in the evening and then not only that creating a experiences. so, i hope that you will love this place as much as i already love it. i fell in love already when i flew in from europe monday, and when i tried the food i fell in love a second time. don't tell my husband, but i'm

completely loving so i hope you will share thefullying when me also. you not only experience the venue and trying the amazing food. so, with that said, big thank you to everyone who has been part of making this possible and now i hope that all of you will also join me for a bit of a bite to eat. thank you. [applause] >> thank you cindy. our next guest speaker here is supervisor dorsey. he is the district 6 supervisor and district covers most of the downtown area, the south of market and of course our neighborhood in mid-market. supervisor dorsey, welcome. [applause] >> thanks so much. i want to express my gratitude for believing in san francisco and bringing something to my district and my neighborhood because i only live a few blocks away. a place i already-a regular shopper here at ikea and as i

mentioned as i was coming in, i said i'm supervisor matt dorsey and here for my new mid-market district office. i i'm surprised the signage doesn't reflect that. i won't need the wifi password and access to a printer. but you will be seeing a lot of me because i like to be in the district on my laptop especially on the weekends. on the way before i got here this morning, i went to another part of my district because there was a opening for a coffee shop, and yesterday in another part of my district there was a restaurant opening there. izy and wooks the first restaurants to open since the pandemic and i have a couple other things opening and one thing i want to say the mayor touched on, there is a lot of negative press played out, the doom loop, that narrative is so 2023. in 2024 san francisco has come back is underway and this is

proof of it, and i want to express my gratitude to mayor breed for the leadership you are bringing and especially here. mayor breed went out and was the best sales woman for san francisco to get this happening in mid-market. it means the world to my district, it means the world to me, so thank you mayor breed for your leadership on leading the come-back and thank you ikea for everything. really looking forward being a regular here. you will see a lot of me. bye. [applause] >> thank you supervisor dorsey. and now, it is time to invite it the managing director of salu hall and partner in operating this unique food destination. ellyse, welcome. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you all speakers and thank you so much for being here, a part of the opening it

here at salu hall. my name is ellyse, the managing director at salu hall leading the operation for curb. welcome to our hub for celebrating food cultures and connecting with each other. there are so many layers here which i believe the mayor literally read my speech. there is a lot that is the same. we have so many aspirations to the space. what does place making mean for salu hall sphis in we are proud to hire from the community. we play a active role in mid-market surrounding districts. we share with you the richness and the aspirations of this community. giving everyone a feeling of ownership is literally being a part of our success. hiring and training for salu hall is a ongoing brauj r project so we are grateful for the work the community of san francisco offered for economic

and workforce development. thank you so much for taking that- [applause] it is really really important. our good will partners. we will always be on the look-out for people to join our team who are eager, passionate about learning and open to new experiences here. empathy is at the heart of hospitality. the people are thoughtful, attentive, and bringing energy to the hall. how else do we create a sense of place and belonging here? that is everyone's question i'm sure. salu hall is a commitment to culinary invasion and human connection. we are the center of joy and dining. we invite guests to indulge their senses and saver the pleasures for good company and good food and drink. salu hall is designed to have fabulous food experiences, most simply put, salu hall offers

something for everybody. we have 11 food concepts explore breakfast lunch and dinner from locate roasted coffee and fresh pastry to whole grain danish style open face sandwiches to mushroom, tacos, noodles with specialty tofu. sip craft beer and local spirits while you learn how to bake up in the cooking school. like we are saying, there is something for everyone at all the times. we are proud to be a partner of the curb family and operating partner with inca centers. curb has a outstanding track record in recording activating pubic spaces and surrounding the world with good food and drink. we are thrilled to open our door s and what we worked so hard for. on behalf of our chefs, our

bartenders, local restaurants, and front of house chain, welcome to salu hall. [applause] >> thank you ellyse. so, without further delay, this is now the moment we are all waiting for. mayor breed, cindy, ellyse, please get into your positions and let's open the doors to salu hall. [applause]

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friends and open up they're a goods and invite people to stay and oftentimes see the context we're very, very fortunate and everyone is super sweet and loveable to sum up i guess two words is a second home (background noise) and a lot of people visit. >> and connect this place even if it is really cool. >> san francisco is a city known for music and art and we at the pop store we to go show the k love and added to the diversity of music and the way of the community. >> it is safe place it is a great way to dmrofr new things and any friends and it is saying hello 2050 carville from

1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and followup on the >> good morning everyone! and welcome to china basin park. [applause] my name is jack bear and for the last 30 years i had the honor of working for the san francisco giants and for a great many of those years, i had the distinct pleasure working with many of you on all of this. we are still putting a few finishing touches on the park, some light, way

finding signs, picnic benches and will reinduce the messages engraved in tiles and part of the park. more later, but not today. we removed the construction fencing surrounding the park just a few weeks ago. on the morning of giant opening day and what seemed like just minutes the park was full of people, exploring this corner of the waterfront. by all accounts, they liked it. we have a great lawn overlooking the bay. we have something that the neighborhoods of north beach and south beach do not have, a beach. [laughter] there is a gathering grove, a storm water garden, food trucks, and willie mccuvy returned perched gracefully on the shoreline of the china basin

channel or some refer to it mccovey cove. joining us today is the daughter, allison. today is about expressing our appreciation and gratitude to all who made this possible. this park did not happen overnight. we started planning for this day more then 15 years ago. it has been a long journey since our very first workshop at the port. throughout, it has been a very collaborative process, with active participation from virtually all possible stakeholders. before continuing with the program, i wanted to acknowledge someone who's unfortunately is no long er with us. i are can't help but remember corrine woods and the extraordinary

force she was. i like to think corrine is beaming with pride from above. she is represented today by her husband peter schneider. thanks for being here peter. this is a long program but it will be snappy. next to say a few words is the executive director of the port of san francisco, elaine forbes. [applause] she is our landlord, a kind and thoughtful leader and good friend. elaine. [applause] >> thank you jack. i will keep it snappy. i'm really really delighted to be here today and representing the port commission vice president gale gilman and commissioner harrington are here as chief operating officer michael martin and representing the leadership

team. sl no prouder day we can welcome an exceptional place that brings people to the shoreline and unparalleled beauty of the san francisco bay. this is a day port mission comes to life after 15 years of work. congratulation. this park was built with private money. the park was built with very complicated land use deal. very state of the art infrastructure and it took 15 years to get here, and are there are many of here in the process that 15 years of work and we can't how beautiful it is. i want to recognize former port director, monique moyer, i believe she is here today for her visioning early on in the project. thank you so much monique, you are such a inspiration. [applause] i have to name port employees because they worked so hard. [calling out names]

people no longer with us-thousands of hours of work. we thank you so much. [applause] also, among us is city staff and city partners who had to be here at the table to make this thing work and did incredible work, including the city attorney office. fire chief. carla short. [indiscernible] remember. sarah phillips here from workforce economic development. these partners made this work happen and our private partners, we could not hope for better partners in the san francisco giants who are our home team, who care about san francisco and are totally dedicated to this place, and to tischman-[indiscernible] what a successful collaboration. finally to the community. i remember when corrine woods demanded this park be built in phase 1

and i was someone who said, never, not that financially makes no sense, please fight with her on that and she was right and the right decision to deliver it the park. thank you corrine and thank you to the community. it is my pleasure to introduce our next speaker who emphasized the importance keeping this work going during covid. imagine this was built post-pandemic, the first project to rise from the ashes that. she kept this work going, demanded our city departments work together. she marshaled resources for this. she is insuring our waterfront is safe, clean and viberant to welcome all san francisco residents and visitors. brave and visionary mayor, mayor london breed. [applause] >> i just realized there was a step behind me. first of all, it is so great to be at the new china basin park!

[applause] and let me just say, because we got to take this back not just 15 years, but over 25 years ago and maybe even further. how many of you remember when this was just railroad tracks? a golf shooting range and a espre outlet? in fact, kelly mission rock, the mission rock restaurant used to be the place we used to party when i first turned 21. so, that just shows you how far i go back with this area and to come here today and see what it has become over the years, because of visionary leadership of the past that looked at this area as a possible new neighborhood of san francisco. what people don't always talk about is, what san francisco has become as a result of mission bay and that

includes, housing, the university of california san francisco and its various institutions. it includes restaurants. it includes students. it includes residents, families, a new school being built. so much has changed. this is a new neighborhood of san francisco, but it is not in isolation. it is connected by different communities and the bay trails with the new bike lanes will connect the bayview hunters point community to this neighborhood that is in close proximity where not only people live, but so many people come to this area to work at chase center, oracle park and the concerts, the games, the hotels. this is a incredible example of the diversity of a neighborhood that continues to transform itself

and are now with a dozen parks already completed and more to come, it is rapidly becoming the hippest hottest coolest neighborhood in san francisco. [applause] so, i am excitesed to be here today. a park is always something that makes people happen and in fact, san francisco has some of the best parks and this park is a great addition, especially because right here where the cove is we hope somebody gets the ball past over to china basin park. who knows it may happen. we are hopeful and excited what this park means and what this means entirely for the city and i really want to thank the port and the port staff. i want to thank tischman spire, mission bay development and the san francisco giants. i remember on the board of supervisors when we first and matter fact

david chui was on the board at the time and we were looking what this could be as it relates to a neighborhood with visa, with open ai coming here as well, how this could be such a diverse neighborhood and today we are living in the future by welcoming in this new park and we are so excited and happy about what this means for san francisco newest hippest coolest neighborhood. thank you all so much for being here. [applause] >> thank you mayor breed. she's always so incredible without notes. next up, larry goldspan. he returns bcdc rfx , the san francisco bay conversation development commission and been there a wlaung time. we worked together on the ball park project before we worked on

this park, so larry, on behalf of bcdc. [applause] >> thank you jack. it is positively marvelous to be here this morning. it happens our family have been giant season ticket holders about 30 years and our seats are in view box 323 so we had a direct view of lot a since the ball park started. that view includes the bay, mucevy cove and mission rock. it also happens the state agency which i work, insures the development along the bay provide maximum feasible public access to the bay. some people may be surprised to learn the giants and our regulatory agency have been great partners as the giants creative constructive teams design, redesigned and implemented where we are today.

the gianted an expanded bay trail and it is gorgeousmentf resilient to rising sea level in the future and it will be. and to provide different types of spaces within the park to entice and satisfy different users. as such, our working relationship only strengthened over that time and since the ball park was initial ly proposed. during yesterday game i spent a lot of time in 323 watching people walk and bike on the bay trail, picnic on this lawn, take pictures at the statute and activate this park. the space invites people to come in and will establish china basin as a great place to hang out whether waiting for friends before the game, finding a place to get lunch or just looking at the bay or ball park. in sum, this is the activating space the public deserves around the entire bay. china basin park is a winner and on behalf of it public who love

this park and will continue to love this park, thank you so much giants for making this public space so welcoming. [applause] >> hello everyone. beside me is john doneally, design principal escape and my name is chris murphy. as the director of design and construction for the mission rock partners, it has been a true privilege being a part of this incredible journey. i joined the team early 2020 under steve minden and matt to oversee design with it team. partner with the port through the permitting process and execute on the construction. as a san franciscans it is a unique and extremely humbling experience to play a role developing a new

waterfront neighborhood for enjoyment of the people for the great city. china basin park the cornerstone across from a world class ball park sument as a monumental public gathering space. my congratulations to our general contractor, web corp builders which brought the park from the page and into existence. of course, they had a lot of help from a wonderful group of subcontractors. our two all star lbe include taharo who placed all the architectural site concrete. [applause] and [indiscernible] who performed the mass greeting and geo form block install. [applause] also, special thank you to jensen, who brought all the gorgeous landscaping to life. [applause] list a few others, ranger, lify, [indiscernible] about a half

dozen trades who completed the restroom behind me. i was want to give a huge shout out all to the men and women who labored to turn this park into realty. you should be forever proud of your accomplishment: [applause] i would like to highlight one unique invasion that speaks to the sustainable approach mission rock partners utilized across the entire development. the park is designed to be 10 percent lighter then the existing surface parking lot that it replaced. so, even though it has grown as much as 16 feet in elevation, when you are at the top of the great lawn behinds me you are on top of tw feet of soil, 13 feet of light way geo foam, 7 feet of concrete and 2 feet of foam glass aggregate made from recycled

bottles. [applause] this is a truly complex mument layered engineering approach which achieves load off set and creating resiliency against future sea level rise. we are forch tunate to have a truly all star design team. i like to thank min design, [calling design team] [applause] all of these great firms worked under the direction of the wonderful team who artistic vision is a driving force for the park we are dedicated today. >> hello. today represents the culmination of decades of visionary thinkish, gritd and hard work. on behamp of the team,

congratulations to everyone who played a role bringing this park to life. i also like to say thank you tiffman spire, san francisco giants, the port of san francisco and all who entrusted the design to scape. much of the early efforts focus on building consensus what the park needed to be and how to best serve the public giant fans, local residents and members of the new mission rock community. this unmatched site is so inspiring and offered up so many aspets. oracle park, mucevy code, san francisco sky line and bayviews. i lost my spot. [laughter] and the new mission rock neighborhood. we work carefully to sculp the land and connections to the urban experiences. at the time a performative park that manage storm water through the

mission rock neighborhood, enhance comfort protecting the site of realty of sun and wind and anticipates the future of rising seas and climate changes. the soul of the park is the unique terrain of san francisco magnifying a landscape. the sweeping lawn with cypress trees. plant specious that shade the gathering grove chosen for special relationship to the city. the beach pavements and materials echo the gradients of coastal edge present across san francisco shoreline. design is inspired by waterfront landscape of san francisco and urban spectacle of game day splash hits. today china basin park is a multifaceted park greater then the sum of the parts. it is a collection of the spaces, diverse habitats and experience. flexible enough to accommodate both game day crowds and quite moments of reflection.

the park serve community events and cr daily connections between neighbors and the bay. it is is a place that expresses the diversity of the city and welcoming all people to mission rock, mucovey cove and the bay. we have been so honored to lead the creation of this new public space that serve san franciscans into the next century. thank you so much. [applause] >> up next, maggie and larry. [applause] >> hello. maggie from tischman spire side of the mission rock partners team. it is really surreal to be up here now standing in front of these buildings in this amazing park. john and chris highlighted resiliency elements of the park and i wanted to talk more about something near and dear to my heart which is irrigation system here for this. when you are building a tremendous amount of new green space, you see all

the vegetation we have among us. it is hard to do when you are in a drought ridden climate and something mission rock did, which is different and sets apart from other projb ects within san francisco and beyond is built a black water treatment plant which is no small feat. that treatment plant will serve to irrigate the entirety of this park and other open spaces within mission rock with water we recycle on site. it is another element how coming together with a public private partnership working directly with the port, the other city agencies have allowed private development to do things differently. we are excited how that can set the tone and be a example for other future project that think about design sustainability and build the project of tomorrow and excited to see that come to fruition here. i touched on the importance of public private partnership nature and

the amount of people and faces standing out here who i have interactsed with over the process and many beyond the people here that have had a hand in this. i have been able to see late nights early mornings that all come to bring this park to be reality and incredible this perseverance paid off to get to this point today. lastly, excited this park serves as the front yard to this new neighborhood. we have residents living in the canyon who can come out bring their dogs to play in this park, bring their kids out to have picnics and really serve the transit point for them getting to and from home and the office. we also have visa coming here and you see their sign very prominent behind me who is coming to make this neighborhood their new home within the next month and then you have cat gemini who moved in their space this week and have a place to have lunch on the

lawn, they have the ability to enter their space, have beautiful views of the park while they are working and it just serves as a landmark here in the southern waterfront and we are excited what it does for this great neighborhood, so we are incredibly happy to be here. there is so many people to thank in the process and wouldn't have been done without all the contributions of people thin crowd and well beyaunds. with that, thank you all and i'll turn it over to larry to say a few words. [applause] >> thanks maggie. hello everyone. wow. i was actually as i was standing here listening to maggie, i was looking out and i was looking out--it was a major wow, because as i was looking out in the few minutes that maggie was speaking, there was a jogger jogging on

the bay trail, there was somebody walking a dog and somebody taking a picture with willie mccovey in the background and ball park. it today crystalizes what so many worked on in a incredibly collaborative way for a long long time, as jack said, 15 years. i will start by just asking, we call them the mission rockers. everybody's in the giant family that worked on mission rock, because as jack alluded them to stand up and take a collective giants bow, because amazing work, including a wonderful alumni fran well who i will call out. fran lead the projbect for years and years and years and years and now on the east coast and doing wonderful things there. so, the collaborative nature of what this project is and was was how

it was conceived, super important to what we have today. i distinctly remember and this has been referenced, but want to highlight the decision to basically do the park first. to open the park at the front end and elaine and the mayor and all our city partners were very much on board with that. tischman spire. because what this feels like on the ground to folks that are coming as maggie said, the folks working here, people living here. we have 60 plus percent of the canyon filled. the red building. the green building will be opening later this year. we have more buildings residential and office to come. we have retail opening. to be able to have this park as an emenity for everybody in the neighborhood as when we went to the election in 2015 is a crucial

part of being able to get off to a great start with mission rock project. i want to especially call out the mayor again for all of her leadership, and while this project has crossed several administrations in our 15 years of working on it, getting all of these buildings open and there is more ribbon cuttings to come later this year, rest with the city apparatus as it exists today and it has been nothing but incredibly supportive as tischman spire as has the port of san francisco and all the community stakeholders as well. we are really looking forward to very shortly to have in this park movie nights and fitness and music classes, and food trucks, and all of this activating. already-yesterday before the

day game it was great hearing larry looking at the park from 323, i also was kind of seeing how people were interacting with the park before the game. tons of people were over taking instagramable moments. take a picture with willie mccovey and would say willie would be so proud of this park on the cove and just kisses and hugs to allison, willie's daughter. one more round of applause for allison who is here. stand up allison. we know her father no matter what ailment he was battling in the later years was so proud to be sitting in his perch in the broadcast level in the box looking out over mccovey cove and he would see the statute here fronting

the beautiful park. thank you all so much. i wanted to call up a couple community partners who have been wonderful throughout this project, and we got just a couple more speakers. hang on everyone. the folks we will introduce now are, ed hatter who was the chair of the southern advisory committee. edward. are you here? yep. come on up. and alice rogers who is a south beach rinconmission bay neighborhood association. they are the folks here and make this all happen, current residents. [applause] >> good morning. i'm edward hatter, chair of southern advisory committee for the port, and i promised i was going to be brief, but i got a history that just will not stop. [laughter]

i look out here and i see the new home of the giants but i was a kid of the old home of the giants candle stick park. i look at this park and look at the people and say giants good job, city great job. this very rarely that we are able to all come together and come out with a finished product such as this park. alright? i can't wait to get my kids from the neighborhood house down here playing in the fields and everything else and long the bay shore, but this is only the beginning. i want to make that very clear. the giants have an outstanding development team. the city has outstanding department heads. we can come together and start with china basin and at least finish at indian basin. with great parks, great

housing, great buildings, great infrastructure. [applause] and with this work, maybe we can even take it back to candle stick. thank you. i would like to introduce alice rogers. thank you. [applause] >> good morning. mr. hatter is a difficult act to follow. speeches are long, time is short, and what i really in essence want to say is thank you mission rock team for creating this incredible addition to the public waterfront. it has been said earlier, but can't be said often enough, in a properly ordered universe it would be corrine woods standing here in my place ushering the best of class commons. it was corrine's steady advocacy and as importantly, the respect she garnered

from the port and from the giants that got us this park now today in phase one of mission rock development as elaine said, normally public spaces bring up the rear when the cash-flow can support them, but great effort was made to have this now. it was corrine that put the heart and soul at the forefront of the neighborhood and generations who will inojoy this place will carry that forward. corrine set the keystone, but it was mission rock development team that really leaned into neighborhood engagement. throughout the entire 15 years plus of the development of this project, they included solicited the neighborhood input.

they created interesting fun charrettes and for all of us to come and brainstorm and think what would make this place unique. appropriate to the site and an addition to the neighborhood that everybody would anticipate. hundreds of neighbors joined over the years and it is really on their behalf that i'm here to say once again, thank you so much mission rock development for creating this incredible haven. in addition to all of those neighbors who worked so hard over 15 years, we have great new neighbors now, and i like to introduce the bomed family who are new residents in the canyon to what about what it feels like to live here. [applause]

>> hello everyone. good morning and good afternoon. we are canyon residents. we just moved here. we always wish to live in mission bay, mission rock neighborhood. we are lucky to get this project done. i want to thank everyone who contributed to get this done after hearing the challenges and the hard work. thank you. i cannot say enough about this, because we live like on the 11th floor and we are facing the giants. the view of the park, the beach. thank you for everyone who makes this landscape for us. i'm the father of three kids. we can enjoy it, play, riding

their bikes. we are very lucky to be here. thank you everyone. [applause] >> before i introducing the last speaker, i want to acknowledge stella willie's widow who arrived. thank you for coming stella. [applause] now, my colleague and the person who's will oversee the operation of this park-- [applause] >> for the record, i'll managing the fun. there are others doing the real important work. thank you jack and thanks everyone here who has come together and celebrate all the faces that planted the seeds to make this public space possible.

if you build it they will come and this is true for china basin park. it has open two weeks and we have seen dogs, dog parents, bikers, kids playing in the sand, we have seen our first bride and groom take photos in the park so people are making memories here and they will be the stakeholders we have to answer to when operating and managing this amazing public space. we'll build on this and bring great events and concerts and key amenities for this great urban space. may 11 we will have our first community event free to the public and open to families so nice to start a great season of programming. this concludes the speaking program so thank you everyone. that was a lot of important really great speakers. next we invite the mayor, director forbes, larry and maggie over to do our ceremony planting of the park,

then fallowed by a ribbon cutting on the bay trail and join us for photography on the steps and complementary free ice cream in the central plaza because what is a park if not having a good cone on somewhat warm day. thank you everyone and join us over here. [applause] >> alright,b here we go! 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! [cheers and applause]

>> good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting for today, tuesday april 30, 2024. madam clerk, would you please call the roll? >> thank you mr. president. supervisor chan, present. supervisor dorsey, present.