tv [untitled] May 31, 2013 8:30am-9:01am PDT
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>> we very pleased that mayor lee is here today and building is strong foundation for the future of the airport and now my pleasure to introduce mayor lee. thank you john and thank you to you and the airport commission and all the staff here at the airport for loopholes working hard to make sure this engine of
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opportunity is for everybody. i'm joined by representative from congresswoman thank you for being here and, of course, richard our commissioners is here as well and than mr. mac who is part of the labor council. i think we'll have quilts from the board of supervisors from both couldn't. you know something we despair a little bit over jobs. they get to continue bragging they have is an unemployment rate lower than ourselves but that's because the airport is booming. and everybody's is investing in this year. looking behind me it's always been about peculiar i know this
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airport is a huge generate of work a huge amount of folks come there here and it's a big asset. not too many months ago we opened up terminal two and i & i've often said it feels like a first class lobby. johnny ask when i do the red eyes a lot of your goat to have those jogging art stations open after 10 but that will mean more jobs. and i will say that this $4.1.10 year capital plan is yet again another strong strong demonstration of our airports
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thinking ahead. it's an airport that's on water so it continually has to update itself and deal with seawall rise sea level rise. it has to build new facilities. the airport runways have to be invested in and the buildings themselves whether we get a new control tower oreo do the old terminal it looks like all terminals feel the same way. john did a fabulous job in making sure our labor forces throughout the area feel directly involved.
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it's a humanely economical engine you'll say that billion dollars and the new buildings but the $14. billion will have a large number of the construction jobs and the engineering designing jobs as well as the concession vendors that reflect the diversity of our airport. i like coming to the airport when i'm traveling more and more those days and others for the america's cup and the data breakers and all the different summer events many, many thousands of people will come through the airport. it's modern and save and has the
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highest level of technology and safety for everyone. we keep that for most in our minds as we approach the modernization. i'm detailed to mountains this i had a 10 year infrastructure plan for the city and once we get those plans out then the conversation starts to get to the place where the airport is one of the biggest investments. our airport dpements with every visitor who comes here they feel welcome and you see that reflected in the signage.
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a 10 year capital plan means we have articulated for our immediate year we have the investments and the other cities around the bay area we're invest in this very great asset. same thing we do with our water system and our great art institutions. we plan ahead and involve everybody and get them to buy into our assets and the whole region. i want to thank the commission and the staff, of course, and their corpse partners as well. i want to thank you all the other city agencies that come together whether it's police and fire we see working here very
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much alive in the evolution of safety on the water or runways. everybody has to work together on these and i know once you review the details you'll see how investment friendly and the future of the airport come alive as the great innovation capita of the united states. thank you, very much john for your work (clapping) >> thank you, mayor lee. as the mayor i said we're going to take the t e levels in the airport to create that experience in terminal 1, 2, and 3 and making an international terminal had opened. when this opened in 2011 it
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became a stated for airports worldwide that has conveniences unique amenity like the yogurt room. it has $14.50 per passenger. we want to continue to make those improvements for the convenience of travelers. boarding area e we're here right now and this will opulence a year from now. and it will handle united airlines. we're going to improve the
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center checkpoint in terminal 3 and expand the front gate as well. shortly after the competition of this building we're going to do terminal b. terminal one will be valve improved and fanned and the t two experience will be carried throughout the whole airport. we look for the lobby area to be improved. we're very pleased as well to be moving forward on a four-star hotel 4 hundred rooms the air train system has been designed
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to stop right in front of the a bordering area the same area where the hilton used to be. and this project will be completed in three to four years. i want to thank the staff for putting this together so quickly. and it insures a high-level of performance and thank you to the staff who helps to us make this large investment. and thank you as well to our labor partners bill knapp we
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have an outstanding relationship to insure that labor is continued on the big projects. we have an excellent partner with our strong supporter and here chief of staff is here >> good morning. i'm brian i'm the district chief for our congresswoman. we offered mr. bart's the opportunity to reschedule this but our congress woman says thank you, mayor lee we have to recognize this is the congress
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woman's great pleasure to represent those areas. and thank you to the airport director john martin she considers him brilliant. she wanted phone calls to know this new decade will see the airport for having seen for travelers. there will be a nice hotel and it will make san francisco airport itself is great designation. it will create jobs and this has a massive ripple effect on the area. we know we think the airport is always under construction that's because the economy is changing. this will be your decade in the sun congratulations. (clapping)
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>> thank you brian, of course, the - i'm sorry the airport is owned by the city and county of 70 but we're a strong partnership. we're happy supervisor pine is here to say a few words. supervisor >> good morning. it is a pleasure to be here in the county to talk about the renovation of this incredible airport. on behalf of the county board of supervisors we couldn't be more satisfied with this airport. it's a key xhieconomical engine. as the airport expands tens of
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thousands of our citizens work here and we're thrilled to see the airport modernize. also i need to speak on behalf of the regional. i think we're all aware with the global competition the bay area has to compete with other airports. i don't see many airports like san francisco international. we're one of the few airports in the nation that are keeping pace with our competitors. i thank the city for your forsythe in making sure we can compete internationally. and finally one request we
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