to help with all the projects that peter listed -- it was invaluable. he put so much time and energy into that. it is so wonderful that he is a boater, that he knows how to spell water, and i am going to miss him so much. [applause] >> good afternoon, commissioners. - 7. i want to thank rodney fong. he is our past president. i really have to say, with rodney, he's a friend to a lot the past people. he is also a friend of fisherman's wharf, a friend of the port of san francisco, and he is a friend to the entire city of san francisco. the work he has done has

demonstrated that. the work is going to do demonstrates that, too. thank you. [applause] >> susan reynolds, director of real estate. rodney, on behalf of the real- estate department and me personally, thank you very much for all your support these last four years. one thing i always appreciated about your approach to things -- you always look at both sides and give a thoughtful decision. i'm going to miss you. i'm going to miss your friendship. i'm going to miss your face, but i know you will not be far away. i'm sure you will continue to lend your leadership to all of the groups that to work with in the community. the planning commission will be lucky to have you. thank you very much. mrs. fong, i know you know this,

but you raised a great son. [applause] [applause] >> commissioners and commissioner fong, i'm pleased to say i have known rodney before he was a commissioner, when he was nearly eight outstanding business person and a fun person to be around. when he was appointed to port commission, i and others had the pleasure of seeing his personal talents take on the role of commissioner and do so in a manner that always left the sprout. -- left us proud. the port is leaving a truly claworld class waterfront.

thank you, commissioner fong. good luck in your endeavors at the planning commission. we will see you at fisherman's wharf. [applause] >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm also with the planning and development group. it is sort of hard to follow dan. it is really so wonderful to see somebody who really was the mayor of the fisherman's wharf in many ways and then brought that to the commission. i really appreciate your thoughtfulness and your care and accessibility to everybody. that may be something you regret at the planning commission, but i think it will really serve you well. the city is very, very blessed to be able to have you on that commission. thank you very much. [applause]

commissioner brandon: is there any other public comment? >> well, thank you very much, staff, and commissioners. f.x., wellcome. you are going to enjoy this. if you thought i was insane to walk away, i think i might be. even coming in and looking at these beautiful pictures -- i'm walking away from what i describe as of the port really blossoming. three years ago, and where it is going to be in a few years, and by 2013 -- is going to be a different place. maybe i'm a little bit crazy, but i think i'm going to be able to enjoy that and watch you guys grow this place even larger than it is now.

very quickly, and not to get too personal, relationships, when you are involved in something like this, whether it is fellow commissioners or staff, they start off as acquaintances. they become friends. then you professionally get to know each other. at this juncture, in year five, i really felt like i was getting into another plateau with everyone in the room here. i appreciate that. i'm not going to walk away from that easily. the planning commission will be very interesting. it will be very different. very technical. this is technical, but that is really technical. the first meeting was from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. that is once a week. this next one starts at 10:00 a.m. as well. it could go late. it's very different. i think i go into the seat with experience here at the port the

other commissioners do not have the advantage of. i really appreciate the learning curve and the time i spent here. i cannot think of a better place to work. it's been personal time. thank you very much to you all. congratulations to you again for the achievements and more to come. thank you. i appreciate it. [applause] commissioner brandon: we are trying to not take it personally that you are moving on to other pastors and do not even think about calling us at 10:00 p.m. and tell us what a long day you've had. it's been a pleasure to get to know you, to work with you, to observe your model leadership. all the skills and integrity that have been remarked upon before. i look forward to a long and

continued association with you and your family. we will miss you. [applause] commissioner brandon: rodney, is awkward to see you on that side. there's not a lot left to be said. it has been a pleasure working with you. i truly enjoy your integrity, your honesty, your open disk, and your balance. you are a pleasure to work with. you will truly be missed. i' know we will work on projects together. we're not losing you. we are gaining a resource on the planning commission. thank you. i look forward to seeing you soon. [applause] [applause] commissioner crowley: rodney, i did not get a chance to work with you here. i did get a chance to work with you at the convention and

visitors bureau. we commend you. we commend you on your future work. i look forward to supporting your run for what ever office you seek in the future. it is bright. thank you for allowing me to spend my time with you. now i look forward to working with you at planning. thank you very much, rodney. [applause] commissioner brandon: i would also like to say that it was a pleasure working with commissioner shakofsky. i am sorry she could not be here today to join this celebration. commissioner lazarus: i would like to second that motion, as commissioner shakofsky goes, and i hope she does get an opportunity to come back so we can salute her for her very

dedicated work over the last four years. commissioner crowley: thank you. commissioner lazarus: thank you. >> i have a couple mundane matters. we have another combination. there he is. he is in the back. along these lines, we have a special commendation to the fleet week committee and other participants. fleet week in october -- i've been involved in just about every fleet week. this year's was something off the charts, special, and important. we had a number of members of the fleet week -- they're here today. we want to commend them. fleet week had 8 ships this year.

we have thousands of sailors and marines. i hope none of you have to buy a beer. i hope they were free pre we had 10 performances of the marine corps band. we have disaster preparedness programs. we had a high-level meeting that the general put together. i'm looking to be able to meet very interesting people. the general is that the top of the list. he was the chair of the fleet week effort this year. he took it over and brought it to new heights. he is a hero. not only did he served two combat tours in vietnam, he commanded the first marine division during desert shield and desert storm. his division, led by him, and defeated seven iraqi army

divisions, sees a 280 international airport, and liberated kuwait city. after that, he went to work for bechtel, where he managed a $22 billion project for high-speed rail in korea. he's a man of many accomplishments. he's a man of many accomplishments. he really organized a fleet week that was unbelievable. i think we have two specific presentations. we have one we want to present to the fleet week committee. we also have a special presentation. i'm not sure if anyone here from the st. francis yacht club. if not, i will take over later on. we have one for them. general myatt, are you able to

come up here and receive this from the port? [applause] commissioner brandon: "with gratitude and friendsship, 2010 fleet week committee, congratulations." [applause] [applause]

[applause] >> can i say a few things? >> absolutely, general. >> it is amazing, this wonderful committee of volunteers. i'm serious about that. i have some of them here. michael allen, are cfo, who kept their records. we did great on financing. ed worked on two things. here's one of them. i'm going to show you. stand up. she designed our logo, which we think is an improvement. john did not know anything about the parade of ships, but he became our expert. liam, we really wanted to combine the italian heritage week with fleet week, instead of competing. that was very successful.

capt. hooper really helped us a lot on the whole business of dealing with the ships coming in. pete was in charge of raising money. jeff was in charge of the humanitarian assistance portion of our fleet week. randall is in the back. he was our utility guy. he was just everywhere we needed somebody. please give them a round of applause. i think they're terrific. [applause] i left somebody out. david perry is back there. he really helped us with getting the word out. david, thank you. i was so glad to see monique come in. we have something for her. ed, can you bring the small one up here first.

it is not all that small. this is the official total for fleet week 2010. this was taken at baker beach. it was taken by an academy of arts students. she did a great job on this. it has marines, coastguardsman, and sailors in the photo. and the background is the golden gate bridge. as you can see, it was a foggy day. we could see if we could get money to put this in her office so everyone could see that she was part of making fleet week a success. [applause] thank you. thank you. i have one more.

ed, if we could bring this smaller one up. this photo was taken by a marine. this is entering san francisco bay under the golden gate bridge, led by a fire boat. this is a green ship, a hybrid ship. we're really proud to have beit. it's named after emerging operation in world war ii. it was the island named make an island. the marine graders -- if you want to know a connection -- the first offensive coach for the new professional football team in oakland did not like

the first name. he suggested they named them the oakland raiders. if you look at the logo, it is somewhat similar to the logo that the oakland raiders have. if you will find some place to leave this, we would be really happy. after each fleet week, we will do a nude photo. [laughter] -- new photo. [laughter] my mission today is to alert you for next fleet week. it will continue with a very important mission of humanitarian assistance and disaster response. i think everyone benefits from that here in san francisco. we all know it is not a matter of if, but when. i present this to the commissioners. commissioner brandon: thank you.

[applause] commissioner lazarus: thank you. commissioner brandon: thank you so much. commissioner lazarus: thank you, general. what size was the one we gave him? commissioner crowley: extra- large. [laughter] commissioner lazarus: it's good to have you year, commissioner. next on the agenda is a commendation for commissioner shakofsky. you did that already? you took that out of order? where are we? [laughter] >> clean up of fisherman's wharf. commissioner lazarus: you took all the good stuff. how would i turn it back to you, commissioner? pier 70. the announcement on pier 70.

as you know, the responses to the pier 70 request for qualifications were due yesterday. last week, we started getting a lot of phone calls from prospective candidates who asked if we would consider extending the date. when the number of requests started to grow, we decided to extend the date. the new date is now january 10. that will be in time for our january 11 commission meeting. i should be able to at least tell you how many responses we got. i do want to note that things have changed since then. as you know, we have the acquisition by salesforce.com of a considerable amount of space adjacent to our site, and some other improvements. we think the added time will only lead to better responses.

frankly, we're very excited based on the number of phone calls we got last week. we should get a good number next month. i hope you will indulge us in allowing the date to be extended. commissioner brandon: great. commissioner lazarus: ok, good. an update on the exxonmobil corrective action plan. as you may recall, we've been working -- carol has been working diligently with exxonmobil to address petroleum contamination in a section along the shoreline in the fisherman's wharf area near 440 jefferson street. as a spot where there used to be an oil terminal. a number of things have already taken place. the next step is a corrective action to mitigate the contamination. the corrective action has been presented to the public. it has been approved by various regulators. finally, it was given the green light in october -- excuse me,

in november. that effort will begin, we hope, right after the holidays. we expect to have some mobilization of the team during the next two weeks. hopefully they will get to work right after the holidays. barring significant weather delays, the work should take place in six weeks to eight weeks. we're looking forward to having this resolved to our satisfaction. again, the area that is being estivate it is approximately eight hundred cubic yards of soil along the besshoreline. i do not see carol anywhere. my congratulations to her for pushing this forward. hopefully we'll have a good report for you in eight weeks or so. next is the schedule of port commission meetings for 2011. it is our standard schedule, which is similar meetings in january, june, july, and

august, and multiple meetings in february, march, april, may, september, and october. that is the same calendar as always. we do not fall on any holidays this year. i presume peter has updated you on the america's cup. a busy day. commissioner brandon: it was a unanimous decision? commissioner lazarus: it was a unanimous decision at the budget and finance committee yesterday. it was a 2-0 vote. today, it was an 11-0 vote in support of the america's cup. we are looking forward to having the mayor, and the head of the fund-raising committee signed the bid this evening and present it to the america's cup authority three days ahead of the deadline. we are very excited about that.

these are fantastic bids for all parties. our staff -- all the wonderful things that can happen locally for the port, but also for the race. the ability to have a race this close to the shoreline -- as you know, the bay area is 7.2 million people. it gives them a brand new market. as you can picture -- the types of crowds that came out for fleet week and see a mass of humanity standing atop the golden gate bridge to watch the oldest sailing sport in the world, it will be phenomenal. we're hopeful we will be awarded the bid. our bid is extremely good in my unqualified opinion. we look forward to the next

steps. we will keep you posted. commissioner brandon: thank you. >> thank you. commissioner brandon: any public comment? >> i did not really get to address the fleet week situation. my name is catherine hooper. i was one of the members of the fleet week committee. as someone who came into the board a little bit late in the game, and having been involved in fleet week for many years taking care of all the exciting stuff -- this year's fleet week was unlike anything i've ever seen in my life. this started out because we had a really good leader. a good leader is somebody, in my observation, that you never see their hands or feet move. they just make things happen. general myatt stood up there and

merged all these personalities, some with no knowledge about maritime and some with a lot come into what was a remarkable event. we have some goals for fleet week. one of them was to get out of debt. another very important goal was to put fleet back into fleet week. what has really been drawing people down is the blue angels, which is a very important part of fleet week. he also brought the marines into fleet week, which is something that has not really played a major part. imports and the, this board of directors, -- importantly, this board of directors, with the complete support, introduced something that we've never seen. it really involved in the entire community. it was not just ships for a few days and then good bye.

we had events all over the city. it is something that has never been done before. it will be expanded even more in the future. this could not have happened without the support of directors. they were all volunteers. these men and women gave countless hours. they met every single monday. we met every single monday and addressed small issues and large issues. there was tremendous cooperation from so many facets of the city and county and our citizens. i hope that all of you remember not just those tremendous crowds on the waterfront and the extraordinary publicity that we got, but what this meant to us as a city and they port -- and a port financially. as he said, if you think this year was successful, wait until you next year. we plan to make next year's fleet week even more remarkable

than it was this year. we could not have done it without you, monique. you gave us so much support. it takes teamwork. that is such a hackneyed phrase, but we had it this year. it will be even better next year. to my fellow board members, thank you. to the larger maritime community, thank you. it will be even better next year. thank you. commissioner brandon: thank you. [applause] >> i also wanted to thank general myatt and the fleet week committee. we felt that we were real partners with fisherman's wharf. we saw the results on fisherman's wharf. we look forward to working with you next year. we just want to thank you for your leadership and the leadership of the committee. thank you. [applause] commissioner brandon: is there

any other public comment? go ahead. >> thank you, monique, brad, and the entire team that worked on this america's cup bid. they made it so much better. they made it something that we can really look forward to at the port for the next few years. it gives us some tremendous opportunities. thank you. thank you. thank you. i hope they take it. [applause] commissioner brandon: is there any other public comment? thank you, general myatt and the fleet week committee. you guys did a phenomenal job. everybody had nothing but great things to say about fleet week. i know that 2011 will be outstanding. thank you so much for your

volunteering to take on this effort and making it so special. thank you. thank you. [applause] >> i have not had a chance to welcome our new commissioner. you can laugh. we've known each other before. i'm looking forward to working with commissioner crowley. anything we can do to help you get oriented to this wonderful organization, i promise you are going to love it. commissioner crowley: thank you. with that, the staff has been wonderful. the staff has generally come up with good will. thank you. i look forward to working with you both. i am also going to miss rodney. that said, i look forward to rolling up my sleeves and working diligently for the port