>> all in favor? >> aye. >> please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. the chair may order the removal from the room of any persons responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager, or similar sound-producing electronic device. a member of the public has of to three minutes to make pertinent public comment on each agenda item unless the commission adopts a shorter time on any item. 7a, executive directors report. >> good morning, commissioner. thank you for the tremendous turnout. it is gratifying to see all of you here.

i have a very brief item for the executive director's report this morning, which is to just make sure that everyone has seen our calendar for 2012. we will be meeting, as we always do, one meeting per month for january, june, july, august, november, december, and two meetings per month in february, march, april, may, september and october. we propose one change which is we canceled our regularly scheduled meeting on january 10 and rescheduled a special meeting for january 20. i just wanted to make sure that we got our calendar on the record. all right? thank you very much. commissioners, thank you for having a special meeting today and for being here in this beautiful chamber room.

i know it is a little bit different set up than we're used to, but it is an honor to be here. thank you. >> thank you. 9a, a request adoption of the california environmental quality findings in connection with the authorization of construction contracts and the associated approval to implement the pier 27 james r. herman cruise terminal. >> i'm sorry. >> that is okay. >> i just skip over item eight. 8a request approval for its own one, getting rules, regulations, zones, charges for trade zone 3 and submission of the amended schedule to the foreign trade zone board for review. 8b, requests approval of the agreement by and between the agreement by and between the city and county of san franci