project. that is something the committee has been looking forward to, as well as the haight and market street project, second street, again, something that the community had been looking to see implemented for a number of years. this is not about picking one product over another. however, i do think there is a contract, if you will, between public agencies and the public. when the public is promised something, such as pedestrian safety, walk ability improvements, that those improvements are made. i want to emphasize it is important. we realize we are where we are. this transfer has to be made, but it is important that the city deliver for the residents along the second street corridor and the ring conde, south beach, mission bay, down

town neighborhoods. commisioner wiener: thank you. are there any other additional public comment jurors? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, is there any final discussion around item 2? seeing none -- supervisor kim. commissioner kim: i appreciate the efforts of everyone has made to come together on the second street corridor. still unsure how this happened, the communication breakdown. i have long been concerned about pedestrian safety management, especially under multiple developments -- departments. i hope we can work better to make these products move forward. i appreciate the earnestness of many individuals committed to this project on the work they have done. i understand the delays.

we cannot expect everything, the community to love all our work, but our office is happy to engage on those issues. we will probably doing more regular check-ins on a variety of these projects. i did have an opportunity -- it is hard to be angry on and a such as today. we had an important victory over the decision over proposition 8. i just want to congratulate our city and community over that. i am looking forward to the reprogramming of these funds. cesar chavez and the markets/ haight street transfer is important, and happy to move this forward. commisioner wiener: see no other names on the roster, please call role. -- roll. >> [roll call]

the item passes. commisioner wiener: my apologies. i did not ask for a second. could we move without objection, rescind that boat? without objection. -- vote? commissioner kim has made a motion. , 2nd by david chiu. please call the roll. -- second by david chiu. >> [roll call] commisioner wiener: the item

passes. -- >> the item passes. commisioner wiener: introduction of new items. are there any items? is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. item four, general public comment. anything within the jurisdiction of the transportation authority. is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. are there any other items on the agenda? we are concerneadjourned.

>> you probably think you know all about the exploratorium. but have you ever been after dark? did you know there was a monthly party called after dark? science mixes with culture and adults mix with other adults. no kids allowed. every week there is a different theme. to tell us about the themes is melissa alexander. tell us about some of the previous themes we have had. >> we have had sex ploration, sugar, red, blue. many things. >> what is the theme tonight? >> rock, paper, scissors. we are having a tournament tonight, but we have also used as a jumping off point to explore lots of different ideas.

you can find out about rock, paper, scissors as a game as a reproductive strategy. you can interact with a piece of art created by lucky dragon. you can get your hair cut from a cool place called the public barber's salon. they use scissors only. you can find out about local geology, too. >> that sounds like fun. let's check it out. >> this is the most common rock on the surface of the earth. interesting thing is, most of this rock is covered over by the ocean. >> error congested a cool presentation on plate tectonics. tell us about what we just saw. >> we wrapped up a section of a lesson on a plate tectonics, here at the exploratory and --

exploritorium. >> are you excited to see people here having fun and learning about science? >> the people that come here are some selected to begin with, they actually enjoy science. i teach teachers to have fun with their kids. the general public is a great audience, too. they're interested in science. >> we have a blast every time. they have different names. >> they have a bar and a cafe. everything i need. we are excited for the speaker. >> it is nice to be in the exploratorium when there are not a lot of kids around. >> before tonight, i never knew there were major league rules to rock, paper, scissors. i am getting ready to enter into a competition. sarah's here to give me some tips. what do i need to do to win it?

>> this is a game of chance, to a degree. one of the best ways to bring it home is a degree of intimidation, maybe some eye contact, maybe some muscle. it is a no contact sport. sheer i contact is a good way to maybe intimidate to see if you can set them off, see if they throw something they did not mean to. >> i am going to see what happens. >> i got kicked out in the first round. [applause] >> given up for sunni. the rock, paper, scissors champion. >> what are you going to do now? >> i have been having so much fun. i got my tattoo. before we go, i want to thank melissa alexander for having us here tonight.

how did you know san francisco needed a night like tonight? >> thank you for coming. everybody loves the exploratorium. we are reluctant to push the kids out of the way in the day, so i knew we needed to create one evening a month just for the rest of us to have a good time, the adults. >> absolutely. where can we find out what is coming up after dark? >> that is easy, exploratorium .edu/afterdark. >> thank you. thanks for watching >> good morning.

and everyone here me? thank you very much for coming up today. this is such a big day for the city and the port of san francisco. it is a milestone day for a lot of reasons, which you'll get to hear about ad nauseum. i want to welcome you to the back of pier 27. as a result of the america's cup and the new cruise ship terminal, we expect to see thousands of people back here for everything from a recreation two weddings and other great activities. we are very proud. we are again leading the forefront of projects in a highly urbanized city, across the street from a business center, yet still doing the quintessential project. we could not have done so without a host of partners, many

of whom are behind me today, many of whom are going to speak. i will introduce them shortly. as i looked into the crowd, i think every other person has played a role in this day in some fashion. i want you to know from the bottom of my heart and all of us at the port and future generations, thank you very, very much. you can clap. [applause] you can dance. it is my honor to introduce our first speaker. this is a man who was raised in the waterfront city of seattle, went to college in the waterfront state of maine, and came here to the great bay of san francisco. they are heckling me already, and i am introducing the most important man in our city. how can that be? he got his degree across the bay at berkeley. he came here and has had an illustrious career in san

francisco, all of which has prepared him for this day, when we are going to be celebrating the world's largest, most elite sailing race, and the most beautiful cruise terminal in the world. i want to introduce you to our very own mayor, ed lee. >> wonderful. first, i want to welcome everyone here to per se -- to pier 27 and 29. as a former director of public works, i get excited when we start work. this is, to read, and exciting part of the kickoff. you see contractors and public works beginning to see real stuff getting done. we are not talking about the

promises that have been made. we are implementing them. i have always said i like to get stuff done. this is where it really gets done. the excitement has to always appreciate how we got here. last year, throughout the years, as interim mayor, i was focused on getting things started so much with america's cup that i really did not think about the day we would actually part -- start turning the spade. it is refreshing to do that. there are great people working on the event authority. the organizing committee are there. i see ms. mcclellan out here as well. their efforts to redraw the vision for what we are going to do -- that will bring in over a billion dollars of economic impact. but starch right now, this

product itself. 600 workers. it is a $92 million project to demolish and rebuild on the james herman international cruise ship terminal. it is something we look forward to. it does not look like a terminal yet. i think the excitement about that vision is going to become more a reality. they have 20% local higher goals on here. there is a high percentage of local businesses evolving, along with a great company and work ethic. they are going to get this project done on time. we look forward to opening a cruise ship terminal, as well as the northeast plaza, two legacies that were promised to everybody in the city, including

telegraph hill dwellers. they are here, along with many others who participated in a very transparent, very involved, very long eir process, one guy did with a lot of thought but our planning department, working with the port. i want to thank the port commission, and the help of the whole port commission, who involve themselves. public works is here with their engineers and staff, working alongside turner to make sure this construction project is done. i also want to thank david chiu for guiding the eir and appeal process through the board of supervisors. the whole process was miraculously done with the planning commission.

it is 10 times better than when we first started, because of that impact. as a planner, i was an impatient person, because i always asked my staff, "why does it take so long to plan?" i want to get this on the ground. mohammed is all any of it -- is one of the people who really had to hear me out. this is an international class iran we are hosting. it is also important legacies we are establishing with the cruise ship terminal and the open plaza, about 2.5 acres more of public space that will be openly accessible as another part of this important legacy. we have a lot to look forward to on this project. i am excited about it. i also want to thank everybody who has been involved so far.

they actually were sharing with us the vision that our peers would also be reestablished, and would not be abandoned for many years. for years, the longshoremen workers said, "how are we going to revitalize?" we are using this fantastic opportunity that the america's cup is providing us, thinking them and all their opportunities, and saying, let us revitalize our port. let us give the foundation it deserves. let us honor james harmon and what he did with the union leadership for many decades. but as honor the current people by doing this with them. i want to thank them. i also want to thank the existing tenants, helping with our economy.

i want to thank our intelligent and transport. we have personal opportunities to work together with the port staff, to help relocate them in a comfortable way. they have been invaluable business partners with the city, exciting assets to our travel and tourism. they are going to be part of the port on an ongoing, long-term basis, increasing our tourism. when cruise ships come over here on international status, they will start making this a really active port again. you'll see a lot of happy faces. there will be neighborhoods that will benefit -- the war, chinatown, north beach, south market, and even hunters park. they will benefit from a very

good maritime experience. you'll see the greenest cruise ship port ever designed. we're putting a lot of effort into great design in this cruise ship terminal. it starts this year with louis vuitton. the world series is this year. i am getting ahead. i like the words "louis vuitton." my wife keeps repeating it to me. she wants this and that. the world series starts this year. the excitement of this race is worth repeating for everybody. there is going to be so much benefit out of it. the economic impact is one. just to host this contested race -- it continues remarkably. i am not going to squander it.

we are going to use it in every single way. it is the greatness of san francisco as a city, the bay area, the state, and the country. it is an international sporting event. hopefully, i have explained everything i am supposed to, except to unveil the thrill i think the whole team has been sharing the opportunity to work together, to collaborate in every way possible. i will make sure we continue the collaboration with the board and financial institutes. thank you for everyone showing up. [applause] >> thank you for all of your energy and support in jumping right into this. and thank you for recognizing the men and the women to work this waterfront, and have for

almost 150 years. it is an honor to be here with you today and to know that not only will we start, but we will finish. next, and get to introduce another waterfront dive. he does not know who he is, but i will tell him. not as great as ours, but working hard as it. he got his b.a., m.b.a., and j.d.. then he found something called the grassroots enterprise. that is bidding for our project to date. this project has been decades in the making. decades to having the america's cup back in the united states and a new cruise ship terminal at the port of san francisco. it has gotten done because young people, old people, middle people -- individuals have come together. it is that leadership that got

him elected to be the district 3 supervisor and now the president of the board of supervisors. without his support, we would not be here as happy as we are today, and would not be able to deliver such a great project. please join me in welcoming the president of the board of supervisors, david chiu. supervisor chiu: good morning. i want to congratulate all of us for coming together the way a great crew does on a ship. we each play a pivotal role, starting with our mayor and the direction that you set with your city departments. many folks have been saying they want to add their thanks to everybody in the planning department and report, who helped to work with us of the board of supervisors. i am very proud of my colleagues at the board. we move forward with the rest of the city, all the approvals we

needed to make. we still have some work to do. i look forward to that getting done very quickly. i want to thank the men and women behind the. when i first came into office, a privately thought to myself, "what is the future of labor among the waterfront?" we have some answers. i am going to look forward to the work of those of you who have been part of making san francisco a very important port town we have been for over a century. but for the america's cup was just a blip on the horizon, we had many visions about what we wanted to do here. we wanted to turn this peer -- pier into a destination for the world, to bring in tourists to see the city every day, for what will be the most amazing cruise

ship in the world. i want to thank all of you for being part of that vision. my colleagues and i supported this project not just because of the events in 2013, but because we are looking to create a legacy. we want to build a 21st century waterfront. we want to make sure we are leaving a place in san francisco that is better than we left it. that is what this ground breaking is about. thank you for being part of it. >> it has been a wonderful experience for all of us to work with you. we look forward to being back here for many celebrations in your district. our next speaker is a seasoned executive with 35 years of financial-services experience, which makes her perfect to be here helping out with these immense projects. she has been involved in everything from small business

to retail to corporate finance. she was a correspondent for time magazine. she speaks mandarin and chinese. most recently, she is the president of the port commission. please welcome her. >> thank you. i am very pleased to be here. my association with the port is relatively short. it started in 2010. i have learned a great deal. it is an amazing experience. this board is such a vital asset for the city and community of san francisco. i am pleased and proud to be part of the exciting developments going forward. one thing i learned in my briefing is that while we are not a traditional part, we do not move things. we move people. the move more people than any other port. this today is really exciting. this is another milestone in our movement of people, with the

establishment of this cruise terminal in san francisco. i also want to acknowledge my other commissioner, leslie. we work for a revolt of the commission. i want to say we have a female executive director. we only have one male commissioner. give us a lot of credit. this is exciting for all of us, and the commission is very excited to work on this. while i was not hear from the efforts that started in 1998, this is the fourth attempt to build a cruise terminal. this time, it is going to succeed, which is very exciting. i want to give credit to the port staff, who have never given up. you have heard from the mayor and president chiu about what

the cruise terminal will do and the benefits to the city, the waterfront, our labor, our jobs, and everything it will do, as well as the wonderful space at the northeast plaza. we will formally acknowledge all the people involved in making today possible. first of all, mayor lee, president chiu, and my fellow commissioners on the port, for their ongoing support, as well as the planning department, rec and park, and those who have been involved in the planning process. i also want to but knowledge the senior staff that advocated the development of this project. having learned the history, it has been amazing to hear after some of the decade we are finally here. there also was a cruise terminal

advisory panel led by frankie lee that recommended a terminal at pier 27. is frankie here? we also want to acknowledge our close cooperation with the bay development commission for this needed improvement. the cruise terminal designing steering committee, of port waterfront committee, review board, and advisory board, the department of public works, the joint design team, the kmd architects, and the wide number of sub consultants, including jeff colorado breath.

-- including jeff. finally, the port cruise terminal project team. and finally the metro services and international longshore and warehouse union workers, who keep this terminal working smoothly, welcoming you and all visitors to the city. i am sure there are a few more that monique will acknowledge. i want to thank all of our partners who of made this possible. thank you. >> that was a long list. it has taken a whole community to get this done. i want to ask all of you, be it poured staff, community advisory groups, architectural, engineering, construction teams, and all of you who work this great pier