and i hope the spirit of engagement, civil grand jurors across the state, is respected in that light. as a supervisor, i was a big champion of you. as a marry was a little more cautious because -- [laughter] >> [speaker not understood]. but increasingly, i hope people understand that the roilof a civil grand jury is not gotcha. it's not about taking shots, it's not about exposing people or systems. just for the purpose of an expose. it's about an improvement it's about transparency, about accountability, and ultimately it's about trust. one thing i think we all can agree on is trust in government is not where it needs to be. so, in the spirit of trust, that spirit of openness, in this fish bowl we're living in, in the spirit of the age of

amateurs and citizenship, i'm grateful for your hard work and i'm grateful for your stewardship, a remarkable democracy. not only here in san francisco, throughout the state and of course you represent to the rest of the country. so, thank you all very much. (applause) >> thank you, lieutenant government. -- governor. appreciate your presence and your message. it is important we recognize everybody mixes us up with the criminal grand jury. now we know what the civil grand jury is. thank you. i do have a message of thanks from theedthv the president of the california grand jurors association. unfortunately because of health reasons i cannot attend the grand jury public service announcement narrated by the lieutenant governor gavin newsome. so i cannot be here personally to thank you, i use this

message to relay my appreciation and thanks as the president of the california grand jurors association to all those involved in the creation, production and ultimate distribution of the psa. i hope you liked it by the way, when you watched it. >> they did a great job. it was great. [laughter] >> first and foremost we thank the lieutenant governor, the star of the production, for lending his presence, prestige, and stature and or -- or ratory to the project. ken mali, script writer, director and producer brought this idea to reality. * we also acknowledge and thank the man behind the camera, richard. and who edited and filmed the psa. and finally my thanks to my tga partner and our vice president bolting house and to my colleague and predecessor keith north for their leadership in moving the psa to the fruition

and launch today and to all others that were involved. on behalf of the california grand jurors association, i cannot emphasize strongly enough how this effort and the resulting product advanced preservation and the promotion of the grand jury institution which our constitutional forefather's thought so important to democracy in california. from william e. trout man, california grand jurors association, president. (applause) >> well, finally, i want to thank all of you for being here for this event and for helping to shine light on what i've begun to call california's best kept secret. so, from the bottom of my heart and on behalf of the california grand jurors association, thank you for all your help. and please, on your way out, take advantage of some of the

literature, the san francisco gazette from your past jury is available. and other brochures and information about the california grand jurors association and the works we do. our support doesn't stop with just the preliminary training for grand juries, but provide resource he throughout the year on the website. the information is there in the packets. thanks again for being here. >> thank you, too. (applause) >> i do want to just acknowledge ken malley. you mentioned, bill mentioned everything he did. he did mention that he picked me up and drove me -- called me 10 times and make sure -- [laughter] >> so, i did want to express my appreciation. (applause) >> thank you. i.

>> (roll call). item two approval of minutes for this meeting >> so moved. >> all in favor? >> i. >> item 3 comment on executive session? >> any - >> we're reconvening in open session. >> all in favor?

>> i move to disclose the commission unanimously moved the agenda 4a 1 a and not disclosed anything else discussed. >> all in favor? >> item 6 pledge of allegiance. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all >> please advise that the ringing of and use of pagers and cell phones are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised the chair may

order the person to be roechd from this meeting for using those advised. the public has up to 3 minutes on each agenda item. >> good afternoon, members of the public thank you for joining us today, i have a short report. the first is to mention publically that the fish man's chapel is going to be open to the public an select days at select times on monldz and friday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. historically it's been by appointment only it's meant to

be a transcribe button to the fishermen who have been lost at sea and to the pedicab who have contributed to our place. we get a lot of out of town visits and by pure open hours it will be open to the public expect on mondays and fridays for holidays. the chapel is looking for volunteers so if you are wanting to volunteer please let us know. also speaking of fish man's

waver our women jackie douglas has been inducted into the hall of fame. and to be a candidate for induction you have to inspire thousands of california i can't understand or take volunteer work for the fisherman waver. she has been piloting a boat and she is now 834-year-old. she's taken 1 hundred and 50 thousand people out on the peer and she has donated her boat to

various charities and she's worked tirelessly. she's been to numerous state and federal hearings as well as to congress to testify on behalf of fishing of salmonella. she has since been taking people out to sea but she's worked with tv broadcasts to bring the outside activity to the public's attention. if you see her, please congratulate her. a more difficult issue is to remind our project is coming

along wonderfully. on friday night it was just shy of cement trucks dumping concrete every few minutes. now we're going to repair the sea wall and it requires one of the use of the lanes. the work is being quickly accomplished and it will be occurring over the next three weeks so from peer 38 to bryant street will be closed for the next three weeks to be opened again on monday march 4th. i think it's important to repair the sea wall and protect that area from rising sea levels. we beg everyone to be patient.

and then lately it's with great pride we're nearing completion of our terminal. we'll have a completion of the building and it will go forward to host the 34 cup appears on 27 and 29. i hope everyone can join us at peer 37 with the ribbon cutting with the america's cup. we looking forward to seeing everyone there. and congratulations to all the work crews that hav helped to get us to this point. i hope everyone enjoys the building as much as i do.

that includes my report >> any public comment? hearing none, we'll move open >> and the 1 hundred and 50 selection in the maritime port. >> commissioners i'd like to introduce our public relations officer and he drew the straw to lead up our efforts. she's doing a terrific job >> i'm the public relations manager and it's my pleasure to announce the ports 1 hundred and

50th anniversary. in 18 sixty-three it was accomplished then and it oversaw the sea wall that continues to serve our great city today. just to provide some prospective. it followed the gold rush area during president lincoln term and during the civil war. during the lifetime it includes the city's forefathers and the finger ports that were developed. did say 1906 earthquake and fire was citywide. the panama canal opened in 1914.

and a san francisco generally strike on the ports wall side occurred in july 18, '34. the bay privilege opened in 1936 during world war ii the port operated almost exclusively for military purposes those were the years during 1945. and in 17969 the port was returned to the city. these are just a few of the historic events that have taken place and the port has continued

to transform in the 1980 and so forth. throughout the ports 1 hundred and 50th anniversary the port will be acknowledging the past and present and our vision for the future. beginning in april and throughout the remainder of 2013 the port has planned to have activities on the water front that highlights the culture history. we'll use the 1 hundred and 50th celebration to remind the public about the port what we do and

how we intersect with the public's daily life on wednesday on april 24th we'll start the day with a big bash. at this media event peer 34 will present the port with a huge birthday cake and provide big selections. on sunday april 28th the port will host a daylight celebration along the water front from the high street peer in the north to the peer 38 in the south. these fun activities will

include boat tours, bicycle rides. art delays and special offers by constituents and the public on port property. i have more to talk about in terms of ongoing selections but i'd like to might have dan up to talk about our port. >> good afternoon, commissioners dan with the planning division. i'd like to tell you about a couple of art exhibits. one of us will share the ports rich history and another that speaks to today to illegal -

illustrate how people can join in. the first is to add pile ones 3 feet tall and crafted out of the tubing by the ports engineers planning. and it will include a second panel on the pile ones will tell an interesting fact called did you know which will be a a short informational passage we will want to share with our friends. the pile ones will be very noticeable and will help celebrate the ports history. the second pile on will be the

images that will be displayed on polls and possibly on websites. their colorful and will be easy to remember. both those pile ones and the banners are up on april 1st for seven months along the water front. >> thank you. commissioner there will also be an ongoing activities that will happen throughout the year that happen throughout the remaining

of the year including protectors and a film festival. we might have the public to join in and invite all ideas to help enhance the celebration. we'll also have manufactures on sale for the public including replicas of cool banners. manufactures would include caps, mugs, postcards etc., that would be available for sale to the public. and besides demand and myself i'd like to acknowledge more

people who are hard at work that includes jerry from maritime and a cough of people from our finance division and dave from maintenance and megan stevens from public relations. we hope people will join us and continue to participate in our ports selection. >> thank you renee we do have some public comment. >> commissioners my name is francisco and i'm here to make a

few comments about this celebration the one-hundred and 50 years that the port has been here. first and for most you must remember that all this land from california and san francisco and not california and it's totality but san francisco belongs to - the director is monique is sensitive to this issue so therefore somewhere we have to factor our respect to the first speaker so their san franciscans. secondly, the national park service can aid you all in giving some respect to the

buffalo soldiers our black soldier who were here the 9 and tentacle very all of them stations at the prey side but who used the facilities over here. the coast guard captain i do have a few photos of him. commissioners the 7.5 mile area that you see here is public trust land. and many people do not like to study the language that goes into the public trust land. this land belongs to all californians. and therefore we have to reach

in some measure, you know, there are some tv stations in sacramento that reach everybody in california to bring to their attention about this great occasion we're celebrating. finally, we have 5 women who saved the bay. if they had not acted in the manner much of what you see today would not be possible. i will write something and send it to whosoevers in charge >> thank you. any further denominate? commissioners. >> very exciting and i want to thank everyone for they're hard work behalf the posters and it

really shows off our port. i want to know how long the pile ones will be up and can we put them somewhere that is permanent? and the prior speaker i think made some important points about recognizing the work along the - the activities along the shore that the people undertook. i know we're finding a lot of discoveries. the pile on will be up for seven months and they are a have an internal frame and a graft

around them they can be moved to any place their, their fully engineered but they can be moved to another location should the port commission desire to use those in another spot. the previous speakers comments about the 3 ladies that saved the bay we have those on one of the pile ones and i'm looking forward to getting more information. i welcome the public for that >> and on one of the other pile ones we have a reference to the first people's being there and we've also nieftd the head

chairperson to be on our host committee but i don't know if we've heard back. >> we've got a lot of credit to be given to you as well. >> on the celebration of the 28 on the maritime day will be that open the streets? >> it will be a daylong celebration on april 28th we will not have 3 closures but we'll have activities along the 7 and a half stretch. again it's family orientated and we might have the public to come >> and also comments about getting into the state channels in sacramento it seems like a

good idea. >> i agree and i'm the right person for him to contact and i'll be in touch with him. >> i'd like to take the opportunity to point out on maritime day we're looking for guest lecturers and anyone who is listening in the 1 hundred and 50 years there's not a group we haven't touched. so we're going to be reaching out to harry and several people >> i know i have to wonderful books we might