>> roll call >> vice-president brandon: here. >> item 2,

approval of minutes alof all those in favor? alop opposed? aye. >> motion, item 3. >> i move to not to discuss anything discussed in close session. >> second. >> pledge of allegiance. we pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands. indivisible, one nation, under god, with liberty and justice for all. >> please be advised that the rigging or the use of cell phones, pagers and other devices are prohibited at this

meeting. please be advised that the chairman order the removal a from the meeting room of any person is possible for the ringing of a cellular-phone pager or other device. the member of the public can have up to three minutes. item 8, and public comments no list of on the agenda. >> president woo ho: is there any public comment? for items not listed on the agenda. thank you. >> (off mic) >> president woo ho: please said that if i yourself. >> my name is james abram (sounds like) -- western region director of the -- randolph

institute (sounds like). i appreciate being here. wanted to mention to the commission that i have is more concern about request that you may be moving forward -- the port's youth employment program. i want to bring that to your attention because i'm really hopeful that with the community like the -- hunters' point, that we will be more connected to opportunities that it seems that this particular opportunity will provide. i have talked to the director so that you all are aware that i am having a conversation prior. but i wanted to make sure that you all are aware that with the

community that has unemployment for kids from 17 to 24, almost 60 percent, this is imperative that the port and the bay view hunters' point community are part of the process. this is a process that is a win-win; i know that the bids have gone out. we are not talking about trying to impede on the process that has already started or maybe having done the final road. but we are bringing this to your attention because we think that it is the port's mission responsibility to make sure that any city funds are going to be allocated to the most

affected citizens and obviously the port serves big, big part of the southeast part of the city which is one of the parts of the city that is quite affected, not to in any way downgrade the winners of the bid but in consideration of the bid that is going to be over 1 million dollars, our community needs a part of the process at least the part that make sure that these kids who are unemployed have no opportunities will get some. thank you for your listening to me today. it's good to see you all. thank you.

>> first and foremost i filled out a card. under public comment. >> sorry. francisco -- yes, we recognize you. >> i'm here to state very clearly that each of you commissioners however you are appointed should represent the city in a fair and equitable manner. i'm going to start with the 150th celebration of the port's history. people have come here many a times and in good faith to bring to your attention about how they contributed in whatever way to the building of the port. including the longshoremen. mark is here i think with some

of his friends. and they do and have done a great service to the embarcadero and to the shipping industry. when we had the 150th anniversary, i was here at one of the commission meetings just like this, and i do not hear too much about the contribution of the blacks here on the embarcadero which is a fact. we need jobs. they are not begging for jobs. we need jobs given to all san franciscans because they contributed to the making of this area, 7.5 miles of the

public trust land. the public trust land belongs to all of the format. someone from san diego could come here and ask you whatever they want to ask you and you have every right to give them the right type of information that is what the public trust land is. i am here to state clearly that there is much to be done in the representation. there is much to be done in the history, not only of the blacks, not only of the chinese, not only of the irish, not only of the longshoremen who lay their lives but everybody who contributed to the seven-point five-mile area so when the developers come of course you have to make a lot of money but the developers need an orientation in what is called community benefits. if someone cannot given that type of orientation i can give them with history for free. thank you very much. >> president woo ho: is there any other public comment?

>> i would like to request from the chair if we could get an update on our youth employment program and what the graphics we are serving and how it's working. i do know that when we were discussing awarding the contract we had some concerns with the administrative cost versus how much was going towards the youth. it would be great if we could get an update. >> absolutely. it's on your calendar. work in progress. >> thank you. >> would have to pick that up under new business. >> any of the public comment, a commission's comment? >> i appreciate all parties coming forward. we represent every citizen here in san francisco. this is a forum where you can

say what you like and what you don't like. if it is something that we can work on we will do it; this is a hands-on commission. we work with the staff and do everything possible. a lot of times things are happening but i do know that we are committed helping every citizen here in san francisco. you can hit that mic, you won't hurt my feelings. i am a working class guy. this commission will listen and take it back and if there are ways that we can improve things we will and i appreciate your coming out and speaking your minds. thanks. >> i appreciate your bringing it to my attention. do we have any summer youth programs in place? >> no. as you may recall from the last presentation this is a solicitation that we have underway to try to get our youth workforce employment system for the fiscal year

done. it's stalled partly because of the issues you referenced. i don't want to say too much because it's not a calendar item. we are hopeful that we will bring the item back to you with the answers to those questions from previous. i think we are close. but it's more a matter of getting everybody in the room and getting it done. >> so mr. brian is not too late, but not too early. ( laughter) >> okay, thank you. >> item 9a, executive director report. >> first and foremost welcome everybody. hopefully you enjoy the waterfront on the way today. it's amazing. it's the first official day of summer vacation and i just want to say it was so gratifying to see all of the people from here south as far as i could see and north as far

as i could see out enjoying our waterfront, having all the groups of school age, i saw grandparents taking toddlers presumably up to the waterfront. my own family was feasting on hamburgers downstairs so i bring that up to say thank you to everyone in this room because all of you had a part on this for helping the vision that we long strive for really come to life and for giving up the beautiful summer day to be inside with the curtains closed. second i want to point out to the public, it's been well received so far, but this is the first attempt we have had of moving the public comment to the front of the agenda so you won't have to wait for the next couple of items could take several hours to comment. the city doesn't usually do it that way but other agencies do. i am pleased that you both speakers availed yourselves of

the opportunities that we could have a good conversation to the extent provided by the noticing. thirdly, hot off the press, the board of supervisors has unanimously approved the vote of -- and then we will get to their previous stuff to the executive directors report. continuing onto the celebration we are working jointly with several partners led by the city department of planning and the city department of public works in redoing jefferson street into what is called the jefferson -- free public realm, we are coming to the end of the project, i don't know how many were able to get up to jefferson street .despite the construction it is looking really great. there will be a ribbon cutting on june the twelfth-

they will have to much more grand area to be pedestrians, or bicyclists. there will be a narrow attribute for cars; the trolleys will still be able to get up into jefferson street so we are really excited about that. we want to thank all of our partners in fisherman's wharf particularly. my kudos to dan -- and others for seeing this through especially the leadership of the department of city planning and the department of public works. ribbon-cutting, june twentieth, 12 p.m. of the corner of jefferson street and -- you will be able to miss it as well as people who are dressed as trees.

there is something you happening on third street called third on third. a communitywide art celebration. third on third, represents the third wednesday of every month. also happening on june twentieth, it's a day of celebration from 5:30 to 8 p.m., third street featuring a myriad of activities for everyone, things like six new art murals, kids' zones, third thursday, june 20th. j highlights the area's cultural offerings. my thanks to commissioner brandon for getting us involved. and finding some money to make it happen.

we are pleased to be a partner. we are honored to be hosting the governing council of something called the the central and northern california ocean observatory, observing system. this is not a public meeting but we wanted to bring it to your attention causes a great honor to be hosting the governing board. the central and northern california ocean observatory is part of the federal program to be observing the ocean in the bay and rivers and see what we can learn from them so we can be better stewards of those resources and the do really a lot of great things to make sure that maintain our oceans and waterways are a national priority and that the changing conditions are enhancing our ability as decision-makers so the northern and central portion runs from just shy of san luis obispo at point

concepcion all the way up to the california oregon border. they will meet on july 16th. i wish it were open to the public. jay -- send me a note saying that the website is a science geek's del i have to check it out and it's very cool. if you surf or you want to sail, you can find the water deapth, temperature, tides, where they might be buoys. ad living a little bit off the notes, i wanted to say is special thank you to commissioner adams and director craig morales i think his name is an editor of the (indiscernible) iw