and the sea wall south appear 54 was constructed after the 1950s, and my poor attempt to show you where mission creek is located. and mission creek provides a really ideal location to study adaptation strategies because it is one of the lowest lying areas. and storm water run off from mission bay, also trains to mission creek and complicating future flooding events and this is an ideal place to study and this graphic shows the existing condition in green, and in red, the 2050 scenario, and with 15 inches of sea level rise and in blue, the scenario with a55 inches of sea level rise. >> this proposed study is the out growth of prior sea level rise work and led by dcdc on its adaptation adapting to rising tides project and this project is a collaborativive planning effort to help san francisco communities to adapt

to the rise and event flooding. this project has engaged local regional and state and federal agency and organizations as well as non-profits and private association. together this project, team and its partners are working towards the project goal of increasing the bay area's preparedness and the sea level rise and strong events and protecting critical systems dcdc led the project study in concert with the dutch knowledge for the climate research program. >> this is the study in the map here. >> furtherance of this project, delta alliance has awarded the engineering firm which specializes in coastal engineering and 80,000 grant for the project area, mission creek and this identifying a project area and looking at adaptation and moving to i is

a key. >> it requires the city to provide the matching funds, equal to 100 percent of the donations that is an $80,000 from the city. the city has asked spur to be the project manager for this work because of the most recent success if managing a similar grant involving multiple federal and state and local partners to the effects of erosion along ocean beach. and it has a tight schedule and requires the coordination and also the interest in building upon the proposed partnership as we develop and implement the city rise, and there are elements that we will need that are reflected here and non-profit partnership and building upon the prior work in this case and in the excellent

science and to facilitate the development of the grant, funds, and the city, through the port, will enter into a grant agreement with spur, and will compensate spur for $30,000 for the project management services. >> this chart shows the city's contributions and you can see the port of san francisco, and it will propose and contribute, $25,000, also partnering with the public utility commissions and also 25,000, and the planning department, 20 and the department of public works, 20,000 and the city administrator's office, $20,000. and this combined with the grant awarded 80 has a total project budget of 190,000, and 160, will be for the engineering and the evaluation study and 30 will be for spur for the project management, and it is a really nice showing that all city departments have confirmed their contribution and are contributing to this

effort. and with your approval today, we expect to execute the grant and have the study completed by mid 2014. >> so we are asking for your approval to enter into a grant with spur, and we believe that this is an excellent effort that will help us move along and what is a very big project. and that we will all be engaging in for many years to

come. >> so moved. >> second. >> all right, comment, woods? >> good afternoon commissioners i am really excited about this study, wearing two hats and i live on mission creek and so the sea level rise is an immediate concern, and i also with the committee and we have spent many years working on developing the mission bay project and the port owned parks all around the shore line. and knowing how we can adapt to rising tides is a critically

important piece. >> thank you. >> any other public comment, and comments from commissioners? no. sorry. >> sue, and i am glad that you

are tackling and not going to become republican naysayers, i want to point out that you have the jurisdiction along the shore line. i want to remind you what you did a couple of minutes ago. that see wall is in the flood season and at 330, and the other sea wall are all to flooding and sooner or later the port has to deal with lands that they own on the other side of the embarcadero as well as the piers.

>> i am going to pay attention to these studies as well and i would just put out your schedule, and for awarding the warriors, is they have a lease that will end in 2080. and you look at this, and this is between, 10 to 17 inches, and 2050 and 31 to 69 by 2100 and so just kind of split the difference. and we have a big problem. and the port has toto as we

undertake it and we have to keep it in mind and we appreciate the public comment that the rarina has to take that into consideration and we want to keep this in the forefront and we as a commission have asked the staff to keep us updated periodically not only with the study but with anything else that we can. and i think that i also want to point out not just with spur.

we are working with bcdc and i recently had the opportunity to talk with the chairman. and this is as you know, one of the number one priorities and i think >> if we do our seven and a half miles and the others don't, that snot going to happen. i think that is critical to the future, and the safety of the city of san francisco and for the city and for the port. >> obviously, and i am delighted that all of these different agencies and departments are chiping in, and to help out with this study and i think that it is very, very important. and the more that we, the more, valid that we get, and we get

from this, and we can sometimes, some time in the future, formulate the plan, and what we are going to do about it. and i have seen something in there, where there is a dutch company? yeah, and they are... and they are the experts in that field. and for any of you, who have been to amsterdam they have done a great job keeping the water on for many years and so we need all of the experts and how are we are going to get them we are going to fund them. i am delighted. >> thank you. >> well, all in favor? >> aye. >> okay. resolution, number 1 3-47 has passed. >> okay. >> and item 11, new business? >> okay, i want to raise just one topic of new business in response to a comment that was made during and that is i am not going to read the statement

but i think that i just want for the public record to be noted that the port did issue a public statement about 8 washington. and renee martin did put out a statement in terms of opposition and i think that we should refer to that statement and i would ask you to just put that in the record in terms of what our response. and so it isn't that we didn't respond, we did make a comment on 8 washington in the ballot initiative and that should be for the record as well. >> okay. >> thank you. >> will do. >> any other items for new business? >> yes? >> yeah. i would like next month to, and so we can get an update on where they are at with the negotiations between metro and the port, and the iow and kind of get an update on where they are going, and before it comes to the full port commission and have they sat down and where is that, thank you. >> okay. >> okay. >> any other items? >> commissioners? >> okay. >> and then i have the motion

for adjournment? >> seconded. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> thank you. >> we are adjourned. >> thank you. >>

>> pledge of allegiance. of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all

>> please be advised that the ripping of and use of cell phone and parnlz and other electronic devices are not presumed to be innocent and a anyone maybe lead-out of this meeting. please be advised the public has up to three minutes unless the port commission adapts other minutes >> public comments not lists on the agenda. >> any public comment? >> item 6 executive directors report. >> good afternoon, everyone thank you for joining us today we're putting out a couple more

chairs. thanks for your patience a little bit bigger crowd. and happy holidays. my first two items neither of representatives to be recognized are here yet so if you don't mind commissioners i'd like to put that over it's entirely possible they're working off of 315 so i'm not sure when they will arrive. but if i could skip the 70th birthday and the jeremy 70th birthday then my neck item is the pier 92 art project as you've noticed on thanksgiving today, the project was completed the mirror portion the painting is all done despite the rain and the phasing second phase is

whether or not permitting done by the end of the year. so we're hoping for a ribbon cutting celebration in early january we've gotten very good feedback. i want to say a special thanks to david the arts commission and the port commissioners several of you have given a number of our hours and sat on the selections panel. this is a very good and complete process and we're really existed to see. more to follow on the ribbon cutting by that's in early january. liquor store we've been able to open the pier up in fisherman's wharf. and because of the pier 43 arts was bltd in 1914 for the beltway railroad and it was a car ferry

slip so so a barge would pull up alongside the barge and the cars would be taken over to the rail line it was an important part of our history it was a cool building and, of course, the mechanism of the dock was raised by hand according to the tied. it's an old piece of our history. our port maintenance staff have completed the sub structure repairs and installed new handrails arrest so we're proud of them for doing that. you may recall in 1998 there was a fire and the structure was still in disarray. those were pier the project mad

project opened that area up and the views are terrific of fisherman's wharf >> of course, of alcatraz. so i'm independent to our maintenance and engineering staff and i encourage everyone to go down and have some holiday crab and 95 enjoy the great sites. next, i think in our packets commissioners and for the public out on the table is the scheduled of port commission meetings for 2014. as you recall we have one meeting meeting in january on the second and fourth tuesday's. one meeting in june, july and august and two meetings in the next few months and we're proposing special meetings on november 18th and december 16th. so with the floor planning i guess we'll be able to have

special meetings instead of our regular meetings. that's no action but you only a notice inform the public. anybody if the jerry my o'brien. lastly i'm sure oh, and commissioner caps isn't here >> why don't we postpone that. >> i know she wanted to speak in particular so the last thing i would recommend we adjourn our meeting in the american of nelson mandela. i want to say a few worts words to whom mr. nelson mandela was although i think we know. he was born in july of 1918 and pass away december 25th at the

age of '95 years old. he was a politician and philanthropist and most importantly president of south african that heer e he was south africa's first elected in democratic elections. he focused on dismanlz awe pardon and inkwaem e equality and participated in reconciliation not only in his own country but around the world. he had a role in the bombing trial and was a participant in the trial. nelson mandela received over one hundred and 50 peace prices.

so he's an icon in his legacy has helped us including he at the ports waterfront i hope it's already to yearn in his memory >> any public comment on the executive directors report. >> i'd like to speak to nelson mandela. our union the international longshoreman union we're the only union in 1984 that spoke out against awe pardon it was a very broadly bold and we spoke out and there's a ship at the pier 80 that was alter south africa and our union reviewed to unload that ship.

when nelson mandela got out of imprisoning he thanked harry bridges and this year the ambassador of south africa same to san francisco and came to local 10 with the nelson mandela humanitarian ward. i was speaking of nelson mandela because of his fear there were over 90 world leaders that doesn't speak to each other that showed up. president obama shock hands with him and we're thinking about the ability to negotiate and one thing about arrogance i believe it's a downfall of any individual and nelson mandela was humble and people looked at up to nelson mandela. and i think in every city

thought this country even in washington, d.c. nelson mandela was a man that was in 0 opposition people can learn to work together and he was able to do that and that's a rare ability. you can't go to macy's i didn't see or norway strm to buy that. and saying that our union the i organization w u 1934 before martin luther king and the kennedy's we integrated our union harry bridges had the same mind of nelson mandela. he looked at beyond color and creed and even looked at with people he didn't arresting agree with to find a happy medium. especially our politicians in d.c. they can learn to work

together for the common good of people and that's the one thing nelson mandela did. your by itself report card is when you die and people show up. they might have million dollars and millions of dollars but to pay respect to this man a humble man many of the people saw this man's heart. i have to say i'm proud of nelson mandela and that rare ability he had i wish more of us had it. thank you >> shall we go back to the last item on your guardian. thank you sfmdz >> you recall les i didn't kate's and jim went and attend the port conventions the port of

san francisco is a sisters of a number of ports around the ports we have our long time port association are with the port in japan. they were originally to host a couple years ago but they had the 82 name event so the meeting was postponed needle november. there was the port of same thing hi, and a saigon and the port of melbourne and i was a representative from the port of that area. there was a group of different ports and we had great responses commissioner katz will talk about that and they deal with what they call the seawall there

are actually above grounded 06 foot tiled walls. we had some good invests with customers as well. commissioner katz >> as executive director morris said there were a number of different ports represented at the sister convention. and i was struck not only from the hosts they were gracious but very, very informative. they put together an outstanding program in terms of having all the sister ports do the presentations. one of the not worthy thing was all the sister ports were around the poetry of fire not only from climate change and rising sea

level but earthquake. and japan was well aware of that. it impacts every port that participated in the convention. so that's what kind of prepareness the ports are doing. the first day we had a welcome recalls for speculation that was attended by council general's. it was a way to have dinner and meet with our folks. it was interesting the translation activities were one travesty would translate in one language and they would transmit to the recipients it was an interesting way of converging we had to be mindful. it worked very well and they had

some outstanding translateors. we also were met by some of the representatives from osaka sister city program they've moved over to the port of osaka. the first presentation was from the port of osaka to leadoff the convention that was our first full day. one i thought things that was under taken not something we could do in san francisco but they've taken an approach their combining several of the ports together to become that much more competitive and rely on each other's strengthen. we recognize the strength of oakland but the port of osaka and port bay