here so we can reassure when we place the bonds before the public, not only do they get what they wanted, but the high quality it derv d serves. this continues as mohammed said a promise we made to the public. by the way, do you know this is all done without raising property taxes in san francisco and that is a great tribute to the 10 year capital plan that naomi continues and all the administrators continue to do. it is part of the easter bond and earthquake seft and maerns response bunds, but thauls capital plan. we do this professionally and get it done on time so we can show case public money investment so it is a better place to work and public to engage in and more services are done for this brand new arena of mission bay, but the entire city as well.

we'll continue honoring our city with more bonds in the future, with more investments whether they be through ocii or housing going up to the the incredible innovation of uc san francisco and also a stones through away is the development next door on [inaudible] and of course the nba champions, the warriors will be here soon. so, all of this is to say that if we work together and we make sure that we collaborate as much as we can in the city, we'll have a better result and not only greater buildings, but places for people are honored for the roll they have in the city and where they work and i i hope every fire and police station will recognize this. every neighborhood will be touched by this because this center will be the center here not only for next 50 years, as

soon as repair the [inaudible] it will be another 7 5 years to be here and make sure we have this building as a tribute so george can know we have our eyes on the rest of the building. around the corner is the medical examiner is next. the courts we have to deal with that tofemerary jail cell squz da's office has to have a place so the hall of justice isn't a threatening place to be, it is a place justice can be conducted. a special thank tooz all the member thofz board of supervisors to working collaborative and all the advantageous aejss and to the the public i say thank youism thong for having the hope in our administration and government and carry forward with the chief. the story will continue and carry out these promise squz make sure we honor the men and women who serve on

a every day basis. thank you everyone for celebrating [inaudible] >> thank you mayor lee. copal more people i need to recognize sitting in front of me. chief of protocol [inaudible] police commissioner joe marshal. hand for him. neighbor to the new buildinger, jack bear from the giants is here. we have a few department heads, [inaudible] hr director. tom hewy from the department of building inspection and tiffany [inaudible] from the office of infrastructure and improvement. is that right? >> next i would thrike introduce the president of the board of supervisors. we are glad she could be here to make

opening remark jz she is also the chair on the capital planning committee. welcome supervisor london breed >> thank you. thank you everyone for being here. we have really come a long way from 850 bryant street. when i walk in the hall of 850 bryant i have a frowni mine street. the gray and boringness. the place is falling apart and there is work to be done to protect our city assets. now we have this incredible facility i'm sure every police office in san francisco will have a fwrig smile on their face especially the command staff and the chief who spends so much time in the community probably won't come to the xhounty anymore because he'll be here all day in his office. hopefully we'll see you. this

is incredible and what the public asceltsicide look like. we should make sure we are building new buildings and preserving the history of san francisco in this way all over san francisco. i'm so proceed that this building is opening and it is going to set the example for the way that we need to make sure that our public spaces are made available to the people who work fwr fr the city and citizens who expect good service and this building is a testament to that. a lot of collaboration went into it to make it possible and hope to get a great product out of the men and women when are lucky enough to be in the facility. heck, i may move my office down here. scoot over arson task force. this is pretty amazing and i'm happy to be here. this is the start of a incredible

partnership that should have existed many years ago between the fire department and the police department, the work that the arson task force with the police and fire department, the work they need to do, they can work together in this facility. just the connection, the collaboration that comes out of this. we are going to change the way that we bring departments together moving forward in the future so we can get these investigation done and can do the publics work. i'm proud just to be a part of this and serve on the capital team to get a lot of the buildsings in san francisco redone. yes, we have challenges ahead, but this gives great hope we are prepared to meet those challenges. thank you all so much for being here and looking forward to spending a lot more time in this place. thank you. >> thank you london. in the crowd i should acknowledge carla johnson director for

mayors office of disability and [inaudible] i see from the department of emergency management. john updike i see you from from the real estate department and joyce hicks from the department of citizen complaints. please, a hand for them too. supervisor kim who represents the mission bay neighborhood and helped usher low the project was not able to attend today but truly wanted to be here. i think she sin new york or somewhere and wanted to extends her appreciation and support for the project and saying a few words on behalf of her is her aid district 6 [inaudible] >> morning everybody's. thank you so much for having me. director neuro. i was

told there might actually be action in the street today so thank you for saving until the end. yes, supervisor kim wanted to be here today. this is a very important project for her but also the residents in district 6. the relocation of the southern police station to mission bay recognizes the changing face of this particular neighborhood and the vital roll mission bay plays in growing the city from the thousands of units of housing 28 are affordable to the 30 thousand new jobs being constructed through development projects in the district. a new home for the golding state woriers mpt proposed public school to meet the needs of the growing numberoffs families. a renewed focus on transtd infrastructure and state of the

art ucsf research facilities. all these recognize mission bay is not only a vibrant community but sets the standard for neighbored izthe city. mission bay and south beach residence are highly engaged and i want to recognize edlee and also the mayor of mission bay, curen woods and your cantbution to the mission bay cac fl many years. thank you. they care deeply about public safety and they were very org inanized around this development and the redistricting process. i want to thank our police chief greg sir and the police commissioners here today for listening to the engaged and organized populous. last night many recommendations mission bay and south beach residence gave for redistricting process

including moving the boundaries lines of marea posea will take into consideration. that is a a test mentd to your work so way to go. on behalf of supervisor kim i want to thank chief sir and the police commission and chief white and the [inaudible] welcome to the amazing community. i know you wone be distracted from the all the sports activities going on. it is a beautiful neighborhood. welcome everyone and when you need anything from your district supervisor, please see us at city hall. thank you so much. >> thank you sunny. this facility was fundsed by earthquake safety and emergency response bond that as you heard was approvaled in 20s tent 10. while this project is stlshly about police services, the

friar department is also fundsing approved by voters. that bond and the second set of funding approved last year in 2014 dedicated more 150 million dollars to neighborhood fire houses across the city. including in the project is the restoration of the fire state 30 and that is now the home of the fire departments bureau of investigation, but it is also a community space where the neighbors here can use for meetings. at this time please welcome [inaudible] white to say a few words. >> good morning and well to the the buft public safety campus. thrilled to be here this morning celebrating and it isn't a celebration unless you have the chief of [inaudible] so we are delighted you are

joining us. thank you for coming. he are considered neighbors oritants of the beautiful builds{we are proud of the aspect thofz fire department. cheer sir and i consider each other public safety partners and as president breed said this illustrates our connection toorkt. we will have 9 new fire fighters added to product the city. growing mission bay neighborhood. we are told that there will be another 6 thousand units at full strength in the neighborhood so we need today add the person elto product the neighborhood. i'm thrilled the building i'm looking at that is behind many of you was able to be cherished and kept. it is a beautiful condition of the rich history and o thf department and the new. this fs station 30 in the

mid70 was defunded and [inaudible] until construction on this building. now we repurposed to 2450 serve the community and house the bureau fire investigation also known as the arson task force. it wouldn't have been possible without the 79 percent voter approval back in 2010. san franciscan have always prioritized public saeftd and we are grateful for that t. is a great time to celebrate this biltding. we are looking at april 18 as a commemoration of earthquake and fire. it is a great message to open the building and committed to product the sit phrns as well as those that visit the city. i would like to thank mayor lee for his vision and champion of public safety and mayor brown and mayor jordan who is very cool for you having been the mayor and police chief. chief

rubira, it is meaningful and grateful that under mayor lees direction the city departments are working clab trfbly. you hear many colleagues hoor today. bpw mohammed who is the mc. [inaudible] we have vise president [inaudible] and commissioner steven [inaudible] twebt 20 year member of the 5 commission here. it takes a lot of people working together collaboratively to pull off a project like this. inwould like to acknowledge my team. deputy chief mark gonzalez and 3 in particular i want to acknowledge. deputy chief dale [inaudible] from the airport and the person most spaunl in our piece and over sees the support division and that is assistant deputy ken lombardi. we also have the men and women

of station 4 that welcome you to the facility and encourage you to dheck it out as well as member thofz arson team. proud to serve as your chief and appreciate everyone coming out today. >> as a important part of this project and in any city project is the snaugz of public art. you may have already noticed this magnificent piece behind us in the entry way of the building, but also at the entrance to the biltding there is another piece on third and china basin and i think you should check that out too. i hope you take the time to enjoy these pieces today onthered street. a good partner in the project is the arts commission and to to champion these instullation squz talk about some of the art i ask the director tom [inaudible] to come say a few words.

>> thank you mohammed and all the partners on the projict. the fire and police department, congrtulations on this beautiful building and all your partner shb and making this a suck siss. i want to mayor lee and board of supervisors for the on going championship for the arts in san francisco and making sure the arts are a part affevery naird. san francisco led the nation in 1969 by passing a ort ord nns that dedicated 2 percent of every public infrastructure to art. that caught on across the country and now have many of the same ordinances. we are able to lead as we on do in san francisco in the wonderful in which we integrate the arts. today we celebrate 2 addition thooz the art collection. behind inside the lobby is the

[inaudible] fallen police officers entitled spiral of gratitude bytia mon[inaudible] it it combines the element of glass, sky and light together with the written word. the text on the back wall reads, look up, their courage shines. it draws peoples eye to the sky light above evoking a re och light of all those who enter. the 16 foot cylinder is inscribed with a poem written by a local poet, margo perron. is margo here today? let's give a round for margo perron. margo worked closely with the artsest and member thofz bay area [inaudible] key in developing this work. the poem is written based on interviews with families and colleagues of fallen officers. unforfinately mr. oughty and brook cannot be

here because they rin new york, but mr. perron is here and would like to thank the members of bay leaf for this memorial. i invite you to read the complete text of the poem located on the wall in the lobby. mr. [inaudible] the artist is known for video projection work. this commission was [inaudible] thank you for the camtle planning committee. we are doing our best to make it affordable to maintain over a period of time. he exceeded in creating a nob nab experience with glass. the art work changes throughout the day dependent on the weather and position of the sun. you see on the wall, the beautiful lights light up against the waum so it is a wonderful work. in the afternoon i mentioned it is on the back of the wall

thmpt second work we want to acknowledge is by a local artist in san francisco, paul causs. is paul here today? there is paul. paul's work first responder plaza is when you walk on the corner you can take a look. he is inspired by the work of fire and police department. set out to for fr a inviting space [inaudible] the applauseey features 3 icons. iconfer, a bell and star or as mr. cosdescribed them, the 3 tenors sharing one stage thmpt focal point is the 21 thousand pound all is well bell. the bell represents the fire department and ringz throw times each day at noon letting everyone know all is well and should be timed very shortly. the second icon is the polished sev pointed granite star

representing the police department 7 core value, truth, justice, 40itude, temperance, prudeants, tolerance and brotherhood. the third and last essential design element is the serbian spruce tree was serves a as natural flag pole. on behalf of the arts commission i want foothank sth artist to fr creating these works of art we dedicate today into the civic art collection. let's give it a round of applause. lastly i want to thank everyone at the arts commission who made this possible jd belltram and [inaudible] as well as the staff, the director of public art program and civic art collection, suzian [inaudible] project manager jennifer [inaudible] and marby chew as well as jennifer crane and head

of sichb civic design re like to thank brian [inaudible] on the work of the instultation. is brian here? congratulations to these artist and all that work in the beautiful building. i hope you enjoy these wundserful memorial out in the out door space sphupon entering the building t. is a wundserful partnership and great addition to had satey at the time we are making unprecedented capital assets and shows how san francisco is leading the country of what government can do and thou can do better so congratulations >> thank you tom. before we hand the microphone over to the new skipper, i would like to acknowledge all the public works team members who worked tirely tirelessly on this

prongict. project. it isn't often i knet the opportunity to cu-mind my infrastructure staff and all the work they have done on a projject that is a quarter million dollars. i'm truly blessed to work with public servants and appreciate that. i would like to recognize our city [inaudible] edgar lopez. charles [inaudible] who is program manage for the east [inaudible] and jail improvement program. retired captain john goldburg who was really the go between public works and the police department and without him i think we will not be able to get many of the issues resolved. i appreciate all his energy and work. john

goldburg >> of course sam [inaudible] who was the project manager who is handsling all the nob nub and all detail oz thf project from the beginning and all the work that made this project possible. sam chewy. finally, i now get to turn over to the person in charge of this new building. he has been a central partner in this project the now and current primary occupant of the new police head quarter squz couldn't be happier about turning the keys over to him and his staff, our police chief, greg [inaudible] >> mohammed totally waited

for that guy to come back. before introduced. thanks a lot. my buddy mo. anyway the chief is great at acknowledgment [inaudible] yes! when i came to the police department in 1991 this place didn't look like this. this neighborhood didn't look like this. if you were here in 81 youicate get a great burger or dog with chilly and onions down the block. that is all that was here and sometimes we find out early in the mornings and that is a different story. the previous speaker spoke about

robustness technology and art, but one thing that is cool about this bilgding is we also have video remote interpretings here at southern police station as we celebrate the american with disabilities these [inaudible] through use for interpreter for those limited english speaking or hearing impaired. people come to nob flaub request information are better served through the use of the vri software program and a application like skype or face time where you can come in and talk to someone nase to face. this eliminates the needs and [inaudible] that needed to speak your language, but woo have those spokes too and [inaudible] spectacular in

making sure we are communicate the way they are most comfortable. lou gairing said he was the luckiest guy in the world. i think i am. he made me chief which, thank you. because he decided to leave, thank you. and so it all worked out so that i get to be the first chief in this-i know the mayor speaks at city hall as the peoples palace, but this is the palace too so we'll call it peoples palace south. when the hall of justice was on kerny street was rebuilt in 1912. when the t moved to

bryant street in 71 mayor jordan was there, which is wow! i was 2. that isn't a shock mr. mayor. i was 22. we only do this once every half a century or so and i'm the luck a one that gets to do it today. after today we'll preserve the cities there in 1961 we'll use the cut the ruben and i'm the last speaker so everyone can apply the irish paint after this, but we may do it with a laser. what this building is about, it is about the many people to whom generations of san francisco police officers and nire foirthers will be french grateful. people that had the vision for this head quarters and made it happen, elected leaders who supported the proposal and got it on the ballot, the voters of san francisco who aproveed that

bond, the architects engineers and consultant who gave imprissive form to that theory, a construction team and see frank is there. he told me this building would be open on mibirth day novembero i have a lunch coming. the artist and families of the fallen officers that helped us with all this art and john goldburg for making sure bay leaf and the families had the influence to make it perfect because it is just so. we never want to lose track of those people who made the ultimate sacrifice. and the too the neighbors who i will beg for a little more patient as we get-make ourselves so we get it here in the neighborhood. they have shown such patience through construction, welcomeedtuse the neighborhood so i beg just a

little more patience as we get used to being here. we have a new home to best serve our community because it is all about the people here in san francisco. this building means that no matter what, your police department no matter what, your police department will be able to respond and provide assistance to him too, as needed which is what the san francisco police department is all about. it is about helping people every time all the time regardless. so, with that, believe it or not i think we are done.