along with the mayor's office of economic development, working alongside our community leaders to make sure that this happened within eight years. so i just want to wish everyone a big round of congratulations. our neighborhood really does work together to make this community safer, and i want to thank our mayor for her strong commitment to making sure that the tenderloin continues to be invested in heavily and strongly , and prioritized over her time as mayor. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> and matt haney is out of town or else he would be here, our new supervisor. thank you all. if you have any questions or anything important to ask to folks, enjoy the lights. the darker it gets, the brighter they are. thank you all.

>> all in favor. >> aye. >> i would like to report that the point we're entering into a memorandum of understanding, m.o.u., for the department of recreation and park r.p.d. for the lock and lease will terminate and the ferc will be the sun tenant of rfpd on the commencement date of m.o.. the parties will release claims against the other. anything else with will not be talked about in open session. >> is there a second. >> second. >> all in favor.

>> aye. >> item 6, pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag 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. >> item 7, announcements. announcement on prohibition of sound-producing electronic devices during the meeting. ringing of or use of cellphones, pagers and similar sounding electric devices are prohibited during this meeting. please be advised the chair may order the removal if any person is responsible for the use of their cellphone and other similar sound-producing electronic devices. announcement of time allotment. members of the public have up to three minutes to make public comments on each agenda item

unless the port commission adopts a shorter period of public comment time. item 8, public comments on items not listed on the agenda. public comment is permitted any matter within the port jurisdiction and not limited to an agenda item. non agenda items may be raised during this period. members of the public have three minutes. please fill out a public comment speaker card and hand it to the port commission affairs manager if you have any questions. please connect with the port commission affairs manager. no commissioner action may be taken during this time. however, items brought forward can be scheduled for a later port commission meeting, refer to staff and investigated or respond briefly in a statement made with questions posed to the public by members of the public. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment on items not listed on the

agenda? we just want to make sure everyone remembers to fill out a speaker card if you are going to speak on any item. if you are speaking on an item that's not listed on the agenda, this is the time to speak. >> the agendas are outside the door there. >> i see no other public comments. >> item 9a, election of port commission officers. >> is there any public comment on election of commissioner officers? first for the port commission president. seeing no public comments. are there any nominations?

>> i would like to nominate kim brandon for president. >> i second that. >> are there any other nominations for president of the commission? are there any other nominations for president of the commission? one more time? are there any other nominations for president of the commission? the nominations for the president of the commission is now closed. can i have a motion. >> in favor of kim brandon being the president of the port commission for this year. >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> yeah! [laughter] [applause] congratulations, president brandon. >> thank you. thank you and happy new year to everyone. i really look forward to this year. we have a lot of exciting projects going on. we have a wonderful staff. we have a wonderful commission and i am so looking forward to continuing the work that needs to be done here at the port.

thank you so much for your support. so, is there any public comment on the commission vice president? seeing none. i would like to open the floor for nominations for the vice president of the commission. >> i nominate willie adams to be the vice president of the commission for this coming year. >> are there any other nominations for the vice president of the commission? are there any other nominations for the vice president of the commission? are there any other nominations for the vice president of the commission? seeing none. >> i make a motion that we move forward in the firm of willie adams as vice president of the commission. >> i second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> congratulations, commissioner vice president adams.

[applause] >> thank you. >> real quickly, to the best commission in san francisco to the port commission and all my commissioners. thank you very much. to director and your fine staff. i just want to say something to the public. you make our jobs such a delight. even when you come and you challenge us because one thing that we've learned is commissioners here, sometimes yoyou have to be comfortable wih being uncomfortable. come out and challenge us because this port is the people's port. thank you and i look forward to serving another year as v.p. >> thank you. that is it for the election. >> 9b. >> good afternoon, president brandon, vice president adams and congratulations on your election. members of the port commission, members of the public and port staff, i am elaine forbes. the executive director. the first item i have i is

accommodation for renee dunn martin on her retirement. when the port loses a long-term employee, to well-earned retirement is a joyful and sad occasion. joyful for the person leaving and sad for the organization. this one is impactful for me because i worked closely with renee for many years, both as a colleagues and a boss. renee represents the very best in public service combined with tenacity to get everything and i mean everything. while maintaining positive relationships and having fun in the process. she has been our communications director for 21 years. 21 years of service. she works tirelessly for our divisions and she has been working here in 1997. she's known for executing some of the most memorable events,

large and small, including the ferry building's 100 year anniversary, the port's 150 anniversary, super bowl week, fleet week, if i read the list i would be exhausted and they were exhausting to put together. she's always done so with dedication and visionment her gala for the 150th anniversary was stuning and amazing. all of us who were there remember it. and her team had a great time doing it. she has been our media spokesperson and she has maintained good relationship with key reporters and editors and issuing numerous press releases and media advisories resulting in an extensive amount of news coverage for the port and our key projects. she helps tell our story. her branding and messaging is strong. she has added so much caliber to the way in which we engage with the press and her press conferences are renowned, even from the mayor's office.

so can got laying congratulatio. her communications team has i cannen its portfolio into the modern era of strengthening our branding on social media platforms and latching a digital magazine, sf port, and using all the chats and twitter and every kind of way to get the message out which has been very important. in her retirement, she's looking forward to traveling and spending quality time with her husband, family and friends. i want to thank you, renee, for your outstanding leadership, dedication and service to the port and the residents of san francisco. you've been the wind beneath our wings. with my whole heart, i thank you. [applause] i have a couple more items for public comment. >> let's focus on renee. >> let's focus on renee and go to public comment.

we have lots of public comments. christian is first. and then brad and then jay. >> i'm kristen and i work under renee in the communications division. i just want to -- we all know how hard-working renee is and what a wonderful person she is. thank you for being so supportive, for me as a new mother, coming back to work and balancing that work life transition period. and i would like to read a letter from the san francisco giants that we received today. from the executive vice president jack bare. we have been a business with the port for more than 20 years, about the same time renee has been managed communications. she's been a cheerful, friendly partner and collaborator in the many events throughout the year. it's hard to imagine now but renee was with the port before the first shelf enter thed

ground on the jury t on the joun park. together we solved problems along the way, we wish her the best in her retirement and we look forward to seeing herren hy more days in the sunny willie maze plaza. [applause] >> brad benson. renee, you've just been such an amazing colleague. you are so unstoppable. you were always pleasant even when we're in a crisis that sometimes happen with media coverage. elaine said it well, you help us put our best foot forward. whether it's responding to these press inquiries or big events that are a focus of what we do, or responding to sunshine requests. you help hold our hands when the public wants that information.

i just don't know how we would ever be able to replace you so i just want to thank you for everything that you've done for us. regarding those sunshine requests, i have two words, proposition f. [laughter] >> thank you, renee. >> >> jay edwards, support real estate division. i want to thank you for all the assistance you've given our division. you've been our right hand and left hand whatever we want to call it. you made sure you've always been approachable and responsive and diligent and you have the best little swag gifts too that we always come to you. we really appreciate everything that you've done for us. you've been really a great partner here and all our things we've done. we have really felt your presence and we're going to miss

you so much. i know you have a good team. they're very helpful too but they won't be renee and they won't be you and we're going to wish you the best in your retirement. >> thank you. [applause] >> hi, renee. dianne. well, it's hard to add onto the feeling of love and regards that we have for you. i'm going to miss you. i really appreciate how much you've helped the public, as well as your colleagues and the people in the city department understand what it takes to run the court through thick and thin. thin and thick. yet keeping a smile, knowing how to celebrate, all of the

wonderful things that have happened along your tenure on your watch. the only thing that can be better than what you have done for the port is the fact you get to spend a lot more time with craig, because craig also has been such a give as well. he is such a supporter and it's a big part of why you've been so successful. thank you. [applause] >> president brandon, commissioners. my name is bob davis. you've had to do double and triple duty. as a black woman in a high-profile position. you've carried a lot of weight. we're so proud of you. you've made our community proud of you. you've represented us so well. thank you, thank you. thank you. craig, who i've known since our children, before our children. you are a great partner and we

thank you and we will surely, surely miss you. thank you. [applause] >> carolyn davis and then paul rose and then candice. >> good afternoon, commissioners. thank you so much. renee, i have a little story about renee when she started 21 years ago. she had a choice of working for my firm and going to the port. i was the loser for sure. [laughter] >> so, it's really funny that she is still here and i'm still here. i wanted to say how much integrity renee has as a communitcommunicator. she's looked up across the city. she's looked at as a one-person

show that no one can match. when i look at -- i work with a lot of agencies, they have much larger staff and don't accomplish quite as much as she has done over the 21 years she's been here. i just wish her the very best as she sails off into the sunset and hopefully has an opportunity to enjoy our city in a different way than to be worried about whether a pier is going to fall down. it's been a pleasure to work with you and your team. i love you. thank you. [applause] >> hi, i'm paul with sfmta. congratulations. it's been a pleasure working with you. you represent a rare blend of communications professionals

where both communications colleagues respect you 100% and so don't the quarters and that's very hard to do. your experience has served you well and it's an example to a lot of us and let us enjoy your time and not answering your phone on the weekends and at night and enjoy watching the news without being stressed out and just enjoy. thank you. [applause] >> greetings commissioners. i'm candice, director of communications and marketing for the san francisco municipal transportation agency sfmta. i'm pleased to say a few words on behalf of renee martin and honor her for her work. when i first joined sfmta in 2013, i had the opportunity to meet renee. it might have been through

darlin' and as a woman of color in a leading communications position, i saw you renee as a role model and someone who could teach me a thing or two about working for the city. and as i got to know you, you lived up to that impression and so much more. i just want to thank you for making so many efforts to be helpful in my role and teach me about the city and be collaborative 12.

[applause] >> dan and david, carole and then mike. >> commissioners, dan with sports planning and development division. renee may be the most self-less and generous person at the port. what she did is make everyone else's project happen. she made everyone look good. whether it's through press releases, events, marketing, you name it. all the tasks she did. we've come to rely on her over and over. we love to work with her. always positive, pleasant and making it all happen. what will we do? we wish her well in her next phase of life and we will miss her. we'll miss craig. and we congratulate her and we thank her. thank you. [applause]

>> commissioners, david with planning environment. i too just wanted to thank renee. i don't know if people recognize the words she does from assisting with the press, the sunshine requests, marketing the port and where i work, most closely with her is on grand openings, ribbon cuttings and ground breakings. all of which don't go as planned and probably a lot of which we've requested at times that are off the peak hours such as evening during a rain storm for the opening of bay view rise. so i just really wanted to recognize your efforts and i'll miss you quite a bit. thank you, very much. [applause] >> my colleagues set it all and renee and integrity and professionalism, cander, putting the port's best face forward and we have all acknowledged how

much renee has put on fun and festive events for the port and maybe the one place i can add to every great things that we have been saying about renee is that also, sometimes renee had to be our shepherd for communications through difficult issues and as the environmental affairs manager, sometimes the thing that i had to present to the public were stressful or confusing and i always felt that renee had my back and she was going to be my advisor and guide in presenting information in the best possible way. again, with integrity but also i felt that, as i said, she had my back and renee, i speak for all of port employees when i say, it's been a joy to work with you. [applause] >> good afternoon, commissioners. mike from the maritime division.

renee is a true san franciscoan. she went to wood row wilson high school. so that's a great pedigree. when i came to the port 20 years ago, renee was already here and it's been mentioned how she does such a wonderful job coordinating events and parties and things like that, but the thing that i -- when i thought about renee, the quality and carole just mentioned it, the way she would handle difficult situations. she has great poise. she was very calm. she would get the message out there and very much dependable. she's honest, she's accurate and she has a great sense of humor, which sometimes you need in those situations. she's got a great partner in craig. they're a great couple. he has been so supportive.

some people think craig actually works here at sport. [laughter] >> anyway, they've got a lot of fun times to look forward to together and i wish them all the best. congratulations, renee and craig. [applause] >> is there any other public comments? >> hi, renee. i echo everyone's comments and sentiments tonight about you. you are my sister. i've worked with you for the last 21 years. i love you and i will miss you. both of you, craig, thank you for always being here with us. i love you, renee. [applause] >> is there any other public comments? commissioners -- >> renee, i've only had the pleasure to know you for eight

months but as someone who served on other commissions, the first thing i was impressed was actually how much of a digital electronic footprint the port had. i was unaware of that before i joined. i've looked forward to retweeting your tweets and sharing your facebook posts over and over again and i have been impressed with the digital magazine. i want to say you have ushered this department in to the social media age which is so important. you've impressed me every step of the way and i wish you good luck in your retirement. [applause] >> well, renee, i guess it's been eight years for me since i've met you. it's been wonderful to work with you. whether it's been on something practical, holding my purse during a press conference or discussing what are the talking points that we're going to get across in some media presentations.

and working with you on a strategic level. i want to just echo a little bit of what commissioner gilman said. we don't work with you on a daily basis but we see the results of your work. i have to say, since i've been on this commission, for eight years, that we've made tremendous progress on the public relations and marketing front. i think commissioner gilman has picked up on the digital, going into the social media stage. i can remember when we first came, in terms of just the visibility of the board and the fact the image and the port and city over all has improved tremendously. the press we get and what we receive in the media on some of the projects we have, the whole campaign against the seawall, how that was orchestrated actually getting more and more professional at the port with our marketing agencies and all of the marketing media that we've done in addition to all the events. and so, you have managed that beautifully. you have grown in this period.

i would say even though you've been with the port 20 years, you've grown tremendously and kept up with the times. which is not easy. sometimes when you are used to doing things a certain way, you have managed it very adeptly and you've brought in staff to help you. i've been most impressed. you always have that smile. so that's something that i will always remember. you are always smiling and there's nothing that you can say that will get you upset and that is the greatest part of you renee. we'll miss you, very much. thank you. [applause] >> congratulations on your retirement! [applause] >> commission adams. >> renee, as frank sinatra said, i did it my way. you are doing it your way. you are leaving at the top of your game. i just have to say, you've had a

stellar career. you really think about that. you would defined by your class and you have a personality that dis arms people. people feel like they know you. your generosity. you are just down-home person with a good heart. my grandmother used to say that women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weakness. what that is saying, you are a remarkable woman. you are. and you make other people better. the seven years that i've been on the commission, you helped every commissioner, you've helped the staff. but you've grown and you've transformed yourself and i hate it that you are leaving but generations to come will benefit and younger people will come behind you as we continue and you've raised the bar. i know one thing, you might talk about ports, port of san francisco has a migh mitas touc,

it's because of you. i wish you the best in what you will doing. please enjoy life. the highest moment a person can have is people can say something to you and you hear it. a lot of times, people say nice things at funerals and memorial services and people never get to hear it. people think about them. i hope you taken all these words in because people are telling you from their heart, and i'm speaking from my heart, i feel about you and i want you to have your flowers and your praises and your recognition while you are alive. i love you and i wish you the best. [applause] >> my turn. this is definitely bittersweet. definitely. renee and i started days apart. she is like one of the first people i met here at the port.

just to have seen her grow and flourish over these last 21 years, she's become an amazing colleague and friend. i love her so much. she is a communication guru. she's an event planner extraordinaries. all the events over the last 21 years has just been -- her leadership capabilities to get everyone engage and involved in such a successful outcome. she has led this communications team to new heights. i mean, i could just go on and on and on but what i'm going to miss most is her professionalism and that beautiful smile. that beautiful, calming smile that says everything is going to be all right no matter what is going on. renee, we are definitely going to miss you. we know you are not going far. we know you will be back hopefully for special projects,

maybe. thank you so much for your dedication, your leadership, your support, and all that you've done for the city and county of san francisco. especially the port. and we have a nice little plaque for you. it says, in recognition of your retirement, renee dunn martin communications director port of san francisco september 1997-january 2019. with a gratitude for your outstanding service, loyalty and dedication. congratulations and best wishes. [applause]

>> thank you. [applause]

>> oh my gosh. what can i say? first of all, president brandon, vice president adams, congratulations on being re-elected again and commissioners, director forbes, all the port staff, our tenants, our consultants, our community, and all my friends, thank you so much. from the bottom of my heart i want to thank all of you for this wonderful honor. it's been my honor to work all of you and for all of you for the past 21 years. they say that time flies when you are having fun. it's been a great ride and i've enjoyed every minute of the journey i'm taking with me so many good memories, accomplishments to be proud of

and friendships that i'll cherish for a lifetime. i'm so grateful to have played a very small part in the transformation of this beautiful waterfront here in san francisco over the past 20 years. working with all of you has been the most rewarding experience for me. thank you, commissioners, for your outstanding leadership, your wisdom, and your vision for the port. it's been a pleasure to work under your stewardship. i'm so grateful to know each and everyone of you. director forbes, and my port colleagues, thank you so much for allowing me to be part of your excellent team of hard-working, dedicated, brilliant, team members and public servants here at the port. collectively, you've all made this waterfront an international destination, a great place to

work, a wonderful place to have fun and just a beautiful place of open space for the public to enjoy. this is all of our great work collectively and i'm so proud to be a part of it. i wish that i could thank each and everyone of you. time does not permit for that today. i probably would be way too emotional. but i do want to call out just a few people briefly that i worked closely with everyday. first, my communications team, kirsten and kelly. kelly is out sick today but i'm sure she will review this later. thank you for the hard work that you do on the communications team and working with me. i'm sure that the great work will continue after i'm gone. our consultants, civic edge, davis and associates, you heard from darlin', next steps communications and bonner

communications, those are all the consultants that communication teams currently works with. so thank you all for the great work in helping me to make the port look good. to our senior staff and the executive team, all of the project managers and day-to-day folks that i work with at the port everyday, i just want to say thank you, thank you so much. i love each and every one of you. i wanted to call out on the executive staff amy, who spoke earlier. she is my sister and my friend. we've worked side by side with each other from the first day that i arrived at port. i just want to also say to you, amy, i love you and thank you. i will miss you terribly. you've heard people talk about the great events that i'm getting credit for putting on.

yes, i might lead the team but there is a team of port staff that volunteers all the time, every time we have an event. they step up to the plate and they're there to help out and i just wanted to call a few of them by name. that would be amy kasada, april shaw, josephine fung, denise long, manny ma pacheco and our entire port maintenance team. without the maintenance crew coming in, setting up, cleaning areas, stepping up to the plate, we would not all look good. i want to thank you for helping me with my job in making the port look good. in my job, i think i have literally touched every person at the port. i want to thank you all for your professionalism, for your passion in making the port a great place to work and to grow. which i have done.

thank you, very much. i'm truly grateful to be part of the city family. to work with my fellow p.i.o.s throughout the city. you've heard from a couple of them today. from m.t.a. and to be part of the port family. wild horses couldn't keep me away from returning to those port barbecues and fun events that happen along the waterfront. i certainly will be back. i will miss you all for sure. but just know that i'm monitoring your success in the news media. i'll be check he can to see how things are going. i will always, always be a true friend of the port. my very best wishes to all of you. thank you, very much for this os accommodation. [applause] congratulations, renee.

the next item is to announce the san francisco giants have reclaimed the green glove award. i'm very pleased to report they won this. it's a major league baseball award for environmental stewardship. they have been -- they were the recipient from 2008 to 2016 with a one-year hiatus and are back to win it again. that's 11 seasons of receiving this award, which is truly truly remarkable. they set the industry standards for their waste diversity standards year after year. they diverted 93% of their waste from going to landfills. this is a very aggressive program. they've also installed lead lights, and make changes than make the facility truly green. they in fact, in 2018, diverted

19,000 tons of recycled and composted waste. congratulations to the giants for your superior leadership in this arena which supports mayor breed and the port commission vilal policies. on a sad note, i'd like to have an inmom or yum of mike denman. he passed away last week. he recrated this ramp restaurant. he started the place as a place to really rent sciffs and buy bait for fishing. i understand he then started selling hot dogs and beers out of a cooler and then the restaurant busy merged and grew to what it was today. he started sunday salta which was a really big hit. it's become really a neighborhood jewel and destination. he hired from the community and was respected by his employees and community. he is a true gentleman and a very kind person. he will be deeply missed on the waterfront. port staff request that you close the meeting in

mr. denman's honor. floristine johnson has passed away. she was the port's former executive secretary of the planning and development group. we understand she was having a very happy retirement and passed away suddenly. she worked with us for 20 years. retired in 2010. the year he arrived. i had an opportunity to meet her. she was very dignified and a proud public servant. she was organized and worked for the planning group. she had her hands full. developing a file system and helping them with filing. they still refer to the filing system as the floristine files. we would like to send best wishes to her family and we close the meeting in floristine's honor and that concludes my report. >> thank you, very much. >> i would just like to acknowledge former commissioner

brian mack williams here with us today. >> hi, brian. >> commissioner. [applause] >> item 9 proposed changes to the five-year strategic plan. >> good afternoon, commissioners, i would like to present the update to the port strategic plan. first and foremost i would like to thank dan hodak who helped to produce this report and plan and he is worked tirelessly with the various division leads, the deputy directors and all staff and has been very good at helping this plan come together. so thank you, dan. it's a important set of policies and priorities that helps us guide ourselves in a condition of con trained resources. i was last year in february, of 2018, and at that time i told

you we had about a third of the staff we need to do the work at hand. it wasn't exactly a perfectly scientific metric but it's absolutely true that the port staff does not have the resources that it does to have the work to accomplish the work that we have to do. it's very, very important that we prioritize. and the strategic plan, which first came forward in 2016, has been a very important tool at helping us achieve our objectives and goals. this plan moves the goals and objectives to the current year and five years forward. it also adds some clarification and accountability mess tricks so we can measure our success and strengthen the language. finally, when we were here in february, you all had comments and the public had comments and those are reflected in this plan update. in reflecting on this plan and where we've been since 2016, i

would say that we are really starting to turn our financial house around. i think you will see this. >> to see how we've laid seeds that have come into bloom which are now helping us to be a more solid and secure enterprise agency that can better meet our public trust mission. it's critically important for us and you will see that demonstrated today and i'm very proud of the leadership you have shown to get us to this place. it's not yet an isolated plan. it is impacted by our governing documents, our other plans and

policies. of course the burt enact comes into the plan as the city policy and requirements and the waterfront plan we've just finished an update to that plan and we'll be undergoing environmental review this year many of the capitol plan in five year financial forecasts are also the guiding documents to create what we can achieve and a strange teen i can plan and the implementing pools are the budget and capital implementation program. when i first came to the port in 2010, we were an agency that was i am balanced. our balance sheet was not growing. we were adding to our capital backlog. i remember the first time the port commissioner asked me, when will we resolve our 2 billion-dollar backlog. it might have been you, commissioner. my answer was never in my head. i think i gave a more eloquent answer because at that time, we were generating net revenue of

$10 million a year. we had a capital backlog of $2 billion. the most we'd received from this city was a 35 million-dollar general obligation bond for parks. the development partners is an outside sources were the only notable meaningful changes we were able to accomplish financially. that is just not the case today. you are going to see that for the first time ever, our unmet and funded capital needs are balanced. we have operating surpluses and all of the financial models, low base and high case. i've never seen that. and we are making decisions that are actually allowing us to grow our financial capacity to add staff resources to do more and to achieve more on our public trust objectives. and sometimes people say the port is about making money. the port is not about making money. the port is about having a healthy financial portfolio so we can invest and meet our

public trust mission. when we make money, it's park, open space and et cetera, so it's very, very positive what has come through through very concerted efforts. i've said a lot. let me change slides. so, the plan is organized in a vision and mission. it's the guiding statement that directs the strategic plan. we have seven goals that guide our work to rehabilitate the waterfront. and then we have objectives under those goals to achieve in the five-year period. so let me take you through the goals. evolution, which was formally renewal, is about transforming the waterfront to respond to the changing public import needs. the renewal goal used to have a lot of business development items, objectives, we've moved

those to business and this now really focuses on the public benefit pieces of evolving to meet the port's needs whether it's transportation, open space, parks, and developing policies and priorities that help us guide our future. resilient. this is to prepare the port for natural and human-made risks and hazards. we're in the business of climate change and all future port commissions will be in the business of climate change. so notably, we're working on fortified resiliency for our waterfront of which the seawall earthquake safety program is a piece of that effort. we have a desired a complete the multi hazard risk assessment and select our projects for construction in 2023. the goals and objectives for this program but it's safety project and we know it's urgent. developing that port-wide resiliency framework to address

seismic and flood risk port wide. and emergency preparedness to ensure we can work with city departments to prepare when incidents occur. when the city is hit with a major earthquake, the waterfront will be a critical asset and we need to help the city recover. engagement. increase the public awareness of the purpose and benefit of port functions and activities. this is about our communitien gainment and having events and tours, the digital outreach social media and work with the media. we talked a lot about this arena in recognizing and honoring renee. equity, which was formally live ability. we have clarified that with equity what we're really trying to do is advance equity and public benefits and attract a diversity of people to the waterfront. we have started this conversation in earnest on work

contracting and this strategic plan reflects all of the goals that we have created to have more diversity and port contracting and encouraging more local businesses to apply and to win and to do work for the port. we are growing and improving in this arena but we also want to move into other arena including leasing, parks and open space and other areas where we can attract and retain diverse communities so we truly create a public waterfront for everyone. sustainability, this is of course incredibly important and it's our quiet constituent, the environment and the bay. to practice environmental stewardship and limit climate change and protect the bay. we have the climate action plan that we will be updating. to set transportation energy and business practice goals. they protection related to natural infrastructure biodiversity and move our

utilities above deck. one day we won't be able to do so and it will be a problem. clean fuels, vase ability of those fuels and to study more clean fuels to add to the waterfront. productive. attract and retain tenants that build an economically viable port. looking at the maritime portfolio, we want to do more automobile shipping. it's certainly our competitive advantage and more fargo and increase cruise capacity at pier r pier and last year the shipyard is the project which we had the least success and certainly need to figure out a new future for the shipyard. assist in mission rock and pier 70, 68 new acres of new neighborhoods that are under construction and soon-to-be under construction. to prepare the development and

implementation of the 8096 industrial strategy. we are primarily industrial landowner. we have the ability to intensify the uses of our land, which will add values in jobs, in economics and in opportunities for our communities. we're very anxious to continue to increase the use of those lands. stability is about maintaining the financial strength of the organization by addressing that deferred maintenance issue. maximizing the value of our property and increasing revenues. you will see, in the five-year financial forecast, we will hit that 125 million-dollar goal. we continue to target investments and projects that generate revenue for the organization so we can turn that back into public benefits. for the capitol funding, we're targeting investments and projects that generate revenue

and continuing to secure external sources, which are very critical to us. we will be -- it's important that we learn to deliver capital more effectively and we've gone from a 10 million-dollar capital budget to a 30 million-dollar capital budget in a couple of years and so we need to get our improvements in the ground. we'll be increasing staffing, increasing contracting and establishing a contract management office. so i would like to do a little boosting about what we accomplished last year in 2018. port staff have been working very hard to achieve objectives for the organization following this plan. these accomplishments yield better results down the road for us, as the efforts mature. so, this is a look back at last year. in the arenas, i'm combining

evolution and equity, we have entitled mission rock and 1,500 new homes and 40% and six acres of parks. we have 88 broadway approved. 100 affordable housing projects and 130 low income families and 55 senior homes. we've entitled pier 70 up to 250 homes and 33% of affordable and waterfront park, community retail and space. just an amazing array and looking with our partners they put in improvements to address the safety concerns that you heard loud and clear from the partly cloudbicycle and communi. we coordinated to open great g, the first of ferry land projects

is readying for $40 million of construction. it does need to be worked out but that project is on schedule. for the 20th historic project, the o.d.i. project which there's another item to talk about all six building have been complete or are nearly complete and the financials are stronger than we anticipated. you have approved cane cove park. we'll see those seven acres of park improvements done. but lots of work done on it last year. you have approved the alcatraz project. it's important-long-term lease agreement as a gateway to alcatraz. we have open space installation and pier 27 point of view and the beautiful 30-foot polar bear and the harry bridge plaza to

celebrate climate change and we removed 500 piles and replanted the entrance of the park. an area of resilienc rye sil se. one of only two flood control projects which will offer opportunities of up to $1 billion of improvements to the shoreline. we've done lots of geo tech studies completing 100 to under the seawall program and we've defined a framework to tackle the seven and a half miles of waterfront to strengthen, adapt and envision to guide a resilient port future. engagement was an incredibly banner year. the waterfront land use plan received unanimous support. we had a minority business mixer. 160 attend's and we've had contracting workshops and we've

reached 100 attendees. we had a contract opportunity open house with 140 attendees and we've put out embarkadaro and engage 52 respondents. the outreach is extraordinary and 100 stakeholders and i won't read the statistics but it's remarkable. and many, many members of port staff engaged in those efforts. it's the ability and we've had the beneficial reuse of dredge materials and that's an important improvement for the environment to reuse the materials in the wetlands for habitat benefits. in collaboration with the mayor's office we have cleaner fuels for our ferries exertion providers and they will be all transitioning in 2020 and fisherman's warf, we have waste disposal facilities and

renewable diesel for fish we work with our tenants to improve air quality and we work with street tenants on dust patrol for maritime lease and we got our rail locomotive and quality continuing to reduce truck trips. we have the area of productive which is the business side, we have new crews called portion new calls scheduled for 2020, that's a very traumatic expansion of growth for the port. we continue to grow pier 80. we have agreements with auto manufacturer and we're near capacity at pier 80. the first time in decades near capacity. we had record cargo volumes. we have a 15 year lease with the sf bay railroad. we've had record investments in capital. we've had a five-year plan and

we've maintained all the while our ratings of a, which is excellent. we had 345 building permits with a total value of 247. we had five million dollars from new leases that were annualized and we did those rent increases bringing in 500,000 more annua annually. so, i do think that you will see-through this process that the planning and the effort in attention that we're paying on the strategic framework is really helping us see long-term projects to success from the planting, nurturing, fighting off weather to the bloom and harvest. i really see that in things like the backlands, the 20th street historic core, the pier 48 parking improvement, which is because we improved pier 31,