that i do want to remind folks of bcdc's history for just a second, which is that as of next year, bcdc will be 50 years old and we were created because the bay was shrinking and because so many different individuals jurisdictions were trashing the bay and this marvelous group got together. and beat back the city of berkeley, and bcdc was born and we always talk in the commissioners and the two great tasks that they have before them, and the first is to remember, and that bcdc's role is to minimize the spill in the bay. and there are special rules about how you do that and it does not mean that you have the fill in the bay, and you minimize in the bay and to remember that the bay is neither a convenient or a useful place to put something that could be put on land because it is a state protected resource and the second thing that the commissioners remember is if you are going to fill the bay then you are going to need to be sure that you provide the maximum access to the bay, and if you walk along it and see the wharf. and if you walk to the ferry building and it is a tremendous reality

or bcdc. to advance how we can improve the public realm. and how can we improve way fining and signage? to make it easier for the people to traverse up and down the water front. and we have guidelines, to try and provide care on how we improve and repair our historic resources, that have been embraced by the state's historic preservation office, and those, we have many other planning projects as well and the water front language plan is not the only game in town. and the report chronicles with planning efforts that focus on the full array of what happens at the water front, both from a maritime, use, standpoint. the port has over ten different maritime industry and so tracking what the needs of each of those industries are, has been an ongoing effort by the maritime division. and, with respect to the new, evolution of our understanding of sea level rise and climate change and the need for adaptation and the seismic strengthening of our sea wall, all of those are studies that have been in place, in the last few years, that are informing a ci

much in the way that we are seeing with the bcdc port working group. given our recommendation that we do the subarea planning and the discreet areas of the water front, rather than the whole water front as was the case with the adoption of the water front land use, and there is a lot of efforts in the projects that are under way and those projects need to continue while the planning discussions occur and looking at the discreet water front subareas, we have planning under way in both the fixer man's wharf area and with the planning area focusing on the public loan improvements. and south beach and then in the north east water front, look to be the areas where there has been some recent controversy, and there would be a benefit in some subarea of planning in those areas. and we are eager to hear, the feedback from the residents in those areas, to see if there is a shared interest in that. and with the pier 70 and the sea wall lot, 337 there is a need for the voter approval for those projects can go forward to address the height. in the southern water fr

restaurants where they sit on a pile supported decks and so that work has been under way through the bcdc port working through the process which we have briefed you on previously. in the north east water front, and we have quite a bit of improvement just through the director's announcement on opening of the herm an cruise terminal, the plaza, and clearly the explore torium has been a game changer for the north east water front and it is hard to imagine the change if you were not here then, but pier 27 was a news print terminal, when the plan was adopted. when a cotton warehouse and we had a foreign trade zone with the semitrucks crossing in 19 and 23, and so what the public has been able to enjoy, with the america's cup and with the permanent developmen

restaurants where they sit on a pile supported decks and so that work has been under way through the bcdc port working through the process which we have briefed you on previously. in the north east water front, and we have quite a bit of improvement just through the director's announcement on opening of the herm an cruise terminal, the plaza, and clearly the explore torium has been a game changer for the north east water front and it is hard to imagine the change if you were not here then, but pier 27 was a news print terminal, when the plan was adopted. when a cotton warehouse and we had a foreign trade zone with the semitrucks crossing in 19 and 23, and so what the public has been able to enjoy, with the america's cup and with the permanent developments here with the opening of the cruise terminal, i think that it is something that provides that bridge between the ferry building area and fisherman's wharf that we think has, you know, been a wonderful resource and has attracted so many more people to the water front. and there have been, however, difficulties with the development in the

and you know, with diane, has been working with bcdc since i have been here and i thought that she worked for them in the beginning. she and brad and everyone has done a phenomenal job and i am glad that we have such a great partnership and i know and i also agree that we need to look at the next 10 or 15 or 25 years, because this the water front land use plan or has made the water front what it is today and i know that it can only get better and so i just want to thank you and your staff for working with us to continue to make this a better place. >> thank you for allowing us to. >> okay. >> thank you, laerry for coming today, i think that it is great to just hear you in the public, number one to hear about how the partnership is working with our staff and we also believe that we have the great staff and i think that it is important to be on the record that we are working well together, and the sea level rise that i agree with what the commissioner brandon has said and i guess that my question is there and i think that i have asked a couple of times, whether you have the aagency that wil

restaurants and the venue and activities interact well with the public realm and we are working with the bcdc to identify further improvements for the fisherman's wharf area and so there is still work to do to change some regulations that will make it easier for the restaurant owners to do seismic up grades and retrofits to their restaurants where they sit on a pi