brad benson from the port of san francisco representing the port director. good afternoon. we have a short presentation today in support of this item. i'm noticing the screens are not working, but apparently they klerk is trying to get those up and running. the port has one of the last two sets of impact finger piers, historic figures representing the former type of shipping before cargo containers in the country. most of them are 100 years old. when the port received appears from the city in 1968, many were beyond their useful life. they are in bad need of repairs. they have maintained pile crews since 1924, that is our earliest record of having pile workers who would work on pier repair activities. it is needed work. it appears exist in a very harsh marine environment -- that appears exist in a very harsh marine environment and they do get damaged. some are so damaged they have to be removed from the day. currently, the port is proud to have a 16 person pilot crew working up and down the waterfront was to pile ribs. -- with to pile rig is a. a lot of the damage is hidden.

brad benson, special projects manager, here to talk about what we have been reading about in the news. sorry that i do not have copies of the presentation for the commissioners, but i will try to describe what is on the screen. it is a very short presentation. may 22, the mayor and representatives of the golden state warriors, appears 3332, i know that many of the regionpiers third -- piers 30 through 32, i know that the announcement was made to build a new arena. there is a lot of excitement in the city about this. the warriors used to play in san francisco. from 1962 to 1971 they played in san francisco. some of the former players were called but it was like and how important it was to have a great facility to play in. we are talking about the resolution from the board of supervisors that is being a considered right now. it would authorize the port to entered exclusive negotiations with of the warriors to develop its facility on piers 30 and 32. a very brief overview, we are just kicking off this process. it is a lengthy process, as those of you familiar with waterfront development