. >> corrin woods, member of the central waterfront advisory group, and trash-picker-upper. watching that crane deteriorated has been so sad. i would like to thank the port for your support in its rehabilitation of an earlier time in port maritime history. thank you. >> including many members, next is -- i do not know if i have words for the next item. fleet week this year was more phenomenal, more astounding. bigger, better, everything, over last year, which i did not believe could happen. there is a petite gentleman in the back of the room that is responsible for all of that. i would like to extend a thank- you to general michael himself. i really want to start with port staff. i will not go after the city family, it could go on for days. but port staff has just been incredible. in no particular order, i would like to thank [lists many names] and probably everyone at port maintenance, engineering, real estate, finance, and others i did not get to. we would also like to recognize sinbad's restaurant, who gave away their entire parking lot for free, over to official vehicles

besides corrine woods. is there any public comment on this item? commissioners? questions, comments? >> maybe this is a reflection of the rendering, it looks like the statue is a little further out of the pedestrian thruway. i was wondering why it was not placed all the way past the flow of pedestrian traffic through the crosswalk? >> the shaded area on your screen right now aligned with market street. your question is would be placed further to the north, which is further away from that? >> i am looking at what i thought was the crosswalk. people would walk straight across the crosswalk. they would block into the statute. >> the general flow -- well, you can see the crosswalk on the west side of the street, as indicated by the pointer there. it is a compromise of trying to locate -- your opinions are certainly value and will come -- the location is a compromise of trying to locate the sculpture in a prominent location in front of the ferry building so what has a relationship to the front and center, yet pushing it to the side so that it does not interfere with t

corrine woods. ok. veronica sanchez. >> good afternoon. veronica sanchez. we just -- i wanted to thank you on behalf of the captain for the rate accommodation for the bar pilots. the bar pilots are members of our union. certainly, we are very supportive of their work. we also support the request that they have before you now to try to bring some clarity -- what the expectations are going to be for their lease hold and property for the america's cup, with the hope there can be some resolution that it will be in their favor and will not be disrupted. there seems to be a difference in language between what is in the least and in the staff report and the newspaper. so we are certainly supportive of that. thank you. >> thank you. is there any public comment on this item? commissioners? >> i was going to ask about the implications on the america's cup, but i think we cover that in staff's report. i did have a technical question. the change would be just the prevailing market rent. is that at the time of renewal? what if the rent goes up and down and it happens to