i want to call out kelly rudnic, melinda stockman, carly payne, and david bupre, port of san francisco. there are a lot of jurisdictions in this area, so it made planning for it a lot of fun. so the requested action before the commission today is an initiation of a general plan amendment. it would adopt the central dogpatch into our general plan. at this time, we're not recommending any planning code amendments. and this presentation will focus on the content, findings, and recommendations of the plan itself and not necessarily the details of the g.p.a., but we do have additional materials with the plan amendment itself. what is a public realm plan? the planning department and the city defines it as the streets, parks, open spaces, tissues that ties the neighborhood together and makes it one, cohesive place. what does a public realm plan do? it has two objectives. one, to reflect local priorities and a sense of the local community's objectives and needs in the neighborhood as well as a practical implementation tool that the city departments can use when deciding where to make investmen