i'd like to begin by not only thanking the port commission, but executive director elaine forbes and her incredible port staff for advancing this vision for revitalizedway to alcatraz island. the experience, the talent, the goodwill and perseverance of the port staff has been so instrumental to working out a rather complicated but important and visionary project so our hats are off to the commission board and the staff for hanging in there with all of this. in this partnership, the conservancy has two primary roles which relate to our experiences as a nonprofit partner to the national park service. the first role is to plan and deliver a new alcatraz welcome centre. this centre will provide information, interpretation and park and san francisco-related products to alcatraz and port of san francisco visitors. the second role is to plan and deliver a seamless visitor experience by offering food at the alcatraz cafe at the embarkation. we're fortunate that the port has really wonderful historic buildings to house both these visitors serving functions. pier 33 is a grand and welcoming sp

. >> good evening, priz adams, vice president brandon and fellow port commissioners, elaine forbes. doing ap informational presentation for a proposal for request for interest and request forç qualifications in interest of stewarding the historicq pirs ad bulkhead facilities. -- piers and bulkhead facilities. as you have mired over many years looking at the opportunities, challenges that we face for our historic finger peers and bulkhead buildingses, we're trying to prioritize attention on improving the tools and opportunities for repairs and rehabilitation of the embarcadero historic facility. this map shows just a summary of the span three miles from pier 45 all wait to pier 48 which we've talked about tonight. even though they were built in the early 1900s, they are utilitarian in being able to adapt to modern uses. the challenges of course are the deteriorating conditions. they're over a hup years old yet people love them. they're precious. what we find is that those costs and repairs and the triggers for seismic improvements are becoming more frequent and the expense associate

members of the public and port staff, i'm elaine forbes, the port's executive director.'d like first to update you all on the resiliency by design challenge. in may of 2017, this challenge, which is called the r.b.d. challenge was kicked off with a call for innovative approaches to climate change. and this was really modeled after what happened in new york in the wake of hurricane sandy. the rockefeller foundation contributed a large amount of money, $4.6 million to this design challenge. the design challenge, as i said, there was a call for innovative solutions from multidisciplinary teams and r.b.d. received 50 submissions. on september 10, 10 teams were selected. those teams are composed of local, national and international experts. for two months, the teams have studied climate change issues. this is a nine-county bay area challenge. so these teams have been looking in the north bay, south bay and bay. on november 1, they were here in san francisco and they toured the city's recommended options for sites which were isla creek and fisherman's what are. -- wharf. the t

and thank you to elaine forbes for everything that she has done in her term so far. it has been a great team. i think that we, at the commission level, do our oversight. we don't rubber stamp what the staff says. i think we hope we give constructive feedback. but the staff really is very intelligent and gives us the best reports. very thoughtful. i think that it has been -- i think this iss a truly working commission on both sides and it is remarkable and that is the reason many of us are motivated and energized to come to our meetings every time. thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner katz? >> thank you. i wanted to take a moment to thank former president and current vice president adams. thank you, commissioner adams for all your hard work over these past two years. i don't think people realise how much goes into serving as commission president. there are countless meetings with staff, with with other constituencies. with elected officials, with tenants that go on behind the scenes. and it is really a huge obligation. and a labour of love. and commissioner adams,