i'm elaine forbes, port director. first i'd like to thank you, chairman cohen and members of the committee for having a hearing on this item. i would like to thank director kelley because she has provided a lot of the funding to keep the seawall project going. i'm very proud to represent the port staff and commission in what's really a milestone day for the port as we work together to protect our city by strengthening the embarcadero seawall. i ask that you place a 425 million general obligation bond on the november ballot to support the seawall earthquake safety and disaster prevention program. and if i could please move to the overhead. the seawall, as city administrator kelly said, is unseen, mostly. it's 100 years old and it's served our city and region very well over the last decade, but we now must make significant investment for the seawall to protect the next generation. this bond will strengthen the seawall, to protect the city from earthquake, address flood risk and provide current adaptation for sea level r

elaine forbes is the executive director. they've got a total budget of 174 million, of which 9.8 million is general fund. >> good morning chair cohen, members of the committee. >> supervisor cohen: good morning. >> elaine forbes, executive director of the port. i'm joined by my staff, and we're here of course to present the proposed two-year budget. the port is on a two-year budget cycle as other enterprise departments are. our two-year budget is really geared to support our strategic plan and it does so in a -- in a variety of areas that the port commission and part a-- port are trying to advantage with our waterfront. first, we are working closely to expand our water system. the network is growing substantially, and as you know, the city needs to increase this. in the area of sustainability as the new director 1.5 years ago, he consolidated the planning and environment -- i consolidated the planning and environment group to continue to excel our sustainability program in resiliency. of course we're working on the san franc

history, and 425 million is really a down payment, as the city administrator and port director elaine forbes mentioned earlier. the earlier we can get this done, at the end of the day, theologic sticks of the other pile, i think san francisco wants to have it done. i live in district ten, the southern waterfront, the whole city is going to be melt down. when you think about 24 billion. so let's just pray and the upgrade does not even happen in november . at that time, you will have no choice but to go in emergency and do what you have to do. so let's get this ball rolling, and i know all of you will support this bond measure and move it forward. thank you for your time. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, chair cohen, supervisors fewer, stefani, sheehy, and yee. my name is bruce aggett, and i'm a resident of mission bay. i'm a chair of the tjpa cissensi citizens advisory committee. as we've heard, san francisco is vulnerable to seismic activity and emerging flood risks that could impact the entire city. the failure of the embarcadero seawall could have catastroph

patricione, deputy director of finance for the port, here on behalf of our executive director, elaine forbes. i would like to say that the port is in agreement with the budget and legislative analyst's recommendations about our budget. i would like to thank mr. rose, ms. campbell and mr. hulliber for their time and attention to the budget this year. happy to answer questions. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. colleagues, do you have any questions? we have one. before you ask that question, i want to give some port highlights. 30% of the budget, 30% budget increase in year 1 and 15% decrease in year two, minimal f.t.e. growth, like what, .87, and that has to do with -- >> annualization of prior year positions. >> supervisor cohen: the budget is really driven by the seawall and ferry capital projects. so, both very important infrastructures that our city needs. go ahead, supervisor, and then hear from the b.l.a. shortly. >> supervisor fewer: i want to know if you have plans for expansion in work force programs. >> work force development programs? in particular, we are very conscious of the fact

that was under the guidance of our executive director elaine forbes. megan wallace who's just been stellar. tom carter, i don't know if you're here, but with maintenance, we don't always recognize what goes into ensuring all the upkeep is so solid here, and tom carter has done such an amazing job of overseeing all of that. and then we have manny pacheco who's not here today, but he makes this port really run. we say it, and he just makes it happen. always had a smile on his face, too, every time we saw him. then, we have the executive staff, and actually, i think i go back further with byron rhett than anybody here. the very first governmental role i had was serving with byron on the citizens advisory committee with hunters point shipyard, back before it was a gleam in anybody's eye. byron, the work you've done on the port has just been unsurpassed in excellence. peter daly, as you said earlier, we'll always have shanghai. you better explain that. when we had the -- >> what happens in shanghai stays in shagnhai. >> no as part of the delegation on part

i am elaine forbes. today i have the pleasure of welcoming back our two commissioners and two new commissioners. the mayor's office confirmed the reappointment of doreen woo ho, and willie brown. the mayor's office has recommended and the board of supervisors also confirmed the new payment of gail gilman, term ending 2022, and victor makras, term ending 2020. miss gilman has over 20 years of housing experience. she joined the community housing partnership chairman in 2010. [inaudible] >> -- an equity framework. miss gilman is involved in regional and national public policy efforts, including serving as the california's homeless coordinator and finance council, which is a governor appointment, and she was most recently a dbi commissioner. mr. makras has 30 years of civic experience. his first commission was the board of permit appeals. he was a puc commissioner twice, police commissioner, and was very recently serving on the retirement board, which is a $23 billion fund. mr. makras also has 30 years of ex