elaine forbes, port director, pleased to be here today to recommend an agreement to you that really secures the embarkation sites of alcatraz into the future, 30 years, up to 50 years. >> president cohen: for those of us who don't know, what does embarkation actually mean. those of you watching at home. >> using a port word. embarkation where passengers board vessels. alcatraz has, we have had an embarkation site for the alcatraz island since 1972 at the board of san francisco. it is an incredibly popular place to go for visitors to the city. it's a wonderful national park, and we have worked very closely with our partners to develop an agreement that really is going to improve the visitor experience on the embarkation site, provide more retail, interpretation, get us a lot of investment into our pier, and the concessioner and the retail operator. this agreement is going to transform this embarkation site. i am here today not only with my team, rebecca and jay, but also with our partners, laura from the national park service, greg moore from the park's conservancy, and i see mark buell is h

earlier this year, elaine forbes asked me to join the pier 70 design review, this is sprinkled in between my three terms on the planning commission. i was first appointed to the planning commission, if you count backwards, in 2006. i'm speaking with the unchanged conviction that as an urban design architect, i'm able to bring a broad perspective and raise the bar in discuecembe did decision making, which is coupled with institutional memory. what other milestones during my time on the commission? there are many, but i will mention a few just for reference. there's a market octavia plan, the first time i met now-commissioner richards. there's the eastern neighborhood plan, merced, shipyard two, japantown cultural heritage. the commission 2020 plan, 5m, the hub, central soma and the list goes on. there are many other projects large and small and all that have mattered to me. i remained anchored in my profession, shaped and challenged by circumstances inside and out side the city and by an ever increasing amount of planning in san francisco, including gentrification. today i find myself expa

we are working with diane oshima putting all these things together, and your esteemed director, elaine forbes. we have put together a fine document that is going to giet your development for decades to come. so we have that much confidence and also wanted to give a shout out to our overall leader, mr. rudy nothenberg for his wonderful leadership. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you for the participation. >> thank you. is there any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner? >> i just want to thank the staff, i want to thank the chair, all the cochairs from land use and transportation to resiliency, as someone who is new and came to this process at the very end, i am astounded by the amount of community input. i think this is a model of how the city should work, so i just want to thank you all for your dedication and your recommendations. they really struck a chord in me, and diane, thank you so much, you guys, for your work. >> commissioner woo ho. >> well, i was to echo what -- i want to echo what has already been said, but i want to thank janice and rudy for