i am elaine forbes, the port's executive director. the first item i have today is to introduce our chief operating officer, byron rhett. he is going to give a brief overview of a conference he attended on april 8. thank you, byron. >> byron rhett, chief operating officer. commissioners, thank you for the opportunity to talk briefly about the sea trade global conference that was held april 8 through 11 in miami, florida. it's a large international cruise conference. this is the 35th anniversary of this conference. it is really well attended. 13,000 participants, 70 different cruise lines attend the conference. myself and mike nerney, the assistant deputy director for maritime attended the conference. we attend as participants we al -- but also as exhibitors, and we participant through cruise west associations. mike nerney is president of that organization. it's nine west coast ports that participate. we're one of the nine. it is victoria, canada to the north, san diego, california to the south. it was also a good opportunity to work wi

it is mostly gratitude, beginning with carol and elaine forbes and the port for your long-standing partnership along the southern waterfront, and your confidence and faith in us. we really appreciate that. it is very meaningful. to brenda, for your initiative and drive and really taking green agers, and our stewardship of the eco-center to the next level. this has been a real passion project for you, and that's very obvious, and that's why we have the right person at the helm. and, just lastly, to jackie and curt, but to the community more broadly, thank you for your trust in us as well. and we are very humble and aware of the important history of this site and both the actual and symbolic promise of environmental justice that this building holds. and we will do our best, in partnership with you, to make good on our commitments. >> thank you. the chair would entertain a motion? >> moved. >> seconded. >> all those in favor? >> yea. >> so moved. >> chairwoman: we're now on item 8, the synthetic turf replacement project. >> good morning, commissioners, an i'm general manager dan morrow with the c

the port has been a great partner with us in working on this with thanks to elaine forbes. looking at retirement, the numbers broke -- bump up every week. we have approximately 30 retirements as of looking at july 1st. we are expecting their do more retirements by then. like i said, every week they are bumping up a little bit. we will see what happens with that number. the 2020 bond is moving along, and as you know, it has included $125 million for a new fire station, hundred $50 million for the training facility, and separate funding for emergency, firefighting, water supply,. the initial polling has been done, and the water supply, emergency firefighting water supply pulled a very high. the neighborhood fire stations do well pick the. the training centre, not quite as well. because of that, because we need a little bit more flexibility, we're going to mine, or we are looking at combining the $125 million, and hundred $50 million for the fire station and the training facility under one heading. we will still spell out what everything is, and what that does for us is, besid