congratulations to the supporters of the emerald park. and when the noise turns down from the construction all over this area, you're going to be blessed even more with this great park for every generation to come. thank you and congratulations to everybody. (applause) >> thank you, mr. mayor. well, they say the devil is in the details, but sometimes there is an angell in the details as well. let me walk you through a few of the specifics of how this actually will work. so, this is a conservation easement that is a legally binding attachment that will go onto the title of this property. once it is filed, it cannot be revoked. this is forever. under this conservation easement, the emerald fund gives up its right to the development of this site also forever. it dictates it will always be a park and always be open to the public. the conservation easement also dictates that the emerald fund assumes full responsibility for the maintenance and the upkeep of this park. the conservation easement spells out clearly defined standards for the mainten

emerald park will be a unique arrangement between the san francisco parks alliance and emerald fund. with an agreement known as the conservation easement that will ensure that forever this remains the public open space. and emerald fund by this agreement will forever give up its right to develop this land. park alliance will be a steward to make sure this remains a public open space. i moved to san francisco 16 years ago. i met my lovely wife here. we had both of our children here. and we used to live right in this building right behind us for many years. and i can tell you from firsthand experience there are very few parks around here, very few parks for children to run around in. and that's why saline and i decided to make this gift. when all these buildings we talk about are complete, there will be thousands of new families around here, thousands. and this park is needed now and will be even more needed then. one of my favorite is the word respondent. which began, the world is too much with us. late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers, what we see in nature, th

and the project that i thought was very similar to the blue green way is the emerald necklace in boston which is a series of parks, that are all connected by water ways, streets, roads and pathways. and the description of them, emerald necklace is that each park is a stone on the necklace and the chain holding the stones are the roadways, and water ways, and walkways. and with that, i thought that i would just show how that is illustrated, on the port's, and the port in the city's blue, green way and so here is the water front, between mission creek and candle stick point and here are all of the parks, along the water front in the blue green way. and so these are the jewels in the necklace and the roadways and the walkways and the sidewalks are the one that connect it in the chain. and so that generally what the blue, green way is from the water side, and we have the water landings, and the water trail, that connects the water landings. and all of these combined, equate to what we call the blue green way. so, the blue green way is a series of parks that all have their own unique identity and experience, but are c