president fong: jim chappel? i am sorry. if you can hold on to minutes, we're going to take a two minute breakready? picking up where we left off, jim chappel. >> i am an experienced professional planner who has worked in community planning in san francisco for over 30 years. i am here today representing myself and thousands of people who have worked to improve san francisco's waterfront over the years. i do not need to remind this commission that the waterfront land use plan was adopted in 1997, after seven years of collaboration between all interested parties in the san francisco. it represents a viable framework for meeting the diverse needs of the port itself and all the others who would use and enjoy this unique city resource. thousands of residents spent tens of thousands of hours over a seven year period to craft that plan. the current excellent nebraska waterfront study which you are considering today -- northeast waterfront study which are considering today it validates its sentiments. this most recent effort was be

the first one is jim chappel. do we have the item numbers given out? 9a, right? what does it say on your agenda? wells whitney was also going to speak on 9c. is there any public comment on this particular item. ? there is a motion and second. commissioner brandon: fortunately or unfortunately i was here in 1998. at that time, i had no idea how successful the park was going to be. i want to commend you on what you and the port staff and everyone else involved have done to make this a destination point. that is wonderful. regarding this grant, what type of activity are we looking for? are we looking for a full-time program? a weekend program? what can you do with $100,000? >> that is a great question. to your first point, thank you for that. that is really kind. we could not have done it without port commission support. you have voted on the budget every year to continue to support the program. that is why it has succeeded. what can you do with $100,000? that is one of the reasons -- one of the advantages of offering it as a grand opportunity rather than a contract