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moyer in terms of overall budget update? okay, thank you, ms. moyer. appreciate it. thanks for your time. at this time we'll take public comment on item number 1 if anybody wants to publicly comment, please step forward. okay, seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> colleagues, we've had this hearing now. can i have a motion to table item number 1? motion to do so, can we do so without opposition? owe can i, so moved. [gavel] >> thank you. mr. clerk, can you please call items number 2 and 3ed to thetion? >> item number 2, ordinance appropriating amended estimated receipts and amended estimated expenditures of $3,$857,224 for the port of san francisco for the fiscal year ending june 30, 2014. ~ together item number 3, ordinance amending ordinance no. 165-12 (annual salary ordinance fy's 2012-2013 and 2013-2014) to reflect the addition of 7.0 positions (5.39 fte's) in class 9330 (3.85 fte's, pile worker), 9331 (0.77 fte's, piledriver engine operator), and 9332 (.77 fte's, piledriver supervisor i) in the port of san francisco in fy 2013-2014. >> okay, thank yo

thank you. >> i think that we all look forward to that moyer lee, administration. and finally, our good friend and dynamic leader, the executive director of the port of san francisco, monique moyer. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> okay, so raise your hands, how many of you would like to be me today? i am so humble and honored, what a great fortune to land my term right on the 150th year because the one thing that i will tell you about being 150 years old if you realize that your time is really short and insignificant, and if i were to dare to count how many port directors there have been before and how many there will be after it will become more of a second time, but, i get to be heit u and so many of you who have been here at is water front for decades, all of you from fisherman's wharf thank you for coming today, because of you it is our watethat has evolved ahead of everywhere else in the world this is a perfect place to celebrate. because here we have a little bit of something of everything, in fisherman's wharf. it has been part of the port since its inception

so please welcome monique moyer. >> well, good morning, everyone. and welcome to the most amazing water front in the world. it is always sunny and clear when we are celebrating at the water front. and as mr. ashley said, one week from today, the port of san francisco will mark the 150 anniversary and i could not think of a better birthday present than the new exporatorium. so it is my honor and also my thrill to be here today to not just to celebrate this grand achievement but to mark this historic moment for the port wr, we have once guinea involved ourselves both architecturally, scientifically, socially, and environmentally, and economically. and the port as you know, was the beginning of our city, just a few blocks here and it is the basic of the tell graph hill and it started as agricultural and fishing village, right there where down's offices are was the first fisherman's wharf. >> and it is just amazing to see how it has transformed. of course, the thing that really set the city on fire was the gold rush and in the words of one historian, th

moyers? >> that's correct, yes. >> we've been looking at stills. how many photographs or images in this book? >> truth be told, i have not counted but on every page this is an average of one so 270 pages. >> it's talking about the world's great religions. >> the world's greet religious art folded into the pages. >> we're talking about dowism. since you grew up in china, do you think chinese is your logic -- do you still speak chinese? >> i speak my hill billy dialect with a fluent native speaker's accent of a 12-year- old because when i was 13 i went to shangai to a boarding school and my vocabulary -- actually i studied a little bit so i can get around in chinese a little bit but most of them go a little crazy because of my hill billy accent. >> the yen and yang, talk about the black and white lines. >> let me give you another image. my father came from a farm and thought we should have some bees. when he went to rob the bees it would be like a side show. he would have the brim hats and the net all over him. finally the cook said there is a bee pr

. >> bill moyers: this week on "moyers and company --" >> gretchen morgenson: i would like to know if apple's lobbyists had anything to do creating the loopholes and rules they're now benefiting from. >> bill moyers: and -- >> tim dechristopher: civil disobedience is always a criticism of the existing power structure. and it's always been that way. that's the role of civil disobedience -- it's a role of dissent. >> announcer: funding is provided by -- carnegie corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy, and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. the kohlberg foundation. independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of

. >> bill moyers: this week on moyers & company. >> marshall ganz: an organizer starts by asking not, "what's my issue?" but "who are my people?" 'cause organizing is about people. and then what's the challenge they face? and then how can they use their resources to address that challenge? >> bill moyers: and -- >> rachel laforest: small victories aggregate to this larger sort of beating heart and people feeling deeply inspired by each other. but it takes work. >> madeline janis: everybody deserves a good job and a decent life. and that our government, our democracy has the tools to ensure that. >> announcer: funding is provided by -- carnegie corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy, and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. the kohlberg foundation. indepennt

to make sure that you know that if you combine the ages of myself, or president chiu, and monique moyerght get to 150 years, maybe. but i'm down here to have fun, today, get out of city hall, go to bubba gumps and make sure that i spend it with other people who love to have fun like our port commission and hers directors and the staff and the rec and parks here and i know that the fire chiefs had to lessen her fun time and go to a three alarm fire and thank you to her for being vigilant for the city. and we would rec and park they have discovered yet another great partner to find water front open space that we can all enjoy, both in terms of getting our public to understand our bond program better, but also to create new spaces. so thank you, phil for being here as well. our port commissioners extend not to present but to past for commissioners and he knows that and i saw mike and others, because it takes generations of people to create things along the water front. it is incredibly expensive to restore a lot of our piers and monique is the first person to know that intimately and histo

to make sure that you know that if you combine the ages of myself, or president chiu, and monique moyer we might get to 150 years, maybe. but i'm down here to have fun, today, get out of city hall, go to bubba gumps and make sure that i spend it with other people who love to have fun like our port commission and hers directors and the staff and the rec and parks here and i know that the fire chiefs had to lessen her fun time and go to a three alarm fire and thank you to her for being vigilant for the city. and we would rec and park they have discovered yet another

. >>> this week on moyers & company -- >> do we want our grandchildren to be exposed to this toxic soup of chemicals and only to find out when they're in their 30s and 40s that this is endangering their lives? >> so we were putting hundreds and hundreds of pounds of poison on every home. and we were just waiting for the damage to occur. >> and -- >> public service is essentially a stepping stone in their resume to make more money. i don't want that kind of person in my government. >> people need to remember that we have recourse. we have the ability to make a difference because ultimately money doesn't elect our representatives, we do. >> announcer: funding is provided by -- carnegie corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of

>> yes, executive director moyer, we heard comments during the public comment to me that was very disturbing. and i would like you to look into to find out what are the issues between american cup metro and iuw local 10. we don't need any labor issues and we have had a great relationship. and clearly there are issues there. and we are talking about having a management team to come in to talk about a new cruise terminal. and clearly we don't need any problems. definitely there seems to be problems there, and i would like you to report back to the next commission meeting. and hopefully there is some resolve. >> certainly, we are meeting with them regularly. as you know. but happy to report back. >> but i know, but with a resolve. i would like to know there will be some kind of resolve. you can't force it, i know that. >> i am not sure what you are asking me to do. i am letting you know that as you know and the way that the issues with team resolved with the port being extremely generous and proactive. and we are doing our best here. >> clearly there are problems. >> i understand commissioner,