43 promenade project, bidding approved earlier in this meeting, to the entry at pier 45 at its norton end, it provides over 16 acres of public space and is within the embarcadero waterfront national register historic district, which is made up of numerous wharfs, see walls and bulk heads. that is south of the china basin channel. for the past 150 years, the embarcadero has provided access to the port's marry time -- mari time pearce and businesses. the promenade continues to provide access to pearce and

43 promenade project, bidding approved earlier in this meeting, to the entry at pier 45 at its norton end, it provides over 16 acres of public space and is within the embarcadero waterfront national register historic district, which is made up of numerous wharfs, see walls and bulk heads. that is south of the china basin channel. for the past 150 years, the embarcadero has provided access to the port's marry time -- mari time pearce and businesses. the promenade continues to provide access to pearce and also to the newer public orbited uses. as such, the promenade is not designated as a city sidewalk only fore streans. it is a multiuse pathway for maritime functions, recreation, and bicycle transportation. since its construction, the promenade's popularity has created a need for a tune-up or a conferencive approach to future improvements. as an example. the central corridor of the promenade is restricted in some areas with light pole signs, litter recent ackles and public art. port tenants and developer partners vie for public space with proposals to add benches, outdoor cafes, and waterf

end up to be more like 20 slots. it is not going to be 100 if you were to take that approach. commissioner wynns: thank you. commissioner norton: i appreciate that. i think you are probably right that there is not going to be -- that the high demand schools are going to fill any way. a question to you is what would happen if we simply said that students that need a specialized -- specialized services because the have a disability in a general led classroom, if we let them go to the process and they land where they land, then we serve them. i understand the solution you are proposing is because we are afraid that we are going to get more than we can handle, i guess, then we have capacity to serve well at a particular school, but it kind of seems to me -- i do not know. maybe i am being naive, but it seems to me that wouldn't it be a good thing, in a way, if we ended up with a school that had numbers of students with disabilities that wanted to go there and a program that was -- that sort of broke out of that organically -- would that be a bad thing? what are the patterns now? the choice programs, generally, i think you have tol