you already had a long service with the port. you know, i've had a few moments in my career where i've really gotten the opportunity to work with you. and i just have to say your commitment to the core values of the port's mission, that maritime mission has been unwaivering in everything you've done. there were times we'd look at pier 80, and the rest of us would wonder what's happening there? and you carried this torch. i think it's the force of your will that we have pacia at pier 80. two different plans for will america's cup -- for the america's cup, and one plan for the south. you had the vision for the cruise terminal at pier 27, and we got to work together to align those two things so that the america's cup really helped deliver that facility. that's another, you know, juewl on the waterfront. i have so much respect for your legacy on the waterfront and how you've dealt with everybody at the port, how you've been a colleague, and you know, holding onto that vision. and so i just want to say i applaud you. [applause] >> hi,

we operate, the port operates if the crucible of life. water, plants, wildlife in san francisco bay. it happens all over the world. a resolution like this enables us to be more successful in carrying our environment in which we operate. that's one reason you are enabling us to be more successful in stewarding. going up to the next level, any project that happens on this water front, there are enumerable permits to secure. better we can do in saying, here is a resolution it has the word and policy in it, we endorserd these and can use these in our statements of minimization, a whole play of ideas. that's why this is important too. thank you. >> president brandon: thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? seeing none. public comment is closed. >> commissioner makras: i support the item. implementation, we approve today that all future projects and everyone would implement lots of them. is that accurate? >> yes. it's not intended to be a regulation or hammer that we're going to put on ourselves on our tenants or development

why the port? the love of san francisco and living here so long and wanting to be involved in the development. it was exciting >> is there any other public comment on this item? >> we also submitta

the partner brookfield develop. port and city are moving expeditiously with a new neighborhood at pier 70. it's terrific to the progress on the ground we now have a design proposal for e2 on the northeast corner of mayorland and 22nd street in the pier 70 special use district. design review for the building is assigned to the city's planning director john ram, nevertheless, i want the port commission and our water front community to be aware of the review process and proposed schematic design. i'd like to invite david volpray up as a senior designer of the plan. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'll talk about the process and maybe by the time i'm done we'll have images for you. port staff and planning staff recommend the schematic design for e2 parcel at pier 70. this is the first new building in pier 70 in several decade. the -- decades. the program is apartment, residential building 70 feet tall, 226,000 square feet with 275 rental units. brookfield submitted their schematic design to the city and the planning depart

so to the left is the beach area, part of which is in port jurisdiction. to the right, the docks -- the launching dock, a port of that is in port's jurisdiction, as well as the water area under the dock, and i'll have a clearer diagram in a moment. so the jurisdictional issue is what ghives rise to our kpalg today that we're -- challenge today that we're trying to address. in 1990, it was zofred that the pothe -- discovered that the port held jurisdiction to the property. the port's jurisdiction is the dotted line that sort of cuts through the middle there. below that dotted line, the gray shaded area is the beach area, the crosshatched area is the dock that's on the port jurisdiction, and the water area underneath that, the polka dots is the water area in question. the port, when this was originally discovered entered a lease with the south end rowing club to be sort of a colandlord. that was a complicated relationship that really didn't work out financially. as part of the settlement agreement, you approved, we wanted to move forward to a relationship tha

why the port? the love of san francisco and living here so long and wanting to be involved in the development. it was exciting >> is there any other public comment on this item? >> we also submitted a proposal that was more about taking advantage of the interim years before development on the piers starts to take place. we believe an important opportunity much less talking about throughout the hearing of involving the community of san francisco and what the piers can and should be and doing it both through public comment, engagement opinion and in the ways the piers could be vitalized before development and before long term waves take place. we request you take into consideration the potential for using pop ups and/or temporary installations to start to explore not just what people want out of these places but how they could be activated and serve as a community resource in the interim years before long-term development starts to take place. thank you >> any other public meant? -- public comment? se

the port here owns the property. the port is taking what they valued at last month's meeting as a $35 million property that generates over $800,000 in revenue and london breed has decided to take that away. you have the ability to say no and spend the time andest discussed at last meeting go through and rfp process and to decide how that money -- whether those properties should be split or not split and what revenue can be generated by putting an rfp out for that site. you've had that choice now taken away from you or you are getting that choice taken away. right now the navigation center wapwants to lock you up for four years, and you have the ability to say no to london breed and to side how your own property should generate revenue and make the community and the neighborhood a much better place. thank you. >> if you. thank you. >> commissioners, i appreciate the time and i would like to scold the administration for pitting the districts against each other to solve this problem. i feel that just because 55% of the

the port commissioners have a fiduciary duty to guard the port property.ds to be public input and adequate time to address the health and safety consequences on south beach of putting up this navigation center. as you know, south beach is densely populated. 10,000 residents, over 25 preschools, daycare centers. small children are uniquely vulnerable to the homeless, many of whom have substance abuse problems, mental health, and other issues. the city and the port need to slow down and do the smallest amount of due diligence before you bring this navigation center and placing it in a densely populated area. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> is there any other public comment on items not listed on the agenda? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> clerk: item 6-a, executive director's report. >> good afternoon, president brandon, vice president adams, members of the commission, and public, i am elaine forbes, the port's executive director. i have two brief items to report. one, i wanted to let everyone know there will be another community meeting abo

i work if the port planning and environmental division. i'm here today to review with you the sediment investigation work and upcoming remedial action planning within this project area. as shown on the water front map in front of you, working from the bottom of the page in the yellow box, our project area starts a what we call pier 39 east and it works our way up past pier 43 and 43 1/2 and pier 45 east at the top of the page, water area. to help understand today's project, i want to briefly look at the historical development along the area of the water front we're referring to as pier 39 to 45. as shown in this 1905 map, the port seawall has been completed to mason street by 1905. the land side area has been filled. you want to point the black demarcated lines around one parcel, one block of the city, this was basically starting at the turn of the century. this is adjacent to port property along the embarcadero and out to the bay side. as shown in 1913 map, the area behind the seawall as you can see continues to be filled in to the left mo

i am the port c.f.o., and i will endeavor to make this quick. i am here this afternoon with an informational presentation regarding the first proposed sale of the 2018 seawall bond. staff plans to return to commission at your next meeting on march 26th to ask for approval to submit a request to the mayor and the board of supervisors for the sale and appropriation of this first round of geo bond funding. as you know, nearly 80 3% of san francisco voters approved a $425 million general obligation bond to fund improvements to the embarcadero seawall this past november. port staff -- they have been doing our due diligence and are proposing a first bond sale and the amount of $45.8 million plus the additional cost of issuance. the proceeds from this first sale would support planning and preliminary design for phase one of the seawall program. the bond measure received such strong voter approval because san franciscans recognize the critical role that the seawall plays in protecting tcd assets including transportation and utility infrastructure, emerge

yes, sir through the ports of entry. so those are the two main areas as you know we have a border security improvement plan we provide that we update each year and go on a risk based way. >> the barrier that's being contemplated has been the subject of much consternation over the last several months it's not for the entire southern , border? sec. nielsen: no, sir. >> how much are we talking about? how many more additional miles of barrier? sec. nielsen: about 700. little more than 700. >> is it fair to say that up until this administration, it's been a pretty bipartisan agreement that barriers are needed at certain points along the border? sec. nielsen: yes, sir. >> i want to switch gears if i may for a moment, with respect to cybersecurity, which i'm the ranking member of that subcommittee now. there's a bill we will be submitting next week that suggests and asks that a cyber security and infrastructure advisory committee be created similar to what we did with tsa and the committee. are you familiar at all with and do yo

of entry than at ports of entry. the some -- since fy 2012 cpb leisured more than 11 million pounds of drugs between ports of entry compared to 4 million pounds at ports of entry. mr. chairman, we have to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and community destroying drugs across the border must a end to translation transnational gangs that prophet off the illegal enterprises and bring crime to american streets. the only way to do that is to secure the border. and we need an all of the above approach. the border security that includes manpower, 12 e21st century technology and barriers. with this approach we will deter human trafficking human smugglers and others from crossing 100s of miles of open desert with innocent children and putting children in grave danger. fewer drugs make it into the united states saving lives and making our communities safer. we know an all of the above approach works. in areas where we built a wall system illegal traffic has plummeted. and san diego illegal traffic dropped 92% after the barrier

the fishing boat vieira's sets out from a port on the ukrainian side which has become somewhat of a rarity businesses not be good for vladimir chair or possibly the owner of the fishing company. this is just what we're now sailing along the canal to the port of bradley on sick or out of it or practically empty no freight ships inside. which is in the. vicinity of as of borders russia and ukraine a treaty states that both countries have equal usage rights yet since the kurdish bridge opened linking russia to the annex crimean peninsula russia has been treating the sea as its own softened water as russia decides who is committed to sail on the sea and who is not. sort of us our ship is here the russian ship is in front of us. and one of their coast guards. want to take over the from the russian border control officers check everyone asking each ship for its name the size of their crew their nationality we. really want to see how busy they are that the people are working they're getting on with their business. the leader of. the ukrainians feel intimidated. it's one fifty one this is vera hel

the european union is investing around one hundred thirty five million euros in the port that sorely needed to modernize much of the infrastructure. i put cash strapped is really also welcomes financial backing from china is only occasional criticism of its role as a strategic investor. but you are. not only. anyone is thinking about the role china is taking on in the world but if i just think about how they treat their workers then i don't know if they're the right partner for us and with that can have a good future. such concerns aside most interests see only positives in becoming a further gateway to europe for china's belt and road initiative. now there are some rules that the new york stock exchange has upheld to this day one of them no business attire no entry meaning if you're wearing jeans you're better off getting in line at the hot dog stands out on broadway on thursday these rules were relaxed traders showed up wearing denim pants and jackets the reason for the unusual dress code levi strauss one of the world's best known jeans brands made its way back onto the stock exchan

>> yes. >> where in the asylum law does it say that when you present yourself at a port of entry, and by the way, when you're on u.s. soil, that you can be sent by an agent to another port of entry? is it anywhere in the asylum law? >> what we're trying to do is process -- >> it's not in there. i know, just, it is a yes or. no it's not in there. because what you all are doing is not within the confines of the law. you talk about a list. under what authority is there in u.s. law that a list could be started to have people wait in mexico? do you have that authority? >> yes, ma'am. >> what is under that one authority? >> the here is to do all ha we can to protect the migrants coming here -- >> well, that is not what the asylum law says. >> the asylum law says that we -- >> can you produce every single list at the port of entry that's under u.s. -- >> we do not have the list to be clear, the list is in mexico. >> so you have the authority to do a list but you don't have access to a list? and due control that list? >> what i mean by the list ma'am,. >> so you're basically farming this out

the european union is investing around one hundred thirty five million euros in the port that sorely needed to modernize much of the infrastructure. i put cash strapped italy also welcomes financial backing from china there's only occasional criticism of its role as a strategic investor. but your. lead anyone is thinking about the role child. and as a taking on in the world but if i just think about how they treat their workers then i don't know if they're the right partner for us and wherever that can have a good future. such concerns aside most interests see only positives and becoming a further gateway to europe for china's belt and road initiative. for more let's bring in the see my doctor freelance journalist based in rome good to see you seem italy is the first stop on g.'s limited to europe tour what do we know about his itinerary there well he's expected to arrive later on today and his visit pop up the kids on friday where he'll be meeting senior political figures including its least president said that their love now might develop speaking on thursday said that the relations

of now only work a four day week at the port for two thirds of their regular pay. for the oil it's more than an economic blockade on the whole region is being suffocated. all of the differences left on the ukrainian controlled territory depend on our port. state owned companies get support from kiev so far they have not been mass redundancies the twins and their colleagues are highly skilled dock workers but often all there is for them to do is clean work then this is all well paid work elite work that. the neighboring shipyard is experiencing tough times too with little actual work to do geishas teet cohen his colleagues passed the time playing dominoes. unlike the poor this privately owned firm does not receive state support. now again we're hoping that power will change hands in the next elections mine are the thing that being said. at the moment we spend most of our time sitting at home and our pay has been cut. the conflict should stop then everything will get easier. this shipyard has lost most of its income because sixty percent of the orders came from russia

i'm elaine, and i'm the executive director of the port. [applause] >> thank you. and i'm super honored to present diane tonight. she is one of the few city officials that would say a voter referendum on development is a great idea, but it turned out to be a great idea because it did force and push us into a planning framework, which has you have seen has produced amazing results. so 20 -- you know, 1997, and then to do the waterfront planning exercise again, she is the architect of our waterfront, and we're so grateful to get to implement now the next generations of fabulous improvements that we can all enjoy. so here is diana oshima. [applause] [cheering] >> i usually speak off my cuff, but i am not going to do that tonight. thank you, spur, everyone, for this recognition. what an honor it is to receive it alongside my fellow awardees and the amazing service that they provide to the city. i'm very kind of conflicted. it is pretty crazy for me to be standing up here alone because the waterfront is one of those ultimate "it takes a village" kinds of things. and san

the european union is investing around one hundred thirty five million euros in the port that sorely needed to modernize much of the infrastructure. i put cash strapped is really also welcomes financial backing from china there's only occasional criticism of its role as a strategic investor. but you know men i'm sure they believe anyone is thinking about the role china is taking on a low world but if i just think about how they treat their workers there then i don't know if they're the right partner for us in a boy bearing whether that can have a good future. woodward in trouble such concerns aside most interest see only positives in becoming a further gateway to europe for china's belt and road initiative. now when you hear the word whiskey. you might see this highlands or sleepy villages in the american south who's number of across europe has been developing a taste for different local producers on a piece of that market too so why can't whisky come from brian burke. nestled in a small time in about an hour's drive from berlin is the shop levi's distillery a place where workers prid

the port currently oversees two development projects at pierce 70 and mission rock. each project is now in the implementation phase. it will be going through extensive planning, engineering and construction in the coming years. each project also has a -- has committed to a unique l.b.e. utilization program that governs the inclusion and participation. the project -- committed to an outreach goal of 17%. twenty-one-point 7% and $620 million in contract awards from the pier 70 project have been awarded to all l.b.e. firms but the next infra structure bid package is coming forward in the next few months and valued at $43 million and is expected to exceed 30% o.b.e. participation. last year, brook field hired an l.b.e. firm to provide outreach guidance and in project support, dwayne jones, was here earlier, but had to leave. mission rock partners l.l.c. the mission rock project is a little bit behind in terms of scheduling behind the pier 70 project. they recently issued a request for qualifications for professional services. forty% of the 200 submittals they received cam

the vast majority are coming through the ports of entry. his national emergency declaration would take $600 million from the drug forfeit fund and two and a half million from the department of defenses drug and addiction program and 3.6 million from the military construction budget. i chairs the appropriate rescissions subcommittee so i know how that's harmful it would be to critical military service members. the drug control issues and as a result you have a say in how the critical funds are administered, correct? correct? i'm speaking to you. >> thank you. thank you for the question. there is no question but it the law. >> i'm asking you a great question. you have a say in how these critical funds are administered as the drug czar, yes? >> yes. >> okay. given the administration's plans to steal money from funds to build this, how can we take the president's declaration of a national public health emergency declared related to the opioid crisis which by the way killed 70,200 people in 2017 alone, when you steal from the fundings sited to fu

the european union is investing around one hundred thirty five million euros in the port that sorely needed to modernize much of the infrastructure. i put cash strapped italy also welcomes financial backing from china there's only occasional criticism of its role as a strict. investor. but if you. believe anyone is thinking about the role china is taking on in the world but if i just think about how they treat their workers then i don't know if they're the right partner for us in a boyband whether that can have a good future. pull toward each other. such concerns aside most interests see only positives in becoming a further gateway to europe for china's belt and road initiative. nears elance prime minister just under our town has announced that the government hopes to have a ban on semiautomatic and military style weapons in place by next month the move follows friday's fatal shootings at two mosques in christ church which left fifty people dead. one of the many vigils taking place across new zealand this week to our right as the country continues to come to terms with its worst mass

i think as a resident of the port, the portios i ports port e concerned about safety. the other thing to do with this location, it's a highly residential. there are to hospital, no churches, so this is a referral area and no hospitals or churches and when the area is completely clogged up by traffic, let's say there's a medical emergency by someone who oded or something, they won't have access for ambulances taking them where they need to go. thithese are concerns that i ha. thank you. >> alice singh? and then freezin frank goodman? >> my name is alice singh and i'm a resident, a neighbor but most importantly a mother. i have a 20-month-old daughter and i'm here to oppose violently the proposal of this navigation centre. the size is a megashelter. it is three times of any success of a successful navigation centre that the city has deemed in its reports. the success has not been repeated. we know in business, you have to have repeated success in order to gain more budget, in order to gain more approval and in order to continue a plan. this has not been a repeated success

silk road as italy prepares to be the first g seven country to join beijing's ambitious venture the port of true yes to could soon be a new. gateway for china into europe. also on the show more and more indians come to work and study in poland's capital war so we tell you why. hello welcome to the w business asia i want to get jens and glenn good to have you with us the chinese president xi jinping has started a select tour of europe focusing on france monaco and italy his first stop with ports that of easy gateways into europe's richest markets italy is a promising partner for china and as the first g seven nation italy is poised to sign up for china's belt and road initiative and the deep water port of three s. is said to play a significant role in this venture. from a distance trysts new port area built on reclaimed land doesn't look like much yet in future this section of the harbor may be operated by china as a trance shipment point for markets in central and eastern europe the northeastern italian city is currently celebrating the port of tree s three hundredth birthday for local p

the level port and southern sudan ethiopia transport corridor or lab set is worth an estimated twenty four point five billion dollars. it includes the construction of a deep water port highways oil pipelines railways airports and even three luxury resorts. port will be the main hub connecting kenya ethiopia done to the indian ocean and to the world. and. this. is the. work started in two thousand and thirteen when it's finished it's hoped the port will become a major source of revenue. but not everyone is happy with the project activists say it will damage the environment and the government is not properly compensating people for their land leaving indigenous communities to pay the price for kenya's progress. if the government to solve them. only twenty seconds. for years people relied on fishing and tourism to earn a living the port means a major shift and instead of speaking to them community leaders say the government is steamrolling them the kenyan leaders say the lab said project is being done by the book and accuse activists of working against the national interest and in some c

large container ships can unload their cargo here china has already purchased a majority stake in the greek port of paris in the mediterranean tree asked in the northern adriatic would be a further foothold in the region. the european union is investing around one hundred thirty five million euros in the poor that sorely needed to modernize much of the infrastructure. but cash strapped italy also welcomes financial backing from china there's only occasional criticism of its role as a strategic investor. anyone is thinking about the role china is taking on in the world but if i just think about how they treat their workers then i don't know if they're the right partner for us and we can have a good future. but it would be terrible such concerns aside most interests see only positives and becoming a further gateway to europe for china's belt and road initiative. the word whiskey may conjure up images off scottish glens all the hills of tennessee but an increasing number of people here in germany of developing a taste for the typical micro distilleries are now popping up all over the country but ar

devastates mozambique the president says the death toll could well rise to more than a thousand much as the port city of pyra has been completely swept away. and with just ten days to go frex it remains in disarray is pretty faces a constitutional crisis the speaker of the house of commons says there can be no new vote as it stands we'll get analysis from london. i'm dr thomas great to have you with us well the question today is who will be building germany's next generation mobile phone network telecom companies are being invited starting today to bid for radio frequencies to operate ultra fast five g. mobile networks five g. is the technology for example that would make autonomy striving possible on a wide scale while the biggest so far are deutsche telekom britain's vodafone spain's telefonica and a german company. it's a newcomer to the market doesn't have any network of its own now. other parts of the world five g. has already taken off in the asia pacific region for example there are forecast to be about one hundred twenty million five hundred subscribers and about two years time by twenty