we are excited to be working with weta staff. they could not attend because they are transitioning from what started out as a very small agency to one that in the year were to will be operating most of the ferry traffic on the day. we are excited to be partnering with them. i wanted to bring up some of the key issues of what is going to be happening, both in the planning context and other areas we will be looking at when we do joint planning. the two agencies, there are two separate objectives. weta is trying to expand the ferry system and bring more votes from all of brown -- bring more boarts from all around the bay. there's so much that has already happened that we have to really think through all the planning issues. maybe not every single square foot of land or structure, but what is going to happen here? many of the things we are concerned about, improving some of the areas, think about the historic status of the agriculture building, etc. the ferry building area when it had a freeway in front of it, is transformed quite a

we are excited to be working with weta staff.hey could not attend because they are transitioning from what started out as a very small agency to one that in the year were to will be operating most of the ferry traffic on the day. we are excited to be partnering with them. i wanted to bring up some of the key issues of what is going to be happening, both in the planning context and other areas we will be looking at when we do joint planning. the two agencies, there are two separate objectives. weta is trying to expand the ferry system and bring more votes from all of brown

i know that from the very first weta itself -- the agency comes with some deep sources of funding. these are very expensive products, but they have regional tax dollars as well as some of the monies that were done for water transportation. there are remarks from those sources of funding, which are pretty good. they are funding this joint planning exercise for the most part. when it comes to the red planning areas, these are grayer areas of who is responsible for funding. some improvements in those areas, such as the demolition of pier 1/2 and pier 2, are called out in the plan as linked to expansion of the ferry terminal. in our mou, there is some contemplation that is a project expense. but there are other areas where it is not as clear. improvements to ferry plaza intersect with leasehold issues we have. a lot of these areas are currently under long-term lease, so there is negotiation not just between the agencies but the other leaseholders. ultimately, if we were in 2008, i would say this would be a public-private partnership in our traditional model and bring in a user or devel