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It doesn't cost you a dime to pull off the roadway with your kids and watch the cruise ships or the seaplanes or to just look at the water. Preserving public access to the water while acknowledging the city's need to leverage its assets is a delicate balancing act, he said. It's an advisory board, not a quasi-legislative organization. Any major waterfront use, he said, has to go through the board for review. There's no shortage of issues as Mr. Parente takes leadership.