again, the interagency council is one of the places we would do this because we have so much happening with clips, with the promise -- promised neighborhood application. we are trying to remain coordinated. these are things that the members have led in terms of the collaboration on site with the mall com -- malcolm x theme. we are excited about the associate superintendent or assistant superintendent and the southeast, and expect to be working with all them to move that forward. mber, and december, but we are actually actively working with them on that type of detail. >> supervisor march -- supervisor mar? supervisor mar: can you share with me the information from the fifth graders, their mapping and their ideas?

i would be curious what vision they have of their ideas. that would be helpful at a later time. i would be happy to see that. >> it is pretty exciting stuff, and fun to look at. i am sure there are some of those folks that would come to visit you in your office if you wanted a life, in-person presentation. in terms of thinking about what's going to happen here, hunter's view will be working on what's happening in the fall. one of the things we haven't talked about is that hunters view will have a tight relationship with the p.u.c. around storm water. we are working with them on the cistern and working with them on run-off and water conservation efforts. if the shipyard is approved, then that's ahead of you this week. we are happy to work with you, depending your decision on that. as we mentioned, sunnydale and

potrero are moving through that environmental review process. eventually you will find your way back in terms of plain unit developments. and last but not least, craig has been doing a lot of work with ed harrington's team in things that seemed like compatible themes, but given the fact these places are hilly, the access bit issues, and the run-off and new things we are trying to do as a city plays out in some ways on these sites. they have been generous in their staff time in helping us figure this thing out. so on the surfaces of community building, i think amy highlighted it well. we have had growing pains, as are always the case with these projects. the nice news is, we haven't had growing pains on the nice things like the jobs. or relocation. i think that has been a tremendous zess. it -- success. i think we threw everything but the kitchen sink at these things

in the last years because we didn't want to fail in the most critical elements. now that we have learned lessons, hopefully it will be clearer for us to learn this with more efficiency. we are about to implement a data tracking system. september could probably tell you more about this, but this is going to be critical in terms of following up on this. again, it is just going to continue the interagency council work, particularly around fiscal development. it is a tough time for all of us fiscally. that means if we can help phil ginsburg or rec & parks, we are trying to see how we can use our projects to help more than one goal at a time. the community engagement process around these is never over. it is the beginning of the process. the goal really is to get to a place where these developments

never feel like an us and them mentality. that really happens if you move in on the work. i would be remisnot to mention we have had a tremendous amount of work from our philanthropic founders. but a tremendous amount of work. again, we know we have an ongoing need to keep the public and our city partners and our private partners informed. it's one of the great challenges of hope s.f. our goal through the web site, hope-sf.org and through the fiscal presence of partners is to keep the communication level up. we realize there is no way to ever sort of be done with this

process, and that's again part of our goal in coming here today is to try to surface these issues so that if people don't know about it or they are getting bad information, or if there are things people need us to work on, we can spot these issues and keep moving forward. i will stop there. i think you scr been asking questions along the way. obviously, if there are members of the public. just to say, we know the work ahead of us is big. we are excited about where we're out, and we are hopeful the next year will yield quite a bit. chair maxwell: thank you. that was great. public comment on these issues. ok. this is just an informational hearing. there will be no action taken on these issues.

>> supervisors, i really have enjoyed the out-reach going on with the potrero rebuild. i have been somewhat involved trying to make sure there is a true integration with the neighborhood. by the way, sometimes i get in trouble using that word "integration." i mean it in the right way. we have, i think, achieved quite a bit just this week. the potrero merchant's association contracted with the giants to send 50 kids to ball games this summer, realizing there aren't that many things going on. those things happened because there is good communication and good education. so with that, i really am looking very much forward to rebuilding that whole community.

the one thing supervisor maxwell knows, i have been mr. electricity and sewage and everything else. i think we can use powtrare owe -- potrero and sunnydale as examples on how to save millions of dollars. chair maxwell: that's why i was glad to see the p.u.c.'s involvement, and hopefully involved in more than just the regular ways, but involved in bringing some new programs to that new community as well. >> we have been doing a fine job of educating the p.u.c. on what programs are available. some of it was straight out of a box. but we are making progress. i'm not slamming t chair maxwell: thank you, joe. that's what it takes, it takes a community. the streets are so often lined. the streets in those housing

developments don't go anywhere, just around and around. with this new project we are aligning them, so tennessee will go all the way, and hobbs. and i think those are the things that go toward making a complete community and making people feel tied in. >> since you just raised some of the issues with regard to potrero terrace, are they the oldest buildings? why weren't they kind of closer to the top in their rebuild? and also a little more about the dead end streets and how steep it is there. what you are going to do to make the residence feel more connected to the potrero hill community as well. max mack well, continuing those streets and bringing the grid. >> henry alvarez from the housing authority.

the placement of what moved first, we attempted to move those that were most obsoles cresm nt. upon my arrival, i discovered that alice griffeth had a significant amount of challenges, so the mayor's office agreed to move it fompled it is likely from there one of the other properties on the west side or potrero will move next, although it does have some challenges in terms of slopes, it has the most challenges in terms of obsolescence. when we lose a boiler at alice griffeth, it affects 60 residents. we have 60 residents that can't take a shower, can't get their kids off to school. so in that particular analysis, that's how we got to the scheme that bethesda today. in terms of the architectural design and street escape and linkages, i leave that up to experts who are more equipped to

do that, because if doug wants to tackle the streetscape thing, we should do that, but basically, anything that keths to services is better than a cul du sac that doesn't give us eyes on the street. supervisor mar: just a little bit of detail. >> maffers, my nime is -- >> supervisors, my name is margaret campbell. there are similar sites that deal with steep terrains. how we're dealing with this at hunters view is how we're dealing with this at potrero. to the extent possible we are creating a street grid that will feel more like a typical san francisco neighborhood. where we can't connect those

streets because there are buildings on the site, we are creating pedestrian kecks, and where -- a lot of those pedestrian connections are already there, but they are a little more informal. we are formalizing them. we are making them safe. we have the lighting. and we will also be maintaining them. chair maxwell: and i think for those of us who -- i mean, san francisco is built on hills. we are used to that terrain. i keep hearing it, but that should not be any -- i don't think that should be a deterrent to connecting streets. we managed to do it on lump barred and all the other streets. here it has been, no excuses, get it done. that's what architects and designing is about, finding out a way, planning how to do it. so we have been doing that. supervisor mar, do you have anymore questions?

ok. questions, comments. public comment is closed. this is a hearing. madam clerk, why don't we continue this hearing to the call of the chair. madam clerk is there any further business before this committee? the clerk delon: there are into further items. chair maxwell: then this meeting is adjourned. [at 2:45 the meeting was adjourned]

>> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we visit with one of the arts commissions very special teams.

>> the asia-pacific island cultural center receives help from the census but our commission. john mean today to talk about in off festival is the executive director. welcome. i understand this is the 13th annual festival. can you tell me the name? >> the name is a celebratory name. we also celebrate what we call the asian-pacific islanders as well, in terms of culture, experience, and multidisciplinary arts.

>> the festival is actually very wide-ranging. you have 16 venues, and how many different performing arts centers? >> we have over 85 artists participating, 16 venues, 21 events. there are over 15 groups that are performing. >> there recently kicked off at the beginning of may and will continue through june 13? correct? >> that is correct. unlike in the past years, we have had to expand the festival because there has been so much activity and so many people want to be part of the celebration. we're very honored and pleased to have the festival going all the way into june. >> we're kind of coming in on one of the groups. >> francis is one of the

pioneers of the asian american jazz movement and is also one of san francisco's very own. we're very honored at the cultural center that we can be part of the program. >> an addition to him, what are some of the other highlights of the festival? >> we have three gallery openings in the festival. one is called reclaim, which is a film art. the others are receptions that are happening at four different the supervisors' offices. the other is called mining the creative source. >> think you for sharing the content with us on "culture wire." >> thank you very much. >> it is in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the strikes at uc-berkeley of the study of

ethnic studies. it is a celebration of that history, as well as some of the other items. >> what led to this multidisciplinary collaboration? >> i am from san francisco, and from the 1960's on, that is the aesthetics. the poets, working with the musicians, dancers, the waitresses, the jazz club, actors, whatever. the idea is we are all a community and we share this common story. >> did you reach out to the dancers? how did it come together? did they come to you? >> the choreographer and dancer actually was a student of mine and residency in cameron house and chinatown. i developed a friendship with her over many years, and also with the spoken word artists. i met him at a benefit at one of

the benefits in chinatown. it is part of that ongoing really rich relationship building that happens in our arts community. >> i got a chance to hear a little bit of your performance, and i am a big fan of john coltrane, and you play a phenomenal sax. can you tell me a little about your musical influences. >> a particular piece about john coltrane was he reached out to asia and his global vision. as an asian american growing up and coming up in this country seeking some recognition, that was a very meaningful, making that kind of contribution. i really owe a debt to john coltrane for recognizing my culture and uplifting it as part of the music as well. >> i know that your family history is really rich and complex in terms of illustrating

how the chinese has occurred over the last two centuries. it could talk about that? >> it began in the 1870's, when my great grandfather, instead of coming with everybody else to the united states to build a railroad, he went off the coast of madagascar are. -- madagascar are. he met a woman there who is creel, african-american, french, and chinese. they married, and they had family, and i am the product of that. growing up here in the bay area, we have some influences because it is the gateway for emigration. from many countries. you walk down the street, you are participating in that mix. in my music, i really want to express and represent that kind

of topic that goes on in the streets. it is the most exciting part of being here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much.

>> the san francisco ethnic

dance festival is one of the jewels on san francisco sculptural crowns. this is in its 32nd year of showcasing the celebrated dance troupes. this year will be one of the past with four new works representing kondo, afghanistan, china, mexico. -- congo, afghanistan, china, mexico. more than a hundred 30 ensembles and soloists auditioned in january for a slot in the ethnic dance festival. in the end, 37 companies were selected to perform. 26 of those performances are world premieres.

>> each year, we assembled a panel of dance experts that is made up of academics, scholars, researchers. people have been working for decades in the field. many of them came to this country in the seventies and have trained the next generation of dancers. they are proud to see many of these students at the these masterful levels. this was one of the best panel'' we have ever had, extraordinary people. at the end of the process, they rank their top groups which are then merged into a master list. >> performers are judged on stage presence, costumes, and innovation.

>> the four programs are created around an exciting and dynamic range so the soloists and groups selected each weekend will have enough dynamic range to be a society overall to are experience. >> hundreds of dancers from different countries need each other, compare stuff, and make new friends. this has resulted in new cross- cultural collaborations'. >> one of the extraordinary things is that it really only happens here in the san francisco bay area. all of the dancers that we are presented -- presenting are from the area. they have full-time jobs and they spend their weekends nurturing their passion to sustain these extraordinary

dance forms from around the world. the audience cannot help but be inspired. >> this year, the festival will feature a special collaboration that celebrates the mexican bicentennial and commemorates the 100th anniversary of the mexican revolution. >> one of the great area biographers has stepped out of that role and we asked them to create a special work working with 6 x ordinary dance companies that we have assembled dancers from all of these companies to present a united work in celebration of the bicentennial. >> dancers from over 20 countries are staunch cultures are participating. >> one of the things that is

inspiring is how many are being invited back to their home countries as cultural ambassadors from the u.s.. we are teaching them in committees so that the next generation here in america and back to india or bali or whatever will be able to get enriched by these very beautiful art forms. >> thank you for watching "culture wire." and you can find more information[applause] [applause]

>> in "the new york times," it said a couple of weeks ago that this program is the best kept secret of the federal stimulus act. [applause] it is not just for san francisco. in the back, small conversations are allowed up here. across the country, over to under 25,000 people will have been hired with this federal stimulus money. over 3600 are here in san francisco. it is unbelievable. [applause] we started in san francisco early. we started in may.

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