somehow or another, the board of supervisors, the human rights commission, and the truckers need to get together. there is no trucker on $65 an hour. the city is demanding you pay the drivers $47 an hour. what we need is some type of stabilization put down to the contractors. there is a certain wage that has gone to be paid. we are asking the something has to be done for the major

contractors who bring truckers in and work for $65 or $75 an hour. we need some help. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> i am here to reiterate what was just stated. i did have the opportunity of meeting with the director of the human rights commission, and we did express their is an hour early drivers rate, but like any construction site, any piece of

equipment on that job, you have an hour the rental rate, and you have an offer readers rent. the two together are what establishes the prevailing -- and you have another great. the two together are what establishes its three-year -- establishes it. upon entry you face a penalty of perjury with an electronic signature, so there's no way we can pay $47 an hour for a driver and actually billed for $85. did we have had an ongoing problem out of san francisco general. i do not know if it is an underlying motive to put them

out of business. it is not just the black truckers. it is straight across the board in san francisco. what i was told is that the hourly rate for the operator is what they adopted. they did not adopt the equipment hourly rates established by caltrans. i called the department of justice in washington, d.c., and they instructed bosnia -- instructed us. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> i was born and raised here. do not get offended by what i am going to save.

who is in control? i would like to know ♪ ♪ i asked the mayor but he did not care ♪ ♪ the board of supervisors, some of you are a bunch of liars. the housing authorities, sometimes they just ignore mae ♪ ♪ it ain't no mystery, just take

your history ♪ ♪ what is going down? ♪ blacks are leaving this town ♪ now they are going to ask jerry brown ♪ ♪ i really want to know who's in control ♪ ♪ who is in control right here in san francisco ♪ ♪ i would like to know

>> mr.'s , -- mr. paulson, you have competition. >> i am one of europe pointed members of the veterans affairs -- i am one of the appointed members of the veterans affairs commission. i am sure tamara of the parade is going to be stellar, but just in a few more days, sunday is the veterans day parade, and your participation would be greatly appreciated. please do not forget your veterans of san francisco. thank you for your service. >> are there any other members of the public who wish to speak in general public comment? general comment is closed. >> item 38 through 40 will be acted on a single vote unless

someone wishes it to be considered separate flav. >> would anyone like to sever any of these items? if not, we could take a roll call. [roll-call] there are 11 ayes. >> those resolutions are adopted. we have one final item. supervisor maxwell has a commendation. i do understand the party would like to commend is here, and i

would like to ask that we could suspend the board rules so we can hear that special order right now. colleagues, can we do that? if we could do that without objection, that should be the case, so with that, supervisor maxwell, the floor is yours. >> thank you for being here earlier. we really appreciate it. as mentioned, i want to recognize this group. the food guardian project is a group of hunters point community members to raise awareness, advocate on food issues. the project emerged in december 2009. give less than a year they worked with groups to develop

food standards for sustainability a two rate food retailers. based on similar standards, these may be used by public agencies as well as criteria for qualifying for financial incentives and is an important step in pushing for healthy food availability in city stores. they harvested produce from local school guardian -- local school gardens and collected donations from farmers' markets and distributed produce in the community. the food guardians have also conducted outreach to provide farmers markets among recipients. thank you for your efforts in community building and bring awareness for a healthy community. it is unfortunate we have to do

that, but we are fortunate we have people like hyo dedicating your time and effort. -- like you dedicating your time and effort. thank you again. [applause] >> i am one of the food guardians. >> i am a food guardian. >> i am jessica, and i am a food guardian. >> on behalf of the food guardians, we would like to thank you for your support and encouragement and powerful words you have shared with us. thank you. [applause] >> president chiu, can i just say they are tremendous leaders, and i have learned so

much from them in a short time. you are great to work with. thank you. >> we are very close to the end of the agenda. do we have any in memorialists toda -- memoriums today. >> for mr. robertson. delayed judge williamson, jr. -- the late judge williamson, jr.

>> do we have any more business? >> that is it. >> we are adjourned.

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>> [roll call] >> item #2, approval of minutes. >> minutes are approved. >> item #3, public comment on executive session. item>> all right, are we ready? >> i move that we reconvene an open session. >> any discussion? all those in favor? >> aye. >> i moved to disclose that we approve a settlement with mama francheski's as stated in the agenda. >> any discussion? >> i do not think you would have to vote on this. i think that i4a1a of the

agenda -- >> i would also like to disclose item 4a1b, recommending a settlement between the city and county of san francisco and regal stones regarding the oil spill on november 7, 2002. passed on to the board of supervisors. >> thank you. a item 6a, the use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound producing electronic items are prohibited at this meeting. the chair might order the removal from the meeting room anyone using a similar sound producing electronic device. please be advised that a amber of the public has up to three minutes to make up to -- to make

pertinent comments unless the commission adopts a shorter time period. item sevena, director support. -- report. >> midafternoon, commissioners. our executive director has taken a furlough day. she is now out in long beach to attend the the maria shriver women's conference. i am pinch hitting today. october is shaping up to be a very memorable month for the port and the city. we have seen the biggest and best athlete in years. the first port in california, one of only and fall in the world, to have structural power for cruise ships. a few other achievements to mention. i would be remiss in not congratulating the san francisco giants for their victory against the phillies. the port played host to a

successful national league championship series. now millions of viewers will be focused on the port and the ball park, which is the only park in the world that has two ferry terminals. we're offering hearty congratulations to our good tenants, the giants. we hope that they really mess with texas. that starts tomorrow. the sentences to maritime park association celebrated the 60th celebration of the jubilee fundraiser. the association is really an unsung treasurer of san francisco, as far as i am concerned. thrilled to be here professionally, the museum of fasciation is a very special place. the dinner was a very festive

affair. in spite of the weather and the world series playoff games being played at the same time. monique one and maritime heritage award. introduced by tim lazarists. monique was honored on behalf of the port for bringing maritime history to life through education preservation. i also learned that our commission president is an excellent cheerleader. you had to be there. it was great. next on the hit parade, october 13, the american planning association announced the designation of the ferry building as one of the 10 great public places for 2010 under their great place in america program. they celebrated the building for

its iconic status as one of the nation's most elegant and beautifully restored public buildings. supervisor of chiu, the deputy -- supervisor chiu, the port executive director, and the chief operating officer of the very building were on hand to accept the award. you will see the signs that discuss this award and throughout the building this month. congratulations to all with that. the hits just keep on coming, like we hoped the giants will do tomorrow. last tuesday we had an eye -- we had a spectacular groundbreaking. i did not see any broken ground, but i did see someone coming out of the water. the exploreratorium, the internationally acclaimed museum, celebrating the future

home of pier 15 and 17. continuing the embarcadero project at the fair deal -- fair building that began. around the waterfront did doubles the exhibit space, doubling the number of classrooms, tripling the capacity for teacher development. developed in two phases. a 9 acre campus. a 10 minute walk from the ferry building. congratulations to all. a number of people on staff have put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into this project. very exciting. two more items, the last one was put on the agenda by monique. i glanced at it briefly, then i read it and it is quite a

remarkable achievement. last sunday was world polio day. last sunday thousands from around the country came to san francisco to mark the rotary 25 year fight to eradicate polio. the events culminated in a dramatic fashion when the ferry building was resounding with the pledge to end polio now. other structures around the world -- around the world carry the same message, including the sydney opera house. earlier that day, thousands of rotarians walked from united to the ferry building to signify this effort they have undertaken. i did not realize this and i am sorry to take your time on this, but it is fascinating. rotary has raised $900 million

and is nearing its goal of raising an additional $200 million for the challenge goal in the bill gates foundation. rotary has immunize more than 2 billion children, reducing " the amount of polio cases by 99%. these are just remarkable statistics. on behalf of all of us, i learned a little bit of something today and i hope that everyone else did as well. two more items, leslie, almost last, the patrol opened in san francisco as the celebration of the harry birches project, a former port commission president. the reception will feature the director of the harry bridges projects, showing his 10th

anniversary film but excerpts of his one-man play. the life of thomas paine. last but not least, a reminder that due to a lack of a quorum and the fact that most of support staff will be celebrating the world series victory, the november 9 meeting has been cancelled and the next meeting will be on december 14. that concludes the report. >> commissioner? >> is there any public comment on the executive director report? ok, next item. >> item 8a, authorization to expand $15,200 in grant funding from the department of boating and waterways of abandoned watercraft abatement fund for removal of abandoned waterfront. 8b, accepting the first quarter

contract in report for fiscal year 2011 for july 1, 2010 through september 30, 2010 reporting period. >> so moved. >> public comment on either of these items? commissioners, and the questions? all those in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? ok. did i ask for public comment? >> yes. >> item 9a, informational presentation and proposed adoption of the 2010 building code, incorporating the 2010 california building code and conditions for a green building design and review of energy systems. the >> good afternoon. commissioners? i am here to present information on the proposed adoption of