>> like two of the previous speakers, i did not prepare remarks or i should say i didn't write a speech. but i wrote down some names and the names are other women whom i salute as leaders in san francisco all of whom are friends of mine. and i treasure them. they are definitely making history in many neighborhoods across san francisco. i would start off with debra garafalo who serves on the community police advisory board. also from russian hills my friend lucretia vowel who has been the promote tor and watchdog of -- promotor and watchdog of safe heart.

she makes -- also russian hills. tina moyland who's president of russian hill neighbors and she's guiding that group very successfully. moving down to north beach, telegraph hill, my friend june austinburg who has taught me so much through her writings about the waterfront. she's written more about the waterfront in the last half century than anyone i know. another friend former president of the dwellers, she said you must come back to the board. kicking and screaming i did and became vice president and then president and well -- thank you june, i think. then vetica hill who is just

finishing her fourth term. she's an incredible it will gator in her career -- it will gator in her career. -- litigator in here career. i have never seen a presentation like the one she could do when presenting on 555 washington which as you recall a huge fight between neighborhoods and developers. she present add better case than the project sponsors. so i just have great admiration for her. i also admire and salute nancy shanahan who knows the planning code better than most people in the planning department. i salute my friend marlene morgan who's president of cathedral hill association. marlene, i have worked -- seven years have been involved in this proposed cpmc project and

is currently on the negotiating team between neighbors and cpmc. i salute don treanor who is the warrior of middle polk. she's a tiger. she's a warrior. she's shaping up middle polk, something you started president chiu. i salute my friend judy hoyam who's the president of the neighborhood network. she's a d.r. expert and i can count on her for advice on how to deal with the planning department on d.r.'s. i salute my friend elena sterness who is here from -- she's manager of the north point center. she has been president of the fisherman's war of -- wor of,

the fisherman wor of association. she's president of the telegraph neighborhood center. i sa salute judy dirkwitz the president of the san francisco neighborhoods who is a model of patience and determination in keeping that group together. i think you know what i mean. i salute my friend chris schaefer from the university of terrace. she is -- has fought the bat with the university of san francisco and is negotiating with them to accommodate neighborhood requests during their expansion time. i salute anne talhorn who less than a year ago decided to take on a project in the due bose

triangle area dch dubose triangle area and won her case. i support my friend dennis mccarthy who was executive director of the telegreaf hill neighborhood center. my friend lee yeah pim men tell who -- lia pimmentall who is a supervisor and think she'll make it. i salute my friend jennifer clairey who is active on the waterfront. in the neighborhood network which was founded on the premise for like-minded people who believe in good government and good planning, and so i mustards two women on the planning commission who inspire me. one is president christina olague, the other is

commissioner kathrin moore who brings professionalism of an architect in an urban planner and common sense unlimited. -- to the commission and i appreciate that. finally, politically, my two heroes are nancy pelosi, house minority leader now. and in the audience jane morrison who is i think approaching her 91st birthday this spring. jane is the elder states woman of the san francisco democratic party. it's a pleasure to be here today. you all inspire me. thank you very much president chiu, members of the board. i'm a very happy lady. [applause]

>> our next two commendations will be presented by supervisor john avalos. >> thank you president chiu. i would like to thank the commission on the status of women for giving us this opportunity to honor the wonderful women of san francisco. thank you emily morasa, for the great contribution of the city of san francisco. i am going to be honoring today supervisor's campos' honoree who i'm very excited to honor as well. it's an honor to call up marlene hanson. here you are. [applause]

you're my honoree as well. ar lean, i've known for about 11 years. i first met you on the run-off election and from there on i really admired you tremendously and see you as a wonderful principle person. it's an honor to honor you here today. she's served san francisco in numerous ways as a feminist activists, the intersection of race, class, and gender are are alwaysed a -- always at her work nationally and internationally. she served for six years on the san francisco ethics commission focusing on campaign finance reform, building transparency and integrity in government and setting the bar high on governmental ethics not just in san francisco but nationwide. arlene helped create this people's budget and an budget

for numerous organizations in san francisco. many of these organizations still exist today. the people's budget has had a new generation of people's leaders to protect our safety net in san francisco. she's committed herself for h.i.v. and ltbt work during the height of the aids crisis serving as the executive director and the public policy work for the women's aids network and the aids legal referral panel. today she coaches organizations and individuals to success, inspires those who seek balance and integrity as they manage a commitment to social justice and a full and sustainable life. david campos and supervisor avalos honor reey len hanson --

honoree ilene hanson. [applause] >> thank you so much supervisor avalos. i very much appreciate you presenting on behalf of commissioner chi in such a heartfelt way. i also want to thank supervisor campos for this recognition and for -- as he does so often thinking citywide in this honor. so thank you both for your incredible work on the board of supervisors. i am honored to be a part of this community of women today and i am so honored to be a part of the san francisco community.

this community is cutting edge. it's brave. it's smart. it's wise. it really thinks through the challenges that we need to take on for the city and for the country. and we worry about the details to achieve those challenges and i'm a proud resident of san francisco really doesn't want to live anywhere else because that's how i like to do the work. and i thank all of you for doing that work on behalf of our community. because i define my communities so broadly and deeply, though work never ends and so i particularly thank my community of friends and supporters and my partner of 28 years, dennis wells -- [applause] yes. who supports me, who encourages me who puts up with my endless

projects and ideas and we do it together. as i leave my six years on the ethics commission, i'm reminded of a campaign slogan that was created by many of those who came today who honor me today and that is a city for you not for sale. and as i leave my work with the ethics commission, you have my commitment top continue to build this city. that is for all of us. that is not for sale. that is, indeed, for all of us. i would finally say presente for those who have gone before who forged this task, enabled many of us to do this work today, i would say [speaking foreign language] because the struggle is not over. the struggle continues. and ultimately i would ask also

of us to continue [speaking foreign language] -- the healing and repair of the world and that's our small piece of the world in san francisco and our global community of which we are a part. so thank you all. [applause] >> i'd like to call up the district 11 honorees, jacqueline zapata-chavez. i first met jackie a couple of years ago and i was so surprised that i just met her a couple of years ago. i had known her well before.

but it turns out that when i got to know jackie, i did know her. i saw her face every day on the mural on the playground. i always wondered who that was. it's jackie chavez. she was born in general hospital, the first generation nicaraguan. she is a native of san francisco but also a member of the exelsor. she grew up on moscow street. she has fond memories of riding the 52 bus just for the entertainment value. i don't imagine you like the wait, though. you also waited for the 52. attending balboa high school was one of the highlights of her childhood and her son is sa stay tuned there now. some of the things that she loves on -- is that multigenerations from her family have been there and that

anything she could want is there. her mother passed away from cancer when she was 15. and during her battle with cancer, her mother taught her and her sister how to pay the bills and cook for themselves so that they would know how to live on their own. the fact that they were orphans was kept a secret. jackie did well in school, even graduating as one of the it's top 100 students and determined not to get found out and sent to foster care. her community work began in 2008 wher hen her daughter's teacher asked yakie if she would be traffic coordinator for the school, the idea for the walking school bus where walk to school and an adult leader. and so you have every wednesday now, walk to win wednesdays. children and their families will walk about a quarter mile to the elementary school.

it's an family activity that she's been part of. she's been the p.t.a. president at long fellow elementary. she joined the p.t.a. legislative committee to fight to keep them. jackie believes that everyone should be involved in improving their community, that we can all start from our own neighborhood to make things better. she's teaching parents to be advocates for children. as a solution-oriented person she wants to collaborate on fixing problems. working to build a stronger connection with supervisor avalos' office and she is building a teacher award ceremony in the month of may. she used to city city hall only for educated upper class people but now realizes it's for all of us and that all of us can make a difference. jackie chavez. [applause]

>> i just wanted to say thank you and thank goodness that when my parents decided to make san francisco their new home. thank goodness it was san francisco. i love this city so much, i have tattoos on my back. i can't show it to you guys, but it's there. really, it just started for me with three little letters, p.t.a. the long fellow p.t.a. i never thought that i could stand up here. but the p.t.a. has taught me how to be an advocate. i could name a lot of people. but instead those of you from long fellow, would you just stand up for a second.

don't be shy. [applause] >> they said i could. when i didn't believe me, they believed me. thank you, guys. everybody here, if you have a chance, you should join the p.t.a. because it teaches parents to me how to be advocates. you can become a p.t.a. member today for $10. thank you supervisor avalos -- i didn't even know how to spell p.t.a. until i joined it. join the p.t.a., it's really a great organization. thank you, guys, so much. [applause] >> we do have one final presentation of the mayor's recognition of his selection for women's history month of a

woman who does tremendous work in my district. so i of course, think it's a wonderful choice. to present that is jason elliott who's the mayor's board liaison. >> thank you, president. jason elliott. on behalf of mayor lee i am pleased to present annie chung. come on up. [applause] >> she is c.e.o. of self help for the elderly. since 1981 she's been president of the one of the nonprofit organizations in the san francisco bay area. she works diligently to oversee and manage this community based and multilingual nonprofit that serves education, social and recreational services to over 25,000 seniors in san francisco and surrounding counties.

annie worked tirelessly ensuring the success of self helps 17 senior centers, 17 units, three care facilities and an alzheimers center. the mayor honors annie because she is an unsung hero who works tireless to promote our city. mayor lee will be commending annie in a much longer and greater detail so i will just leave it at the fact that today in honor -- in honor of 201 1 women's history month, the mayor is proud to recognize, today march 15, 2011 as annie chung day in san francisco. congratulations. [applause] >> thank you so much, david.

president chiu, thank you so much, jason and president chiu and supervisors. i really take this opportunity to thank all of you especially emily, board president on the commission of family and friends for bestowing this honor of all of the honorees today. i take this honor in recognition for the self help for the elderly a agency that i've been at for 35 years. i didn't think i would stay that long. while things are happening, time just runs away. my friends look at me and ask -- you're still at self help for the elderly? yes. my life work is with the seniors, i have to say. i've worked with youth. i've worked with families. but somehow when i talk to the seniors, even though funding

for the program seem bleak but yet they always give me such encouragement and such motivation to do more -- to do more for them and for the rest of our community that depends what bilingual social workers could deliver. i think a couple of weeks ago when jason talked about the adult daycare center, i wrote to all of you asking you to support a resolution for the continuation of the adult day health care centers. unfortunately, the state decided to eliminate that program. but the professional groups are still fighting and hope that there will be a adhc version too. so at that time, i will come back to you and hope that you will -- whatever you can do not abandon the most wonderful population which is are the very frail elderly. i want to thank the mayor for

giving me this honor. i thought that the theme of this celebration, our history is our strength, makes so much strength. i was in washington, d.c. last week. and i thought that after 35 years, the seniors and human services have made some strides putting together some very, very essential and valuable programs. but unfortunately as i visited some o our legislators, they are cutting immigration. they are attacking a lot of the programs that we have built -- we have worked so hard to build. so i thought that if we learn from history, our work has just begun and we cannot stop. we have to continuously advocate and lobby so that the block grants, the nutrition money, the employment money and the adult daycare money get to stay in our community. so thank you very, very much for this honor. and i hope to see all of you downstairs at the reception. thank you very much. [applause]

>> i want to congratulate again on behalf of the full board all of the honorees and invite up to the podium for some final closing remarks dr. barassi. >> thank you president chiu and honorees for your dedications. we are joined by kathrin mustn'ter and we extend our condolences to the family of commissioner caroline marks who we lost last month. staff and i just returned from meetings of the u.n. commission on the status of women where we spoke about our work here in san francisco on paid sick leave, parental leave, domestic violence policy reform and expanding general equality in the private sector.

many eyes internationally are looking at us in san francisco and were beginning to talk about hosting the u.n. fifth world conference on women. 50,000 women all over the globe -- [applause] so that would be in 2015. the women we honor today are essential parts of the fabric of our city. i want to acknowledge the devastation in japan and we will rely on the women in that society to help rebuild that devastated country. i wanted to recognize carol sacko for the months of planning that you put in for today's event working very closely with you and your staff. at this time i want to invite the honorees, families and friends to join us for a brief reception with mayor lee sponsored by the friends on the commission on the status of

women. thank you very much. [applause] >> if i could ask all of you who wish to attend the veppings, if you want to head out. the door's on the side. we still have official business that we need to conduct, which will start in about 30 seconds. >> if i could ask people if you could please make your way to the exit so we can carry on

with our next hearing. >> madam clerk if we could call our 4:00 p.m. special order. item 26 through 29. >> [reading item 26] [reading item 27]

[reading item 28] [reading item 29] >> thank you. if i could please ask folks if you could take your conversations outside. thank you very much. colleague, we have in front of us today an appeal of the final environmental impact report for the calavarasdam replacement. we will be considering the accuracy and completeness of the final e.i.r. of which you all have copies. we will hear from the appellant to describe the grounds for the appeal. we'll take public comments from individuals who wish to speak on behalf of the appellant. we will hear from the planning

department who will describe the grounds of the d.i.r. we'll hear from individuals from the public who will speak on behalf of the public interest. any objections in proceeding in this way? if not, why don't we open up the hearing. let me ask if there is a representative from the appellant. >> thank you, mr. president, members of the board. i'm ted for the park district appearing for my board today. very briefly you know that the east bay district is the park district for these counties representing over 25 million people. we have 65 parks, over 1,000 trails. we are the oldest and largest park district in the united states.