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. the park district operates tens of thousands of people use the park each year. we have a large sea youth education program. we began working with the public utilities commission on this horton project to address the

impact of will have on the parts and the park district. over the last several months, we have been working to reach an agreement on how the public uses the park. as part of the process for the city of san francisco was asked to file an appeal. we are here to support the settlement agreement to preserve our rights under the seat what which are necessary to file the appeal. -- ceqa which are necessary to file the appeal. the statement of overriding considerations made by the planning commission are absent agreement with us. having gone through the legal

argument, i am here in support of the other item which is the agreement that we negotiated. you have been here a long time already. i don't think a need to argue further. >> are there any questions? are there any members of the public that wish to speak? let's now proceed to the planning department. you can use up to 10 minutes. >> good afternoon.

the item before you is the appeal of the final environmental impact report. the planning commission has certified this on january 27th. the board may affirm or reverse the action by a majority vote. the board shall affirmed the certification of the board finds that this is adequate, and objective. if the board reverses the certification, it shall make specific findings for off further actions. the question at hand is the adequacy of the environmental documents according to sequel c --eqa -- ceqa.

the issues raised a similar to those addressed in the eir. for the reasons provided in the pill response, the planning department believes that this complies with the requirements of the guidelines and provides an objective analysis of the potential impact of the project. the planning department recommends that the board upholds the certification. with that, i will conclude the staff presentation. >> any questions to planning or city staff? >> why don't we proceed to the real party in interest.

>> i would like to thank the supervisors for carrying this item. i am the project manager. we would like to thank the supervisors for hearing this item and would urge the board to uphold a certification of the eir. i think you. >> thank you. are there any other members that wish to speak? >> i am speaking on behalf of the northern california carpenters regional council. we want to take this opportunity to praise the puc for approving the project.

we urge that the board approves the resolution. >> in the other member of the public that would like to speak for the party of interest? the you have anything that you would like to say? >> no further comments. >> thank you. >> unless there are any other questions, this hearing has been held in closed and items 27-29 are in the hands of the board. is there a motion? >> i will make a motion to move on item 27 and table item 28 and 29. >> the motion is to affirm the certification of the final eir and table 28 and 29. it is there a second? they discussion? -- any discussion?

>> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> the motion is approved. can you call item 17. >> this is a resolution approving a settlement of on litigated claims between the city and the east bay regional park district and the public utilities commission. >> can we do this same house, same call? this is adopted. >> item 18 is a resolution adopting findings under the california environmental quality act including adoption of a mitigation monitoring and reporting program and a statement of over reconsideration is related in

alameda and santa clara county. >> same house, same call? this resolution is adopted. are there any in memoriums? >> for the following individuals, the late victims of the earthquake in sendai japan. >> is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> ladies and tillman, we are returned -- adjourned.

>> i'm your host of "culturewire," and today, here at electric works in san francisco. nice to see you today. thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long has electric works been around? >> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from

our old innovation. we do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. >> we will look at all of that as we walk around. it is incredible to me how many different things you do. how is it you identify that san francisco was in need of all these different services? >> it came from stepping out of graduate school in 1972. i wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how our world should work. it should have printmaking, archiving, a gallery. it should have a retail store. in 1972, i wanted to have art sales, point-of-sale at the grocery store. >> so you go through the manifesto. with the bay area should have. you are making art incredibly accessible in so many different ways, so that is a good segue.

let's take a walk around the facilities. here we are in your gallery space. can you tell me about the current show? >> the current show is jeff chadsey. he is working on mylar velum, a smooth, beautiful drawing surface. i do not know anyone that draws as well as he does. it is perfect, following the contours and making the shape of the body. >> your gallery represents artists from all over, not just the bay area, an artist that work in a lot of different media. how to use some of what you look for in artists you represent? >> it is dependent on people are confident with their materials. that is a really important thing. there is enough stuff in the world already. >> you also have in his current show an artist who makes sculpture out of some really interesting types of materials.

let's go over and take a look at that. here we are in a smaller space. project gallery. >> artists used the parameters of this space to find relationships between the work that is not out in the big gallery. >> i noticed a lot of artists doing really site-specific work. >> this is a pile of balloons, something that is so familiar, like a child's balloon. in this proportion, suddenly, it becomes something out of a dream. >> or a nightmare. >> may be a nightmare. >> this one over here is even harder to figure out what the initial material is. >> this is made out of puffy paint. often, kids use it to decorate their clothes. she has made all these lines of paint. >> for the pieces we are looking at, is there a core of foam or

something in the middle of these pieces that she built on top of? >> i'm not telling. >> ah, a secret. >> this silver is aluminum foil, crumbled of aluminum foil. her aesthetic is very much that quiet, japanese spatial thing that i really admire. their attention to the materiality of the things of the world. >> this is a nice juxtaposition you have going on right now. you have a more established artists alongside and emerging artists. is that something important to you as well? >> very important in this space, to have artists who really have not shown much. now let's look at other aspects of electric works operation. let's go to the bookstore. >> ok. >> in all seriousness, here we

are in your store. this is the first space you encounter when you come in off the street. it has evolved since you open here into the most amazingly curious selection of things. >> this was the project for the berkeley art museum. it was -- this is from william wiley's retrospective, when he got up onstage to sing a song, 270 people put on the cat. >> it is not just a bookstore. it is a store. can you talk us through some of your favorites? >> these are made in china, but they are made out of cattails. >> these pieces of here, you have a whale head and various animals and their health over there, and they are jewelry. >> we do fund raisers for nonprofits, so we are doing a project for the magic theater, so there are some pretty funny cartoons. they are probably not for prime

time. >> you sort of have a kind of holistic relationship where you might do merchandise in the store that promotes their work and practice, and also, prince for them. maybe we should go back and look at the print operation now. >> let's go. >> before we go into the print shop, i noticed some incredible items you have talked back here. what are we standing in front of? >> this is william wiley, only one earth. this is a print edition. there are only eight total, and what we wanted to do was expand the idea of printmaking. this is really an art object. there we go. >> besides the punball machine,

what do you produce in limited edition? >> there is the slot machine. if you win the super jackpot, you have saved the world. >> what about work? >> the right design, it was three volumes with lithographs in each volume. the cab of count dracula with 20 lithographs inside and lined with beaver fur. really special. >> let's move on to the print shop. >> ok. the core of what we do is making things. this is an example. this is a print project that will be a fund-raiser for the contemporary music players. we decided to put it in the portfolio so you could either frame at or have it on your bookshelf. >> so nonprofits can come to you, not