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.

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>> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go.

>> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we explore what it means to the aged, in today's society -- what it means to be chicana in today's society. chica chic features an array of artwork by five leading chicana

artists that addresses a range of issues such as integration, sustainability, and integration. using a distinct visual approach, each of the artist's response to the shifting needs of their communities in ways that offer unique perspectives and multiple points of entry. >> the exhibition is to bring together the voices of a new generation chicana artists, all of whom reference the works of the civil-rights movement in their works, but they are also responding to a new cultural concerns and new cultural circumstances. >> the works in the show include a large canvas depicting a woman washing the beach with her hair at the u.s./mexican border. the painting encourages the viewer to engage with the current debates over immigration and the politics of women and labor. influenced by the campaigns of the chicano civil rights movement, this oakland artist is

a print maker whose work has helped and sustainability with the immigrant community as well as other current sociopolitical issues. this print-based work draws on appropriated agricultural worker manuals and high fashion labels to satirically address class issues, cultural identities, and consumerism. >> angelica -- her father was an agricultural worker, so she has drawn a lot from the materials the agricultural department sends to agricultural workers, referencing the depiction of farm workers and some of the information about pesticide application. >> mitzi combines a variety of media, including embroidery, to create artifacts of mexican, chicano, pop culture.

she greets immensely detailed drawings of celebrities on the same platform of her friends and families. her work combines elements of chicano portraiture and low writer art, rendered in upon new art style, or intricate drawings on handkerchiefs, also -- often associated with prison art. her portrait of three girls is among several of original posters by the exhibition artists, which are on view at various bart stations as part of a public campaign funded by the national endowment of the arts. from the outset, the curator felt it was important for the exhibition to have a public art components of the work could reach the widest possible audience. more than just a promotion, the posters connect the work of these powerful artists with new audiences, including the vital chicano and latino community. images can be found in bart stations located in san for cisco and oakland. >>